Nancy Dowd
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Nancy Dowd is an American screenwriter best known for her Oscar-winning work on the anti-war film "Coming Home" and for writing the cult hockey movie "Slap Shot."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nancy Dowd canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3757397 — 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: Nancy Dowd Context triple: [Coming Home, screenwriter, Nancy Dowd]
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A.
Nancy Gross
Nancy Gross was the wife of renowned American film director Howard Hawks.
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B.
Ann Donahue
Ann Donahue is an American television writer and producer best known as a co-creator and longtime showrunner of the CSI franchise.
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C.
Judy Nye
Judy Nye is known primarily for being the first wife of American media mogul and CNN founder Ted Turner.
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D.
Nancy Huggins
Nancy Huggins was the first wife of investor and Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charlie Munger.
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E.
Nancy Goodman
Nancy Goodman is an American diplomat, businesswoman, and philanthropist best known for founding the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
- 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: Nancy Dowd Target entity description: Nancy Dowd is an American screenwriter best known for her Oscar-winning work on the anti-war film "Coming Home" and for writing the cult hockey movie "Slap Shot."
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A.
Nancy Gross
Nancy Gross was the wife of renowned American film director Howard Hawks.
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B.
Ann Donahue
Ann Donahue is an American television writer and producer best known as a co-creator and longtime showrunner of the CSI franchise.
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C.
Judy Nye
Judy Nye is known primarily for being the first wife of American media mogul and CNN founder Ted Turner.
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D.
Nancy Huggins
Nancy Huggins was the first wife of investor and Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charlie Munger.
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E.
Nancy Goodman
Nancy Goodman is an American diplomat, businesswoman, and philanthropist best known for founding the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American screenwriter
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human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | 1970s American cinema ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1945-08-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Smith College ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
anti-war film
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drama film ⓘ sports film ⓘ |
| hasGivenInterviewAbout |
making of Slap Shot
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political themes in Coming Home ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
anti-war themes
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sports comedy writing ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Coming Home
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Slap Shot ⓘ |
| occupation | screenwriter ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Hollywood film industry ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| usedPseudonym |
Ernest Morton
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Rob Morton ⓘ |
| wrote |
Coming Home
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Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains ⓘ Slap Shot ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Nancy Dowd Description of subject: Nancy Dowd is an American screenwriter best known for her Oscar-winning work on the anti-war film "Coming Home" and for writing the cult hockey movie "Slap Shot."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.