Dan O'Bannon
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Dan O'Bannon was an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his influential work in science fiction and horror cinema, including co-writing the classic film "Alien."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dan O’Bannon | 7 |
| Dan O'Bannon canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4355992 — 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: Dan O'Bannon Context triple: [Alien (1979 film), screenwriter, Dan O'Bannon]
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A.
Jon Spaihts
Jon Spaihts is an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on major science fiction and blockbuster films such as "Prometheus," "Doctor Strange," and "Dune."
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B.
Richard Maibaum
Richard Maibaum was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his long-running work on the James Bond film series.
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C.
Jack Arnold
Jack Arnold is an American television and film director best known for his work on classic science fiction movies of the 1950s and popular TV series.
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D.
Michael C. Gross
Michael C. Gross was an American film producer and art director best known for his work on the Ghostbusters franchise and other popular comedies of the 1980s and early 1990s.
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E.
John Boyd-Carpenter
John Boyd-Carpenter was a British Conservative politician and government minister who held several senior posts in the mid-20th century, including key roles in economic and social policy.
- 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: Dan O'Bannon Target entity description: Dan O'Bannon was an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his influential work in science fiction and horror cinema, including co-writing the classic film "Alien."
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A.
Jon Spaihts
Jon Spaihts is an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on major science fiction and blockbuster films such as "Prometheus," "Doctor Strange," and "Dune."
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B.
Richard Maibaum
Richard Maibaum was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his long-running work on the James Bond film series.
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C.
Jack Arnold
Jack Arnold is an American television and film director best known for his work on classic science fiction movies of the 1950s and popular TV series.
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D.
Michael C. Gross
Michael C. Gross was an American film producer and art director best known for his work on the Ghostbusters franchise and other popular comedies of the 1980s and early 1990s.
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E.
John Boyd-Carpenter
John Boyd-Carpenter was a British Conservative politician and government minister who held several senior posts in the mid-20th century, including key roles in economic and social policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American person
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actor ⓘ film director ⓘ film editor ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| actedIn | Dark Star NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Eternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | Crohn's disease ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
H. R. Giger
NERFINISHED
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John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronald Shusett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1946-09-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2009-12-17 ⓘ |
| directed | Return of the Living Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| edited | Dark Star NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | O'Bannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Daniel Thomas O'Bannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
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science fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Daniel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
horror cinema
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science fiction cinema ⓘ |
| knownFor |
blending horror and science fiction elements
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co-writing the film Alien ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alien
NERFINISHED
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Dark Star NERFINISHED ⓘ Invaders from Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ Lifeforce NERFINISHED ⓘ Return of the Living Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ Screamers NERFINISHED ⓘ Total Recall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film director ⓘ film editor ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteScreenplayFor |
Alien
NERFINISHED
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Dark Star NERFINISHED ⓘ Invaders from Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ Lifeforce NERFINISHED ⓘ Return of the Living Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ Screamers NERFINISHED ⓘ Total Recall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Dan O'Bannon Description of subject: Dan O'Bannon was an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his influential work in science fiction and horror cinema, including co-writing the classic film "Alien."
Referenced by (12)
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