Roger Donaldson
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Roger Donaldson is a New Zealand-born film director known for helming a range of high-profile thrillers and dramas in Hollywood, including titles like "No Way Out," "Thirteen Days," and "The World's Fastest Indian."
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| Roger Donaldson canonical | 35 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3009651 — 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: Roger Donaldson Context triple: [The Bank Job, director, Roger Donaldson]
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Tony Kaye
Tony Kaye is a British film director and cinematographer best known for directing the critically acclaimed drama "American History X."
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Tony Kaye
Tony Kaye is an English keyboardist best known as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes.
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Mark Robson
Mark Robson was a Canadian-born film editor-turned-director known for his work in Hollywood on acclaimed films from the 1940s through the 1960s.
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Tony Scott
Tony Scott was a British film director and producer known for high-energy, visually dynamic action films such as "Top Gun," "Crimson Tide," and "Man on Fire."
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James MacDonald
James MacDonald was an American sound effects artist and voice actor for Disney, known for providing voices and innovative audio work in many classic animated films.
- 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: Roger Donaldson Target entity description: Roger Donaldson is a New Zealand-born film director known for helming a range of high-profile thrillers and dramas in Hollywood, including titles like "No Way Out," "Thirteen Days," and "The World's Fastest Indian."
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A.
Tony Kaye
Tony Kaye is a British film director and cinematographer best known for directing the critically acclaimed drama "American History X."
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B.
Tony Kaye
Tony Kaye is an English keyboardist best known as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes.
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C.
Mark Robson
Mark Robson was a Canadian-born film editor-turned-director known for his work in Hollywood on acclaimed films from the 1940s through the 1960s.
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D.
Tony Scott
Tony Scott was a British film director and producer known for high-energy, visually dynamic action films such as "Top Gun," "Crimson Tide," and "Man on Fire."
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E.
James MacDonald
James MacDonald was an American sound effects artist and voice actor for Disney, known for providing voices and innovative audio work in many classic animated films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Roger Donaldson Description of subject: Roger Donaldson is a New Zealand-born film director known for helming a range of high-profile thrillers and dramas in Hollywood, including titles like "No Way Out," "Thirteen Days," and "The World's Fastest Indian."
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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White Sands (1992 film)
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The Getaway (novel)
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Species film series