Harry Waxman
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Harry Waxman was a British cinematographer known for his work on numerous mid-20th-century films, including the 1960 adaptation of "Swiss Family Robinson."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harry Waxman canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3022948 — 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: Harry Waxman Context triple: [Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film), cinematographyBy, Harry Waxman]
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A.
Sidney Finkelstein
Sidney Finkelstein was an American Marxist literary and music critic known for his analyses of culture and the arts from a leftist perspective.
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B.
Irving Brecher
Irving Brecher was an American screenwriter best known for his work on Marx Brothers comedies and classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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C.
Harry Weltman
Harry Weltman is a former professional basketball executive best known for his leadership roles with American Basketball Association and NBA franchises.
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D.
Herschel Weingrod
Herschel Weingrod is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular 1980s and 1990s comedies such as "Trading Places," "Twins," and "Kindergarten Cop."
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E.
Herman Lieberman
Herman Lieberman was a prominent Polish socialist politician, lawyer, and parliamentarian active in the early 20th century, known for his leadership in the Polish left and opposition to authoritarianism.
- 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: Harry Waxman Target entity description: Harry Waxman was a British cinematographer known for his work on numerous mid-20th-century films, including the 1960 adaptation of "Swiss Family Robinson."
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A.
Sidney Finkelstein
Sidney Finkelstein was an American Marxist literary and music critic known for his analyses of culture and the arts from a leftist perspective.
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B.
Irving Brecher
Irving Brecher was an American screenwriter best known for his work on Marx Brothers comedies and classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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C.
Harry Weltman
Harry Weltman is a former professional basketball executive best known for his leadership roles with American Basketball Association and NBA franchises.
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D.
Herschel Weingrod
Herschel Weingrod is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular 1980s and 1990s comedies such as "Trading Places," "Twins," and "Kindergarten Cop."
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E.
Herman Lieberman
Herman Lieberman was a prominent Polish socialist politician, lawyer, and parliamentarian active in the early 20th century, known for his leadership in the Polish left and opposition to authoritarianism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British cinematographer
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cinematographer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employer | British film studios ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | cinematography ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | adventure films ⓘ |
| hasCinematographer | Harry Waxman ⓘ |
| hasNotableProject | Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film) ⓘ |
| hasRole | director of photography ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cinematography on Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film)
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work as a cinematographer on mid-20th-century films ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notablePeriod |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ |
| notableWork | Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film) ⓘ |
| occupation | cinematographer ⓘ |
| partOf | British cinema ⓘ |
| workedOn | Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film) ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hollywood
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
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: Harry Waxman Description of subject: Harry Waxman was a British cinematographer known for his work on numerous mid-20th-century films, including the 1960 adaptation of "Swiss Family Robinson."
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Brighton Rock
subject linked to:
Harry Waxman
subject linked to:
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961 film)
subject linked to:
The Canadians (1961 film)