John Williamson
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John Williamson is the officious and manipulative office manager in David Mamet’s play and film "Glengarry Glen Ross," serving as the primary antagonist to the struggling salesmen.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Williamson canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6889514 — 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: John Williamson Context triple: [Glengarry Glen Ross, character, John Williamson]
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A.
Hugh Williamson
Hugh Williamson was an American Founding Father, physician, and statesman who represented North Carolina at the Constitutional Convention and signed the U.S. Constitution.
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B.
Bat MacPherson
Bat MacPherson is a central character in the 1939 adventure film "Only Angels Have Wings," portrayed as a skilled but morally conflicted pilot whose past actions create tension among his fellow fliers.
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C.
Arthur Adamson
Arthur Adamson is a central criminal mastermind character in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1976 thriller film "Family Plot."
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D.
Don Jamieson
Don Jamieson was a Canadian Liberal politician and cabinet minister who served prominently in federal government roles, including in foreign affairs, during the latter half of the 20th century.
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E.
James Broughton
James Broughton was an American poet and experimental filmmaker associated with the San Francisco Renaissance, known for his whimsical, avant-garde works and celebration of personal freedom and sexuality.
- 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: John Williamson Target entity description: John Williamson is the officious and manipulative office manager in David Mamet’s play and film "Glengarry Glen Ross," serving as the primary antagonist to the struggling salesmen.
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A.
Hugh Williamson
Hugh Williamson was an American Founding Father, physician, and statesman who represented North Carolina at the Constitutional Convention and signed the U.S. Constitution.
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B.
Bat MacPherson
Bat MacPherson is a central character in the 1939 adventure film "Only Angels Have Wings," portrayed as a skilled but morally conflicted pilot whose past actions create tension among his fellow fliers.
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C.
Arthur Adamson
Arthur Adamson is a central criminal mastermind character in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1976 thriller film "Family Plot."
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D.
Don Jamieson
Don Jamieson was a Canadian Liberal politician and cabinet minister who served prominently in federal government roles, including in foreign affairs, during the latter half of the 20th century.
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E.
James Broughton
James Broughton was an American poet and experimental filmmaker associated with the San Francisco Renaissance, known for his whimsical, avant-garde works and celebration of personal freedom and sexuality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Glengarry Glen Ross ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium |
feature film
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
authoritarian
ⓘ
manipulative ⓘ officious ⓘ |
| conflictsWith |
Dave Moss
ⓘ
George Aaronow ⓘ Ricky Roma ⓘ Shelley Levene ⓘ |
| controls | distribution of sales leads ⓘ |
| createdBy | David Mamet ⓘ |
| enforcesPoliciesOf |
Mitch and Murray
ⓘ
linked to:
Mitch & Murray
|
| filmAdaptationYearOfWork | 1992 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYearOfWork | 1984 ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | drama ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin |
stage play "Glengarry Glen Ross"
ⓘ
linked to:
Glengarry Glen Ross
|
| name | John Williamson ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | primary antagonist to the salesmen ⓘ |
| portrayedIn1992FilmBy | Kevin Spacey ⓘ |
| roleInStory |
antagonist
ⓘ
office manager ⓘ |
| settingOfWork | Chicago real estate office ⓘ |
| supervises | salesmen in the office ⓘ |
| worksAt | real estate office in Glengarry Glen Ross ⓘ |
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: John Williamson Description of subject: John Williamson is the officious and manipulative office manager in David Mamet’s play and film "Glengarry Glen Ross," serving as the primary antagonist to the struggling salesmen.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.