David Rappaport
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David Rappaport was a British actor best known for his roles in fantasy and science-fiction films and television series during the late 20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Rapaport | 1 |
| David Rappaport canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3658977 — 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: David Rappaport Context triple: [Time Bandits, castMember, David Rappaport]
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A.
Sanford Rothenberg
Sanford Rothenberg was the second husband of actress Fay Wray, known primarily for his marriage to the iconic King Kong star.
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B.
Max Handelman
Max Handelman is an American sportswriter, film producer, and co-founder of the production company Brownstone Productions.
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C.
Jonathan T. Taplin
Jonathan T. Taplin is an American film producer, media scholar, and author known for his work with director Martin Scorsese and his critiques of the digital economy.
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D.
Stephen Goldblatt
Stephen Goldblatt is a British cinematographer known for his work on major films such as Charlie Wilson's War, Batman Forever, and Lethal Weapon.
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E.
Neil Goldman
Neil Goldman is a recurring nerdy, socially awkward teenage character in the animated TV series "Family Guy," often portrayed as infatuated with Meg Griffin.
- 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: David Rappaport Target entity description: David Rappaport was a British actor best known for his roles in fantasy and science-fiction films and television series during the late 20th century.
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A.
Sanford Rothenberg
Sanford Rothenberg was the second husband of actress Fay Wray, known primarily for his marriage to the iconic King Kong star.
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B.
Max Handelman
Max Handelman is an American sportswriter, film producer, and co-founder of the production company Brownstone Productions.
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C.
Jonathan T. Taplin
Jonathan T. Taplin is an American film producer, media scholar, and author known for his work with director Martin Scorsese and his critiques of the digital economy.
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D.
Stephen Goldblatt
Stephen Goldblatt is a British cinematographer known for his work on major films such as Charlie Wilson's War, Batman Forever, and Lethal Weapon.
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E.
Neil Goldman
Neil Goldman is a recurring nerdy, socially awkward teenage character in the animated TV series "Family Guy," often portrayed as infatuated with Meg Griffin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British actor
ⓘ
actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| birthName | David Stephen Rappaport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-11-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1990-05-02 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | performing arts ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy film
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fantasy television ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| height | dwarf stature ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | David Rappaport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | short stature ⓘ |
| notableFor |
roles in fantasy films
ⓘ
roles in science-fiction television series ⓘ |
| notableWork |
L.A. Law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Bride NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wizard NERFINISHED ⓘ Time Bandits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| portrayedIn | Time Bandits (character Randall) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workedIn |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| yearsActive |
1970s
ⓘ
1980s ⓘ |
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: David Rappaport Description of subject: David Rappaport was a British actor best known for his roles in fantasy and science-fiction films and television series during the late 20th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
David Rapaport