Stephen Gyllenhaal
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Stephen Gyllenhaal is an American film and television director and poet, known for directing dramas such as "Waterland" and for being the father of actors Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stephen Gyllenhaal canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5613869 — 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: Stephen Gyllenhaal Context triple: [Peter Sarsgaard, relative, Stephen Gyllenhaal]
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A.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal is an acclaimed American actor known for his intense, versatile performances in films ranging from independent dramas to major studio thrillers.
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B.
Cheyenne Jackson
Cheyenne Jackson is an American actor and singer known for his work on Broadway and in television series such as "30 Rock," "Glee," and "American Horror Story."
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C.
Liev Schreiber
Liev Schreiber is an American actor, director, and producer known for his versatile performances in film, television, and theater, including roles in "Ray Donovan," "Spotlight," and numerous Shakespearean stage productions.
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D.
Matthew Rhys
Matthew Rhys is a Welsh actor best known for his Emmy-winning role in the television series "The Americans" and for his work in both film and television dramas.
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E.
Peter Sarsgaard
Peter Sarsgaard is an American actor known for his nuanced supporting and character roles in films such as "Shattered Glass," "An Education," and "Jarhead."
- 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: Stephen Gyllenhaal Target entity description: Stephen Gyllenhaal is an American film and television director and poet, known for directing dramas such as "Waterland" and for being the father of actors Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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A.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal is an acclaimed American actor known for his intense, versatile performances in films ranging from independent dramas to major studio thrillers.
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B.
Cheyenne Jackson
Cheyenne Jackson is an American actor and singer known for his work on Broadway and in television series such as "30 Rock," "Glee," and "American Horror Story."
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C.
Liev Schreiber
Liev Schreiber is an American actor, director, and producer known for his versatile performances in film, television, and theater, including roles in "Ray Donovan," "Spotlight," and numerous Shakespearean stage productions.
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D.
Matthew Rhys
Matthew Rhys is a Welsh actor best known for his Emmy-winning role in the television series "The Americans" and for his work in both film and television dramas.
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E.
Peter Sarsgaard
Peter Sarsgaard is an American actor known for his nuanced supporting and character roles in films such as "Shattered Glass," "An Education," and "Jarhead."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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human ⓘ poet ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Directors Guild of America Award nomination NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Jake Gyllenhaal
NERFINISHED
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Maggie Gyllenhaal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1949-10-04 ⓘ |
| directed |
A Dangerous Woman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Blue Bloods (TV series episodes) NERFINISHED ⓘ Family of Spies NERFINISHED ⓘ Homegrown NERFINISHED ⓘ Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series episodes) NERFINISHED ⓘ Losing Isaiah NERFINISHED ⓘ Numb3rs (TV series episodes) NERFINISHED ⓘ Paris Trout NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mentalist (TV series episodes) NERFINISHED ⓘ Twin Peaks (TV series episodes) NERFINISHED ⓘ Waterland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Trinity College (Connecticut) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Swedish-American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Gyllenhaal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film direction
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poetry ⓘ television direction ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Stephen Gyllenhaal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Dangerous Woman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Claptrap: Notes from Hollywood (poetry) NERFINISHED ⓘ Girl Fight (TV film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Losing Isaiah NERFINISHED ⓘ Paris Trout NERFINISHED ⓘ Waterland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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poet ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cleveland, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Jake Gyllenhaal
NERFINISHED
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Maggie Gyllenhaal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| spouse | Naomi Foner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Stephen Gyllenhaal Description of subject: Stephen Gyllenhaal is an American film and television director and poet, known for directing dramas such as "Waterland" and for being the father of actors Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.