Cedric Gibbons
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Cedric Gibbons was a prominent Irish-American art director and production designer at MGM, renowned for shaping the visual style of classic Hollywood films and for designing the Oscar statuette.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cedric Gibbons canonical | 34 |
| Austin Cedric Gibbons | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T173234 — 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: Cedric Gibbons Context triple: [The Tender Trap, artDirectionBy, Cedric Gibbons]
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A.
Cedric Maxwell
Cedric Maxwell is a former NBA forward best known for his key role in the Boston Celtics’ 1981 and 1984 championship teams and for earning the 1981 NBA Finals MVP award.
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B.
Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson is an American businessman and member of the Johnson family who serves as a principal owner and executive of the New York Jets NFL franchise.
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C.
John Hudson
John Hudson was one of the sons of the English explorer Henry Hudson, who is believed to have accompanied his father on his final, ill-fated voyage in search of a Northwest Passage.
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D.
Lloyd Bryce
Lloyd Bryce was an American editor, politician, and diplomat best known for his influential leadership of the North American Review in the late 19th century.
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E.
Allan Black
Allan Black is a notable individual distinguished enough in his field or public life to be specifically recognized by the surname Black.
- 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: Cedric Gibbons Target entity description: Cedric Gibbons was a prominent Irish-American art director and production designer at MGM, renowned for shaping the visual style of classic Hollywood films and for designing the Oscar statuette.
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A.
Cedric Maxwell
Cedric Maxwell is a former NBA forward best known for his key role in the Boston Celtics’ 1981 and 1984 championship teams and for earning the 1981 NBA Finals MVP award.
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B.
Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson is an American businessman and member of the Johnson family who serves as a principal owner and executive of the New York Jets NFL franchise.
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C.
John Hudson
John Hudson was one of the sons of the English explorer Henry Hudson, who is believed to have accompanied his father on his final, ill-fated voyage in search of a Northwest Passage.
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D.
Lloyd Bryce
Lloyd Bryce was an American editor, politician, and diplomat best known for his influential leadership of the North American Review in the late 19th century.
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E.
Allan Black
Allan Black is a notable individual distinguished enough in his field or public life to be specifically recognized by the surname Black.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish-American
ⓘ
art director ⓘ person ⓘ production designer ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
Hollywood Golden Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
|
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Ireland ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1893-03-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1960-07-26 ⓘ |
| designed |
Academy Awards statuette
ⓘ
surface form:
Academy Award statuette
|
| employer |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
ⓘ
surface form:
MGM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| employerRole | head of art department at MGM ⓘ |
| familyName | Gibbons ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
art direction
ⓘ
film production design ⓘ |
| fullName |
Cedric Gibbons
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Austin Cedric Gibbons
|
| genre | Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| givenName |
Austin
ⓘ
Cedric ⓘ |
| heritage | Irish ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hollywood production design standards
ⓘ
studio-era art direction practices ⓘ |
| knownFor |
designing the Oscar statuette
ⓘ
shaping the visual style of classic Hollywood films ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish-American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | original design of the Academy Award of Merit statuette ⓘ |
| notableEmployerEra | classic Hollywood era ⓘ |
| occupation |
art director
ⓘ
film set designer ⓘ production designer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dublin ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| spouse |
Dolores del Río
ⓘ
Hazel Brooks ⓘ |
| workedForStudio | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hollywood
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cedric Gibbons Description of subject: Cedric Gibbons was a prominent Irish-American art director and production designer at MGM, renowned for shaping the visual style of classic Hollywood films and for designing the Oscar statuette.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Austin Cedric Gibbons
subject surface form:
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subject surface form:
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subject surface form:
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subject surface form:
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subject surface form:
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subject surface form:
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