Robert A. Altman
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Robert A. Altman was an American lawyer and businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of video game publisher ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert A. Altman canonical | 9 |
| Altman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T416729 — 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: Robert A. Altman Context triple: [ZeniMax Media, foundedBy, Robert A. Altman]
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A.
Robert Altman
Robert Altman was an influential American filmmaker known for his innovative ensemble casts, overlapping dialogue, and satirical, genre-defying films such as "M*A*S*H," "Nashville," and "Short Cuts."
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B.
Hal Ashby
Hal Ashby was an influential American film director and editor of the New Hollywood era, known for acclaimed, offbeat classics such as "Harold and Maude," "Shampoo," and "Being There."
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C.
Arthur Penn
Arthur Penn was an influential American film director whose innovative, character-driven works like "Bonnie and Clyde" helped define the New Hollywood era.
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D.
Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich was an influential American filmmaker, critic, and historian associated with the New Hollywood movement, best known for directing films like "The Last Picture Show" and "Paper Moon."
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E.
John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes was an influential American independent filmmaker and actor, renowned for his raw, improvisational style and pioneering role in modern character-driven cinema.
- 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: Robert A. Altman Target entity description: Robert A. Altman was an American lawyer and businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of video game publisher ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
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A.
Robert Altman
Robert Altman was an influential American filmmaker known for his innovative ensemble casts, overlapping dialogue, and satirical, genre-defying films such as "M*A*S*H," "Nashville," and "Short Cuts."
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B.
Hal Ashby
Hal Ashby was an influential American film director and editor of the New Hollywood era, known for acclaimed, offbeat classics such as "Harold and Maude," "Shampoo," and "Being There."
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C.
Arthur Penn
Arthur Penn was an influential American film director whose innovative, character-driven works like "Bonnie and Clyde" helped define the New Hollywood era.
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D.
Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich was an influential American filmmaker, critic, and historian associated with the New Hollywood movement, best known for directing films like "The Last Picture Show" and "Paper Moon."
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E.
John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes was an influential American independent filmmaker and actor, renowned for his raw, improvisational style and pioneering role in modern character-driven cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessperson
ⓘ
human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Arkane Studios
ⓘ
Bethesda Softworks ⓘ MachineGames ⓘ Tango Gameworks ⓘ id Software ⓘ |
| basedIn | Maryland ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf | ZeniMax Media ⓘ |
| businessPartner | Christopher Weaver ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications from a medical procedure ⓘ |
| coFounded | ZeniMax Media ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947-02-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021-02-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
George Washington University
ⓘ
George Washington University Law School ⓘ |
| employer | ZeniMax Media ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
corporate law
ⓘ
finance ⓘ |
| founded | ZeniMax Media ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasChild |
James Altman
ⓘ
Jessica Altman ⓘ |
| industry | video game industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding ZeniMax Media
ⓘ
serving as CEO of ZeniMax Media ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalCareer | worked in banking and corporate law prior to founding ZeniMax Media ⓘ |
| name | Robert A. Altman self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | expanded ZeniMax Media into a major video game holding company ⓘ |
| notableWork | building the parent company of Bethesda Softworks ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| parentCompanyOf | Bethesda Softworks ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Baltimore
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltimore, Maryland
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| positionHeld | Chief Executive Officer of ZeniMax Media ⓘ |
| relative | Lynda Carter ⓘ |
| residence | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| roleInCompany |
oversaw acquisition of Arkane Studios at ZeniMax Media
ⓘ
oversaw acquisition of MachineGames at ZeniMax Media ⓘ oversaw acquisition of Tango Gameworks at ZeniMax Media ⓘ oversaw acquisition of id Software at ZeniMax Media ⓘ |
| spouse | Lynda Carter ⓘ |
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: Robert A. Altman Description of subject: Robert A. Altman was an American lawyer and businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of video game publisher ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Robert A. Altman
subject surface form:
Robert A. Altman
this entity surface form:
Altman