Carl E. Guthrie
E211232
Carl E. Guthrie was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carl E. Guthrie canonical | 22 |
| Carl Guthrie | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T986016 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carl E. Guthrie Context triple: [Too Much, Too Soon, cinematographyBy, Carl E. Guthrie]
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A.
Robert Folsom
Robert Folsom was an American businessman and civic leader who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, overseeing significant urban development and growth.
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B.
Arthur Loomis Harmon
Arthur Loomis Harmon was an American architect best known as a partner in the firm that designed the Empire State Building.
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C.
Carl J. Kilpatrick
Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
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D.
John R. Steelman
John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
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E.
Harry M. Wegeforth
Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carl E. Guthrie Target entity description: Carl E. Guthrie was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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A.
Robert Folsom
Robert Folsom was an American businessman and civic leader who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, overseeing significant urban development and growth.
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B.
Arthur Loomis Harmon
Arthur Loomis Harmon was an American architect best known as a partner in the firm that designed the Empire State Building.
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C.
Carl J. Kilpatrick
Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
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D.
John R. Steelman
John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
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E.
Harry M. Wegeforth
Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American cinematographer
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cinematographer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | cinematography ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| industry |
Hollywood film industry
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linked to:
Hollywood
film industry ⓘ |
| occupation | cinematographer ⓘ |
| workedOn | Hollywood films ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Carl E. Guthrie Description of subject: Carl E. Guthrie was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Too Much, Too Soon (1958 film)
linked to: Carl E. Guthrie
linked to: Carl E. Guthrie
linked to: Carl E. Guthrie
linked to: Carl E. Guthrie