Glen A. Larson
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Glen A. Larson was a prolific American television producer and writer best known for creating and producing popular series such as Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider, and Magnum, P.I.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Glen A. Larson canonical | 17 |
| Glen Larson | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5303906 — 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: Glen A. Larson Context triple: [McCloud, executiveProducer, Glen A. Larson]
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A.
Michael C. Gross
Michael C. Gross was an American film producer and art director best known for his work on the Ghostbusters franchise and other popular comedies of the 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
Robert Kurtzman
Robert Kurtzman is an American special effects artist, director, and screenwriter best known as a founding member of KNB EFX Group and for creating the original story for the film "From Dusk Till Dawn."
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C.
Bob Haldeman
Bob Haldeman was a key aide and White House Chief of Staff to U.S. President Richard Nixon, best known for his central role in the Watergate scandal.
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D.
Jeff Bergman
Jeff Bergman is an American voice actor best known for succeeding Mel Blanc in voicing classic Looney Tunes characters such as Bugs Bunny.
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E.
Richard Maibaum
Richard Maibaum was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his long-running work on the James Bond film series.
- 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: Glen A. Larson Target entity description: Glen A. Larson was a prolific American television producer and writer best known for creating and producing popular series such as Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider, and Magnum, P.I.
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A.
Michael C. Gross
Michael C. Gross was an American film producer and art director best known for his work on the Ghostbusters franchise and other popular comedies of the 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
Robert Kurtzman
Robert Kurtzman is an American special effects artist, director, and screenwriter best known as a founding member of KNB EFX Group and for creating the original story for the film "From Dusk Till Dawn."
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C.
Bob Haldeman
Bob Haldeman was a key aide and White House Chief of Staff to U.S. President Richard Nixon, best known for his central role in the Watergate scandal.
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D.
Jeff Bergman
Jeff Bergman is an American voice actor best known for succeeding Mel Blanc in voicing classic Looney Tunes characters such as Bugs Bunny.
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E.
Richard Maibaum
Richard Maibaum was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his long-running work on the James Bond film series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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television producer ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Universal Studios
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Universal Television ⓘ |
| familyName | Larson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
popular entertainment
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television production ⓘ television writing ⓘ |
| genre |
action-adventure television
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crime drama television ⓘ science fiction television ⓘ |
| givenName | Glen ⓘ |
| industry | television industry ⓘ |
| influenced | American genre television of the late 20th century ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | The Four Preps ⓘ |
| name | Glen A. Larson ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
created multiple successful American television series in the 1970s and 1980s
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known for high-concept, action-oriented network television shows ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alias Smith and Jones
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Automan ⓘ B. J. and the Bear ⓘ Battlestar Galactica ⓘ
linked to:
Battlestar Galactica franchise
Battlestar Galactica 1980 ⓘ
linked to:
Galactica 1980
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ⓘ
linked to:
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)
Cover Up ⓘ Galactica 1980 ⓘ Knight Rider ⓘ Magnum, P.I. ⓘ Manimal ⓘ Quincy, M.E. ⓘ Switch ⓘ The Fall Guy ⓘ The Four Preps recordings ⓘ The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries ⓘ The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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film producer ⓘ record producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ television producer ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Glen A. Larson Description of subject: Glen A. Larson was a prolific American television producer and writer best known for creating and producing popular series such as Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider, and Magnum, P.I.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Glen A. Larson
linked to: Glen A. Larson
subject linked to:
Commander Adama in Battlestar Galactica
subject linked to:
KITT in Knight Rider