Ted McCord
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Ted McCord was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films, including the Oscar-nominated Johnny Belinda and The Sound of Music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ted McCord canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3803970 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ted McCord Context triple: [Johnny Belinda, cinematographyBy, Ted McCord]
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A.
Duane Sutter
Duane Sutter is a former Canadian professional ice hockey winger best known for winning four consecutive Stanley Cups with the New York Islanders in the early 1980s.
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B.
Ric Waite
Ric Waite was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous popular films and television projects from the 1970s through the 1990s.
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C.
Tuffy Rhodes
Tuffy Rhodes is an American former professional baseball outfielder best known for his prolific power-hitting career in Nippon Professional Baseball, where he tied the single-season home run record.
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D.
Don Saleski
Don Saleski is a former NHL right winger best known for his gritty, physical play with the Philadelphia Flyers during their 1970s "Broad Street Bullies" era.
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E.
Ron Foulk
Ron Foulk is a British music promoter best known for co-founding and organizing the original Isle of Wight Festival, one of the landmark rock festivals of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- 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: Ted McCord Target entity description: Ted McCord was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films, including the Oscar-nominated Johnny Belinda and The Sound of Music.
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A.
Duane Sutter
Duane Sutter is a former Canadian professional ice hockey winger best known for winning four consecutive Stanley Cups with the New York Islanders in the early 1980s.
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B.
Ric Waite
Ric Waite was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous popular films and television projects from the 1970s through the 1990s.
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C.
Tuffy Rhodes
Tuffy Rhodes is an American former professional baseball outfielder best known for his prolific power-hitting career in Nippon Professional Baseball, where he tied the single-season home run record.
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D.
Don Saleski
Don Saleski is a former NHL right winger best known for his gritty, physical play with the Philadelphia Flyers during their 1970s "Broad Street Bullies" era.
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E.
Ron Foulk
Ron Foulk is a British music promoter best known for co-founding and organizing the original Isle of Wight Festival, one of the landmark rock festivals of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American cinematographer
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cinematographer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | McCord ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | cinematography ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Ted ⓘ |
| industry |
Hollywood
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surface form:
Hollywood film industry
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| knownFor |
black-and-white cinematography
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color cinematography ⓘ |
| name | Ted McCord self-link ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
cinematography on Johnny Belinda
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cinematography on The Sound of Music ⓘ cinematography on The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Johnny Belinda
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The Sound of Music ⓘ The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ⓘ |
| occupation | cinematographer ⓘ |
| workedOn |
East of Eden
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Johnny Belinda ⓘ The Breaking Point ⓘ The Hanging Tree ⓘ The Sound of Music ⓘ The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ⓘ The Unsuspected ⓘ |
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: Ted McCord Description of subject: Ted McCord was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films, including the Oscar-nominated Johnny Belinda and The Sound of Music.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.