Spottiswoode
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Spottiswoode is a surname most notably associated with British-Canadian film director Roger Spottiswoode.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spottiswoode canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6505311 — 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: Spottiswoode Context triple: [Roger Spottiswoode, familyName, Spottiswoode]
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A.
Sharston
Sharston is a suburban area of Manchester, England, known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to other districts like Baguley and Wythenshawe.
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B.
Wylie
Wylie is a suburban city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area in northeastern Texas.
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C.
Yates
Yates is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across literature, politics, sports, and other fields.
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D.
Finklea
Finklea is the birth surname of American actress and dancer Cyd Charisse, known for her roles in classic Hollywood musicals.
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E.
Shadbolt
Shadbolt is a surname most notably associated with Sir Nigel Shadbolt, a prominent British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher.
- 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: Spottiswoode Target entity description: Spottiswoode is a surname most notably associated with British-Canadian film director Roger Spottiswoode.
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A.
Sharston
Sharston is a suburban area of Manchester, England, known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to other districts like Baguley and Wythenshawe.
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B.
Wylie
Wylie is a suburban city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area in northeastern Texas.
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C.
Yates
Yates is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across literature, politics, sports, and other fields.
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D.
Finklea
Finklea is the birth surname of American actress and dancer Cyd Charisse, known for her roles in classic Hollywood musicals.
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E.
Shadbolt
Shadbolt is a surname most notably associated with Sir Nigel Shadbolt, a prominent British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| directed |
Air America
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And the Band Played On ⓘ Tomorrow Never Dies ⓘ Turner & Hooch ⓘ Under Fire ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
action film
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drama film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Roger Spottiswoode
ⓘ
Roger Spottiswoode (film director) ⓘ
linked to:
Roger Spottiswoode
|
| languageOfOrigin | English language ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Air America
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And the Band Played On ⓘ Tomorrow Never Dies ⓘ Turner & Hooch ⓘ Under Fire ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ |
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: Spottiswoode Description of subject: Spottiswoode is a surname most notably associated with British-Canadian film director Roger Spottiswoode.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.