Bill Ross IV
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Bill Ross IV is an American cinematographer and filmmaker known for his work on documentaries, including the acclaimed film "I Am Not Your Negro."
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| Bill Ross IV canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3281291 — 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: Bill Ross IV Context triple: [I Am Not Your Negro, cinematographyBy, Bill Ross IV]
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Mick Rogers
Mick Rogers is an Australian former professional road cyclist known for his time-trialling strength and multiple world championship titles in the team time trial.
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B.
Brian Warfield
Brian Warfield is an Irish musician and songwriter best known as a member of the folk band The Wolfe Tones.
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Mike Krieger
Mike Krieger is a Brazilian-American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as the co-founder and former CTO of the photo-sharing social media platform Instagram.
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Ken Maynard
Ken Maynard was a popular American silent- and early sound-era Western film star and stunt rider known for his roles as a cowboy hero.
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Randy Moffitt
Randy Moffitt is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who spent most of his career with the San Francisco Giants in the 1970s.
- 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Ross IV Target entity description: Bill Ross IV is an American cinematographer and filmmaker known for his work on documentaries, including the acclaimed film "I Am Not Your Negro."
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A.
Mick Rogers
Mick Rogers is an Australian former professional road cyclist known for his time-trialling strength and multiple world championship titles in the team time trial.
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B.
Brian Warfield
Brian Warfield is an Irish musician and songwriter best known as a member of the folk band The Wolfe Tones.
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C.
Mike Krieger
Mike Krieger is a Brazilian-American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as the co-founder and former CTO of the photo-sharing social media platform Instagram.
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D.
Ken Maynard
Ken Maynard was a popular American silent- and early sound-era Western film star and stunt rider known for his roles as a cowboy hero.
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E.
Randy Moffitt
Randy Moffitt is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who spent most of his career with the San Francisco Giants in the 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cinematographer
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documentary filmmaker ⓘ filmmaker ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn | 21st century ⓘ |
| artisticRole | director of photography ⓘ |
| basedIn | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| creativeRole | visual storytelling in documentaries ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cinema
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documentary filmmaking ⓘ |
| genre | documentary film ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cinematography on documentaries
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work on the documentary film I Am Not Your Negro ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | critical acclaim for work on I Am Not Your Negro ⓘ |
| notableWork | I Am Not Your Negro ⓘ |
| occupation |
cinematographer
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film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| workFocus | nonfiction cinema ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (3)
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