Talbot Jennings
E448249
Talbot Jennings was an American screenwriter known for his work on notable mid-20th-century films, including several acclaimed literary and historical adaptations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Talbot Jennings canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3168837 — 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: Talbot Jennings Context triple: [Anna and the King of Siam, screenwriter, Talbot Jennings]
-
A.
Sidney Darlington
Sidney Darlington was an American electrical engineer and inventor best known for his pioneering work in network theory and the invention of the Darlington transistor configuration.
-
B.
Robert Jenkins
Robert Jenkins was an 18th-century British sea captain whose alleged mutilation by Spanish coast guards became the pretext for the War of Jenkins' Ear between Britain and Spain.
-
C.
Charles Faulkner
Charles Faulkner was a 19th-century British designer and partner in the influential Arts and Crafts firm Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
-
D.
Moultrie Kelsall
Moultrie Kelsall was a Scottish actor and broadcaster known for his character roles in mid-20th-century British film, television, and radio.
-
E.
William Belton
William Belton was the namesake of the city of Belton in Missouri, United States, likely a locally significant historical figure such as an early settler, landowner, or community leader.
- 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: Talbot Jennings Target entity description: Talbot Jennings was an American screenwriter known for his work on notable mid-20th-century films, including several acclaimed literary and historical adaptations.
-
A.
Sidney Darlington
Sidney Darlington was an American electrical engineer and inventor best known for his pioneering work in network theory and the invention of the Darlington transistor configuration.
-
B.
Robert Jenkins
Robert Jenkins was an 18th-century British sea captain whose alleged mutilation by Spanish coast guards became the pretext for the War of Jenkins' Ear between Britain and Spain.
-
C.
Charles Faulkner
Charles Faulkner was a 19th-century British designer and partner in the influential Arts and Crafts firm Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
-
D.
Moultrie Kelsall
Moultrie Kelsall was a Scottish actor and broadcaster known for his character roles in mid-20th-century British film, television, and radio.
-
E.
William Belton
William Belton was the namesake of the city of Belton in Missouri, United States, likely a locally significant historical figure such as an early settler, landowner, or community leader.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American screenwriter
ⓘ
human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | film industry ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation nomination
ⓘ
linked to:
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
|
| basedOn |
classic literature (for many of his screenplays)
ⓘ
historical events (for many of his screenplays) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1894-08-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1985-05-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Idaho
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
historical drama
ⓘ
literary adaptation ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation
ⓘ
linked to:
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
|
| notableWork |
Camille (1936 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Camille (1936)
Knute Rockne, All American (1940 film) ⓘ Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Mutiny on the Bounty
Northwest Passage (1940 film) ⓘ Romeo and Juliet (1936 film) ⓘ The Good Earth (1937 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Good Earth
The Sun Also Rises (1957 film) ⓘ The Valley of Decision (1945 film) ⓘ |
| occupation |
playwright
ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Shoshone, Idaho, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Shoshone, Idaho
|
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
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: Talbot Jennings Description of subject: Talbot Jennings was an American screenwriter known for his work on notable mid-20th-century films, including several acclaimed literary and historical adaptations.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.