Apatow
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Apatow is the surname most prominently associated with American filmmaker and comedy producer Judd Apatow and his family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apatow canonical | 6 |
| Apatow family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6243423 — 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: Apatow Context triple: [Judd Apatow, familyName, Apatow]
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A.
Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow is an American filmmaker, producer, and writer known for his influential work in modern comedy films and television series such as "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," "Knocked Up," and "Freaks and Geeks."
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B.
Apatow Productions
Apatow Productions is an American film and television production company founded by Judd Apatow, best known for producing character-driven comedies and dramedies such as The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Bridesmaids.
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C.
Maude Apatow
Maude Apatow is an American actress known for her roles in film and television, including her breakout performance as Lexi Howard in the HBO series "Euphoria."
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D.
Iris Apatow
Iris Apatow is an American actress known for her roles in film and television, particularly in projects directed or produced by her father, Judd Apatow.
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E.
Mark Waters
Mark Waters is an American film director best known for helming popular teen and fantasy comedies such as "Mean Girls" and "Freaky Friday."
- 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: Apatow Target entity description: Apatow is the surname most prominently associated with American filmmaker and comedy producer Judd Apatow and his family.
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A.
Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow is an American filmmaker, producer, and writer known for his influential work in modern comedy films and television series such as "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," "Knocked Up," and "Freaks and Geeks."
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B.
Apatow Productions
Apatow Productions is an American film and television production company founded by Judd Apatow, best known for producing character-driven comedies and dramedies such as The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Bridesmaids.
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C.
Maude Apatow
Maude Apatow is an American actress known for her roles in film and television, including her breakout performance as Lexi Howard in the HBO series "Euphoria."
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D.
Iris Apatow
Iris Apatow is an American actress known for her roles in film and television, particularly in projects directed or produced by her father, Judd Apatow.
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E.
Mark Waters
Mark Waters is an American film director best known for helming popular teen and fantasy comedies such as "Mean Girls" and "Freaky Friday."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
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family ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName |
Apatow
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Apatow ⓘ Apatow ⓘ Mann ⓘ |
| father |
Judd Apatow
ⓘ
Judd Apatow ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Iris Apatow
ⓘ
Judd Apatow ⓘ Leslie Mann ⓘ Maude Apatow ⓘ |
| hasNotableFamily |
Apatow family
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linked to:
Apatow
|
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| mother |
Leslie Mann
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Leslie Mann ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
Iris Apatow
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Judd Apatow ⓘ Leslie Mann ⓘ Maude Apatow ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ stand-up comedian ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| spouse |
Judd Apatow
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Leslie Mann ⓘ |
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: Apatow Description of subject: Apatow is the surname most prominently associated with American filmmaker and comedy producer Judd Apatow and his family.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.