John Waters
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John Waters is an Australian actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in historical dramas and popular TV series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Waters canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5072159 — 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: John Waters Context triple: [Breaker Morant, starring, John Waters]
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A.
John S. Waters
John S. Waters was an American film assistant director recognized in Hollywood’s early studio era, notably honored with an Academy Award for his work.
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B.
Edward Wood
Edward Wood, later known as Lord Irwin and Earl of Halifax, was a prominent British Conservative politician and diplomat who served as Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary in the early 20th century.
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C.
Paul Morrissey
Paul Morrissey is an American film director best known for his collaborations with Andy Warhol on underground films in the 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
Terry Zwigoff
Terry Zwigoff is an American filmmaker best known for his darkly comic and offbeat documentaries and feature films, including the acclaimed documentary "Crumb" and the cult favorite "Ghost World."
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E.
Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara is an American filmmaker known for his gritty, provocative crime dramas and cult classics such as "Bad Lieutenant" and "King of New York."
- 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: John Waters Target entity description: John Waters is an Australian actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in historical dramas and popular TV series.
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A.
John S. Waters
John S. Waters was an American film assistant director recognized in Hollywood’s early studio era, notably honored with an Academy Award for his work.
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B.
Edward Wood
Edward Wood, later known as Lord Irwin and Earl of Halifax, was a prominent British Conservative politician and diplomat who served as Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary in the early 20th century.
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C.
Paul Morrissey
Paul Morrissey is an American film director best known for his collaborations with Andy Warhol on underground films in the 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
Terry Zwigoff
Terry Zwigoff is an American filmmaker best known for his darkly comic and offbeat documentaries and feature films, including the acclaimed documentary "Crumb" and the cult favorite "Ghost World."
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E.
Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara is an American filmmaker known for his gritty, provocative crime dramas and cult classics such as "Bad Lieutenant" and "King of New York."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
historical drama
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television drama ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | John Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All Saints
NERFINISHED
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All the Rivers Run NERFINISHED ⓘ All the Rivers Run II NERFINISHED ⓘ Anzacs NERFINISHED ⓘ Bastard Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ Breaker Morant NERFINISHED ⓘ City Homicide NERFINISHED ⓘ Heartbreak High NERFINISHED ⓘ High Country NERFINISHED ⓘ Janet King NERFINISHED ⓘ Mystery Road (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Offspring NERFINISHED ⓘ Play School NERFINISHED ⓘ Rake NERFINISHED ⓘ Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ SeaChange NERFINISHED ⓘ Summerfield NERFINISHED ⓘ The Alice NERFINISHED ⓘ The Clinic NERFINISHED ⓘ The Damnation of Harvey McHugh NERFINISHED ⓘ The Farm NERFINISHED ⓘ The Getting of Wisdom NERFINISHED ⓘ The Last Bastion NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man from Snowy River (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mango Tree NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mystery of a Hansom Cab NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shark Net NERFINISHED ⓘ The Young Doctors NERFINISHED ⓘ Underbelly: The Golden Mile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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musician ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| workLocation | Australia ⓘ |
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: John Waters Description of subject: John Waters is an Australian actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in historical dramas and popular TV series.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.