David Naughton
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David Naughton is an American actor and singer best known for his lead role in the horror-comedy film "An American Werewolf in London" and for his work in 1970s and 1980s film and television.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Naughton canonical | 1 |
| Robert Pratt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5514199 — 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: David Naughton Context triple: [An American Werewolf in London, starredActor, David Naughton]
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A.
Richard Gant
Richard Gant is an American character actor known for his roles in film and television, often portraying authoritative or tough-minded figures.
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B.
Gregory Reeves
Gregory Reeves is the introspective, spiritually searching protagonist of Isabel Allende’s novel "The Infinite Plan," whose life story explores identity, trauma, and the pursuit of meaning in mid-20th-century America.
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C.
Michael Patterson
Michael Patterson is a music video director best known for his work on the socially conscious hit "Where Is the Love?" by The Black Eyed Peas.
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D.
Martin Henderson
Martin Henderson is a New Zealand actor known for his roles in films like "The Ring" and "Everest" and TV series such as "Grey's Anatomy" and "Virgin River."
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E.
Timothy Busfield
Timothy Busfield is an American actor and director best known for his roles in television series such as "thirtysomething," "The West Wing," and various film and stage productions.
- 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: David Naughton Target entity description: David Naughton is an American actor and singer best known for his lead role in the horror-comedy film "An American Werewolf in London" and for his work in 1970s and 1980s film and television.
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A.
Richard Gant
Richard Gant is an American character actor known for his roles in film and television, often portraying authoritative or tough-minded figures.
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B.
Gregory Reeves
Gregory Reeves is the introspective, spiritually searching protagonist of Isabel Allende’s novel "The Infinite Plan," whose life story explores identity, trauma, and the pursuit of meaning in mid-20th-century America.
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C.
Michael Patterson
Michael Patterson is a music video director best known for his work on the socially conscious hit "Where Is the Love?" by The Black Eyed Peas.
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D.
Martin Henderson
Martin Henderson is a New Zealand actor known for his roles in films like "The Ring" and "Everest" and TV series such as "Grey's Anatomy" and "Virgin River."
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E.
Timothy Busfield
Timothy Busfield is an American actor and director best known for his roles in television series such as "thirtysomething," "The West Wing," and various film and stage productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1970s
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1980s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-02-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| familyName | Naughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
horror ⓘ pop music ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
lead role as David Kessler in An American Werewolf in London
ⓘ
theme song and role in the TV series Makin' It ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | David Naughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An American Werewolf in London
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
At the Mountains of Madness NERFINISHED ⓘ Makin' It NERFINISHED ⓘ Midnight Madness NERFINISHED ⓘ My Sister Sam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
singer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American film industry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
American television industry ⓘ |
| performedIn |
An American Werewolf in London
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diagnosis: Murder NERFINISHED ⓘ Hot Dog… The Movie NERFINISHED ⓘ JAG NERFINISHED ⓘ MacGyver NERFINISHED ⓘ Makin' It NERFINISHED ⓘ Melrose Place NERFINISHED ⓘ Midnight Madness NERFINISHED ⓘ Murder, She Wrote NERFINISHED ⓘ My Sister Sam NERFINISHED ⓘ Separate Ways NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharknado 5: Global Swarming NERFINISHED ⓘ The Boy Who Cried Werewolf NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dreamers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Flash NERFINISHED ⓘ The Outer Limits NERFINISHED ⓘ The Paper Chase NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pretender NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hartford, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recorded | Makin' It (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: David Naughton Description of subject: David Naughton is an American actor and singer best known for his lead role in the horror-comedy film "An American Werewolf in London" and for his work in 1970s and 1980s film and television.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Robert Pratt