Michael C. Butler
E269428
Michael C. Butler is a cinematographer best known for his work on the blockbuster sequel film "Jaws 2."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael C. Butler canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T995339 — 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: Michael C. Butler Context triple: [Jaws 2, cinematographyBy, Michael C. Butler]
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A.
Michael A. Elliott
Michael A. Elliott is an American literary scholar and academic administrator who serves as the president of Amherst College.
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B.
Michael Rogers
Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
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C.
Gary J. Walters
Gary J. Walters is a former White House Chief Usher who oversaw the executive mansion’s household operations and logistics across multiple U.S. presidential administrations.
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D.
Steven B. Sample
Steven B. Sample was an American electrical engineer and academic leader best known for serving as president of the University of Southern California and for his influential role in expanding its global and research profile.
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E.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
- 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: Michael C. Butler Target entity description: Michael C. Butler is a cinematographer best known for his work on the blockbuster sequel film "Jaws 2."
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A.
Michael A. Elliott
Michael A. Elliott is an American literary scholar and academic administrator who serves as the president of Amherst College.
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B.
Michael Rogers
Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
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C.
Gary J. Walters
Gary J. Walters is a former White House Chief Usher who oversaw the executive mansion’s household operations and logistics across multiple U.S. presidential administrations.
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D.
Steven B. Sample
Steven B. Sample was an American electrical engineer and academic leader best known for serving as president of the University of Southern California and for his influential role in expanding its global and research profile.
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E.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cinematographer
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person ⓘ |
| field | cinematography ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| knownFor | Jaws 2 ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork | Jaws 2 ⓘ |
| occupation | cinematographer ⓘ |
| roleInJaws2 | director of photography ⓘ |
| workedOn | Jaws 2 ⓘ |
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: Michael C. Butler Description of subject: Michael C. Butler is a cinematographer best known for his work on the blockbuster sequel film "Jaws 2."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.