Herbie Hawkins
E440953
Herbie Hawkins is a supporting character in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller film "Shadow of a Doubt," known for his darkly humorous conversations about murder with his neighbor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Herbie Hawkins canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4446868 — 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: Herbie Hawkins Context triple: [Shadow of a Doubt, hasCharacter, Herbie Hawkins]
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A.
Leon Hart
Leon Hart was a standout two-way end for the University of Notre Dame who became one of the few linemen ever to win the Heisman Trophy before enjoying a professional career with the Detroit Lions.
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B.
James DeBarge
James DeBarge is an American R&B singer best known as a member of the family group DeBarge and for his brief, high-profile marriage to Janet Jackson in the 1980s.
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C.
Otis Wilbury
Otis Wilbury is the pseudonymous persona used by musician Jeff Lynne as a member of the supergroup Traveling Wilburys.
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D.
Al Hoffman
Al Hoffman was a prolific American songwriter best known for co-writing numerous popular standards and classic Disney songs in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Michael Zager
Michael Zager is an American record producer, composer, and arranger best known for his work in disco and pop music, including the hit "Let's All Chant."
- 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: Herbie Hawkins Target entity description: Herbie Hawkins is a supporting character in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller film "Shadow of a Doubt," known for his darkly humorous conversations about murder with his neighbor.
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A.
Leon Hart
Leon Hart was a standout two-way end for the University of Notre Dame who became one of the few linemen ever to win the Heisman Trophy before enjoying a professional career with the Detroit Lions.
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B.
James DeBarge
James DeBarge is an American R&B singer best known as a member of the family group DeBarge and for his brief, high-profile marriage to Janet Jackson in the 1980s.
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C.
Otis Wilbury
Otis Wilbury is the pseudonymous persona used by musician Jeff Lynne as a member of the supergroup Traveling Wilburys.
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D.
Al Hoffman
Al Hoffman was a prolific American songwriter best known for co-writing numerous popular standards and classic Disney songs in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Michael Zager
Michael Zager is an American record producer, composer, and arranger best known for his work in disco and pop music, including the hit "Let's All Chant."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fictional character
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Film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Shadow of a Doubt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInCountryOfOrigin | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| appearsInYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| associatedWithDirector | Alfred Hitchcock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator |
Alfred Hitchcock
NERFINISHED
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Alma Reville NERFINISHED ⓘ Sally Benson NERFINISHED ⓘ Thornton Wilder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discussesTopic |
Crime fiction
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Murder ⓘ |
| genre | Thriller ⓘ |
| hasNeighbor |
Charlie Newton
NERFINISHED
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Emma Newton NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Newton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | Feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | Supporting character ⓘ |
| notableFor | Darkly humorous conversations about murder ⓘ |
| occupation | Neighbor ⓘ |
| partOf | Shadow of a Doubt (1943 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipToWork | Comic relief ⓘ |
| setIn | Santa Rosa, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| toneOfDialogue | Darkly comic ⓘ |
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: Herbie Hawkins Description of subject: Herbie Hawkins is a supporting character in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller film "Shadow of a Doubt," known for his darkly humorous conversations about murder with his neighbor.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.