James Dearden
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James Dearden is a British screenwriter and director best known for writing the screenplay for the hit psychological thriller film "Fatal Attraction."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Dearden canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3086204 — 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: James Dearden Context triple: [Fatal Attraction, screenwriter, James Dearden]
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A.
Joan Benedict
Joan Benedict is an American actress known for her work in film and television and for being married to acclaimed actor Rod Steiger.
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B.
Don DeFore
Don DeFore was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century sitcoms, including playing friendly neighbor characters in popular series.
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C.
Clifton Webb
Clifton Webb was an American actor, dancer, and singer best known for his sophisticated, often acerbic screen persona in films such as "Laura" and "Sitting Pretty."
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D.
Dana Elcar
Dana Elcar was an American character actor best known for playing Peter Thornton on the television series "MacGyver" and for his numerous supporting roles in film and TV.
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E.
William Devane
William Devane is an American actor known for his intense, often authoritative roles in film and television, including prominent performances in projects like "Knots Landing" and "24."
- 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: James Dearden Target entity description: James Dearden is a British screenwriter and director best known for writing the screenplay for the hit psychological thriller film "Fatal Attraction."
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A.
Joan Benedict
Joan Benedict is an American actress known for her work in film and television and for being married to acclaimed actor Rod Steiger.
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B.
Don DeFore
Don DeFore was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century sitcoms, including playing friendly neighbor characters in popular series.
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C.
Clifton Webb
Clifton Webb was an American actor, dancer, and singer best known for his sophisticated, often acerbic screen persona in films such as "Laura" and "Sitting Pretty."
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D.
Dana Elcar
Dana Elcar was an American character actor best known for playing Peter Thornton on the television series "MacGyver" and for his numerous supporting roles in film and TV.
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E.
William Devane
William Devane is an American actor known for his intense, often authoritative roles in film and television, including prominent performances in projects like "Knots Landing" and "24."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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film director ⓘ person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | film industry ⓘ |
| basedOnOwnWork | Fatal Attraction ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1949-09-14 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| directed |
A Kiss Before Dying
ⓘ
Pascali's Island ⓘ Rogue Trader ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Harrow School ⓘ |
| familyName | Dearden ⓘ |
| genre | psychological thriller ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | James Dearden self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor | writing the screenplay for Fatal Attraction ⓘ |
| notableWork | Fatal Attraction ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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screenwriter ⓘ |
| parent |
Basil Dearden
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Melissa Stribling ⓘ |
| spouse | Annabel Brooks ⓘ |
| wrote |
A Kiss Before Dying
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Pascali's Island ⓘ Rogue Trader ⓘ |
| wroteScreenplayFor | Fatal Attraction ⓘ |
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: James Dearden Description of subject: James Dearden is a British screenwriter and director best known for writing the screenplay for the hit psychological thriller film "Fatal Attraction."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Diversion
subject surface form:
Alex Forrest