Harvey Weinstein
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Harvey Weinstein is a former Hollywood film producer and co-founder of Miramax who became infamous after being convicted of multiple sex crimes following widespread allegations that helped ignite the #MeToo movement.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harvey Weinstein canonical | 40 |
| Weinstein | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T168733 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Harvey Weinstein Context triple: [Rikers Island, hasNotableInmate, Harvey Weinstein]
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A.
Jeffrey Wigand
Jeffrey Wigand is an American former tobacco executive turned whistleblower who exposed health risks and corporate misconduct in the cigarette industry, most famously depicted in the film "The Insider."
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B.
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby is an American comedian, actor, and producer who rose to fame with stand-up comedy and the groundbreaking television series "The Cosby Show," later becoming a highly controversial figure due to numerous sexual assault allegations and convictions.
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C.
Scott Rudin
Scott Rudin is an American film, television, and theater producer known for acclaimed works such as "No Country for Old Men," "The Social Network," and numerous award-winning Broadway productions.
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D.
James Charles Pitt
James Charles Pitt was a lesser-known son of British statesman William Pitt the Elder, belonging to the prominent Pitt political family of 18th-century Britain.
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E.
Andrew Kevin Walker
Andrew Kevin Walker is an American screenwriter best known for writing the dark thriller "Se7en" and contributing to films such as "Sleepy Hollow."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Harvey Weinstein Target entity description: Harvey Weinstein is a former Hollywood film producer and co-founder of Miramax who became infamous after being convicted of multiple sex crimes following widespread allegations that helped ignite the #MeToo movement.
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A.
Jeffrey Wigand
Jeffrey Wigand is an American former tobacco executive turned whistleblower who exposed health risks and corporate misconduct in the cigarette industry, most famously depicted in the film "The Insider."
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B.
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby is an American comedian, actor, and producer who rose to fame with stand-up comedy and the groundbreaking television series "The Cosby Show," later becoming a highly controversial figure due to numerous sexual assault allegations and convictions.
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C.
Scott Rudin
Scott Rudin is an American film, television, and theater producer known for acclaimed works such as "No Country for Old Men," "The Social Network," and numerous award-winning Broadway productions.
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D.
James Charles Pitt
James Charles Pitt was a lesser-known son of British statesman William Pitt the Elder, belonging to the prominent Pitt political family of 18th-century Britain.
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E.
Andrew Kevin Walker
Andrew Kevin Walker is an American screenwriter best known for writing the dark thriller "Se7en" and contributing to films such as "Sleepy Hollow."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American businessperson
ⓘ
convicted sex offender ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| accusedOf |
rape
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sexual assault ⓘ sexual harassment ⓘ |
| activeYearsInCareer | 1970s–2017 ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Picture
ⓘ
surface form:
Academy Award for Best Picture (as producer of Shakespeare in Love)
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| coFounded |
Miramax Films
ⓘ
surface form:
Miramax
The Weinstein Company ⓘ |
| convictedIn |
Los Angeles County Superior Court
ⓘ
New York Supreme Court ⓘ
surface form:
New York State Supreme Court
|
| convictedOf |
criminal sexual act in the first degree
ⓘ
rape ⓘ rape in the third degree ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1952-03-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfConviction | 2020-02-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University at Buffalo North Campus
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surface form:
State University of New York at Buffalo
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York ⓘ
surface form:
University at Buffalo
|
| employer |
Miramax Films
ⓘ
surface form:
Miramax
The Weinstein Company ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans ⓘ |
| familyName |
Harvey Weinstein
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Weinstein
|
| genreOfWorkProduced |
art-house film
ⓘ
independent film ⓘ |
| givenName | Harvey ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Dashiell Weinstein
ⓘ
Emma Weinstein ⓘ India Pearl Weinstein ⓘ Lily Weinstein ⓘ Ruth Weinstein ⓘ two other children ⓘ |
| industry |
entertainment industry
ⓘ
film industry ⓘ |
| legalStatus | incarcerated ⓘ |
| movementAssociatedWith |
MeToo movement
ⓘ
surface form:
#MeToo
|
| name | Harvey Weinstein self-link ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations
ⓘ
ignited #MeToo movement in Hollywood ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being central figure in high-profile sexual abuse scandal
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co-founding Miramax ⓘ co-founding The Weinstein Company ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
Good Will Hunting ⓘ Pulp Fiction ⓘ Shakespeare in Love ⓘ The English Patient ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
ⓘ
film producer ⓘ studio executive ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
co-chairman of Miramax
ⓘ
co-chairman of The Weinstein Company ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Connecticut
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| sentencedTo |
16 years in prison in California
ⓘ
23 years in prison in New York ⓘ |
| sibling | Bob Weinstein ⓘ |
| spouse |
Eve Chilton
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Georgina Chapman ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Harvey Weinstein Description of subject: Harvey Weinstein is a former Hollywood film producer and co-founder of Miramax who became infamous after being convicted of multiple sex crimes following widespread allegations that helped ignite the #MeToo movement.
Referenced by (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Weinstein
subject surface form:
My Week with Marilyn
subject surface form:
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