Frank Silvera
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Frank Silvera was a Jamaican-born American character actor known for his intense performances in film, television, and theater during the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Frank Silvera canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5673569 — 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: Frank Silvera Context triple: [Che!, castMember, Frank Silvera]
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A.
Andrew Miano
Andrew Miano is an American film producer known for his work on independent and critically acclaimed movies, often collaborating with director Tom Ford and others.
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B.
Andrew Sarlo
Andrew Sarlo is a music producer known for his work with indie and alternative artists such as Big Thief and Bon Iver.
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C.
Nicholas D'Agosto
Nicholas D'Agosto is an American actor known for his roles in television series such as "Masters of Sex" and "Heroes," as well as films like "Final Destination 5."
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D.
Andrew Mondshein
Andrew Mondshein is an American film editor known for his work on acclaimed movies such as "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" and "The Sixth Sense."
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E.
Alec Mazo
Alec Mazo is a professional ballroom dancer and choreographer best known for his appearances and championship win on the U.S. television show Dancing with the Stars.
- 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: Frank Silvera Target entity description: Frank Silvera was a Jamaican-born American character actor known for his intense performances in film, television, and theater during the mid-20th century.
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A.
Andrew Miano
Andrew Miano is an American film producer known for his work on independent and critically acclaimed movies, often collaborating with director Tom Ford and others.
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B.
Andrew Sarlo
Andrew Sarlo is a music producer known for his work with indie and alternative artists such as Big Thief and Bon Iver.
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C.
Nicholas D'Agosto
Nicholas D'Agosto is an American actor known for his roles in television series such as "Masters of Sex" and "Heroes," as well as films like "Final Destination 5."
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D.
Andrew Mondshein
Andrew Mondshein is an American film editor known for his work on acclaimed movies such as "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" and "The Sixth Sense."
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E.
Alec Mazo
Alec Mazo is a professional ballroom dancer and choreographer best known for his appearances and championship win on the U.S. television show Dancing with the Stars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character actor
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film actor ⓘ person ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| birthName | Frank Alvin Silvera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | accidental electrocution ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1914-07-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1970-06-11 ⓘ |
| education |
Actors Studio
NERFINISHED
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The New School for Social Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Jamaican ⓘ |
| founded |
Los Angeles-based theatre company for Black actors
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Theatre of Being NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movedTo | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Frank Silvera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | intense performances ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Don Sebastian Montoya in The High Chaparral
NERFINISHED
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Gaspar in Viva Zapata! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)
NERFINISHED
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One-Eyed Jacks NERFINISHED ⓘ The High Chaparral NERFINISHED ⓘ Viva Zapata! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kingston, Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Pasadena, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed |
Latin American characters
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Mexican characters ⓘ ethnically ambiguous characters ⓘ |
| residence | Harlem, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Anna Lillian Quarles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Elia Kazan
NERFINISHED
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Marlon Brando 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: Frank Silvera Description of subject: Frank Silvera was a Jamaican-born American character actor known for his intense performances in film, television, and theater during the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.