David Gelb
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David Gelb is an American filmmaker and producer best known for creating and directing the documentary "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" and for developing the Netflix series "Chef's Table."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Gelb canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5676184 — 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 Gelb Context triple: [Entergalactic, executiveProducer, David Gelb]
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A.
Edward Neumeier
Edward Neumeier is an American screenwriter and producer best known for writing the science fiction films RoboCop and Starship Troopers.
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B.
Rafe Pearlman
Rafe Pearlman is a vocalist and musician known for his powerful, emotive singing and collaborations across rock, world, and cinematic music projects.
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C.
David Kraft
David Kraft is a member of the prominent Kraft family, known for its significant influence in the American food industry and philanthropy.
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D.
Larry Klein
Larry Klein is an American record producer, songwriter, and bassist best known for his work with artists such as Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, and Tracy Chapman.
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E.
Jay Graydon
Jay Graydon is an American guitarist, songwriter, and Grammy-winning producer known for his sophisticated pop and jazz fusion work with artists such as Steely Dan, Al Jarreau, and Airplay.
- 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 Gelb Target entity description: David Gelb is an American filmmaker and producer best known for creating and directing the documentary "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" and for developing the Netflix series "Chef's Table."
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A.
Edward Neumeier
Edward Neumeier is an American screenwriter and producer best known for writing the science fiction films RoboCop and Starship Troopers.
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B.
Rafe Pearlman
Rafe Pearlman is a vocalist and musician known for his powerful, emotive singing and collaborations across rock, world, and cinematic music projects.
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C.
David Kraft
David Kraft is a member of the prominent Kraft family, known for its significant influence in the American food industry and philanthropy.
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D.
Larry Klein
Larry Klein is an American record producer, songwriter, and bassist best known for his work with artists such as Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, and Tracy Chapman.
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E.
Jay Graydon
Jay Graydon is an American guitarist, songwriter, and Grammy-winning producer known for his sophisticated pop and jazz fusion work with artists such as Steely Dan, Al Jarreau, and Airplay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary film
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film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ person ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| creator | David Gelb ⓘ |
| creatorOf | Chef's Table ⓘ |
| developer | David Gelb ⓘ |
| developerOf | Chef's Table ⓘ |
| director | David Gelb ⓘ |
| directorOf |
Chef's Table
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Chef's Table: France ⓘ Jiro Dreams of Sushi ⓘ Street Food ⓘ The Lazarus Effect ⓘ |
| familyName | Gelb ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary
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documentary film ⓘ food documentary ⓘ television documentary series ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Jiro Ono ⓘ |
| name | David Gelb ⓘ |
| notableFor | food-focused documentary storytelling ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chef's Table
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Chef's Table: France ⓘ Jiro Dreams of Sushi ⓘ Street Food ⓘ Street Food: Asia ⓘ Street Food: Latin America ⓘ The Lazarus Effect ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Netflix ⓘ |
| producer | David Gelb ⓘ |
| producerOf |
Chef's Table
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Street Food ⓘ |
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: David Gelb Description of subject: David Gelb is an American filmmaker and producer best known for creating and directing the documentary "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" and for developing the Netflix series "Chef's Table."
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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