Selznick International Pictures
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Selznick International Pictures was an American film production company founded by producer David O. Selznick, best known for creating lavish, high-profile Hollywood epics in the 1930s and 1940s.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Selznick International Pictures canonical | 16 |
| David O. Selznick Productions | 1 |
| Selznick | 1 |
| Selznick International Pictures (historical) | 1 |
| Selznick International Pictures studio | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T379755 — 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: Selznick International Pictures Context triple: [Gone with the Wind, productionCompany, Selznick International Pictures]
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A.
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Samuel Goldwyn Company is an American film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing a wide range of independent and mainstream movies.
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B.
Zanuck/Brown Company
Zanuck/Brown Company was a prominent American film production company best known for producing blockbuster hits such as Steven Spielberg’s "Jaws."
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C.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is a historic American film studio renowned for its classic Hollywood productions and iconic roaring lion logo.
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D.
United Artists
United Artists is an American film and television entertainment studio historically known for giving filmmakers creative control and producing influential, artist-driven movies.
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E.
Paramount Pictures Studios
Paramount Pictures Studios is a historic major American film studio and production lot in Hollywood known for producing and distributing countless iconic movies and television shows.
- 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: Selznick International Pictures Target entity description: Selznick International Pictures was an American film production company founded by producer David O. Selznick, best known for creating lavish, high-profile Hollywood epics in the 1930s and 1940s.
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A.
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Samuel Goldwyn Company is an American film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing a wide range of independent and mainstream movies.
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B.
Zanuck/Brown Company
Zanuck/Brown Company was a prominent American film production company best known for producing blockbuster hits such as Steven Spielberg’s "Jaws."
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C.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is a historic American film studio renowned for its classic Hollywood productions and iconic roaring lion logo.
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D.
United Artists
United Artists is an American film and television entertainment studio historically known for giving filmmakers creative control and producing influential, artist-driven movies.
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E.
Paramount Pictures Studios
Paramount Pictures Studios is a historic major American film studio and production lot in Hollywood known for producing and distributing countless iconic movies and television shows.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American company
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film production company ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Selznick International Pictures
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
David O. Selznick Productions
Hollywood studio system ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| creativeFocus |
literary adaptations
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prestige pictures ⓘ |
| distributionChannel | theatrical release ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
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surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
|
| field | motion pictures ⓘ |
| foundedBy | David O. Selznick ⓘ |
| founder | David O. Selznick ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization |
drama films
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epic films ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Hollywood ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| keyPerson | David O. Selznick ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high‑profile film productions
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lavish Hollywood epics ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gone with the Wind
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Rebecca (1940 film) ⓘ
surface form:
Rebecca
|
| product | feature films ⓘ |
| productionStyle |
large‑scale studio productions
ⓘ
lavish production values ⓘ |
| typeOfBusiness | independent production company ⓘ |
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: Selznick International Pictures Description of subject: Selznick International Pictures was an American film production company founded by producer David O. Selznick, best known for creating lavish, high-profile Hollywood epics in the 1930s and 1940s.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Selznick
Selznick International Pictures
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associatedWith
→
Selznick International Pictures
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
David O. Selznick Productions
this entity surface form:
Selznick International Pictures studio
this entity surface form:
Selznick International Pictures (historical)
subject surface form:
The Garden of Allah (1936 film)