C. Gardner Sullivan
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C. Gardner Sullivan was an influential early American screenwriter known for his work on silent and early sound films in Hollywood.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| C. Gardner Sullivan canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2305488 — 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: C. Gardner Sullivan Context triple: [Sparrows (1926 film), screenwriter, C. Gardner Sullivan]
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A.
Charles D. Norton
Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
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B.
Harwood K. Smith
Harwood K. Smith was an American architect and businessman best known as the founder of the architecture and engineering firm HKS, Inc.
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C.
Ludlow Ogden Smith
Ludlow Ogden Smith was an American businessman best known as the first husband of actress Katharine Hepburn.
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D.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
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E.
Lewis M. Rutherfurd
Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
- 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: C. Gardner Sullivan Target entity description: C. Gardner Sullivan was an influential early American screenwriter known for his work on silent and early sound films in Hollywood.
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A.
Charles D. Norton
Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
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B.
Harwood K. Smith
Harwood K. Smith was an American architect and businessman best known as the founder of the architecture and engineering firm HKS, Inc.
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C.
Ludlow Ogden Smith
Ludlow Ogden Smith was an American businessman best known as the first husband of actress Katharine Hepburn.
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D.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
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E.
Lewis M. Rutherfurd
Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film producer
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person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn |
early sound film era
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silent film era ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1884-09-18 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Stillwater, Minnesota, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1965-09-05 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Ince-Triangle Studios
NERFINISHED
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Thomas H. Ince Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Charles Gardner Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western film
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drama film ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| notableCollaboration |
Reginald Barker
NERFINISHED
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Thomas H. Ince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential early Hollywood storytelling techniques
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pioneering feature-length screenplays ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All Quiet on the Western Front
NERFINISHED
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Civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ Hell's Hinges NERFINISHED ⓘ The Birth of a Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ The Clinging Vine NERFINISHED ⓘ The Crowded Hour NERFINISHED ⓘ The Light of Western Stars NERFINISHED ⓘ The Penalty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notedAs | one of the first prominent Hollywood screenwriters ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
film producer
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screenwriter ⓘ |
| spouse | Marion Lee Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Hollywood, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteFor |
silent films
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sound films ⓘ |
| yearsActive |
1910s
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1920s ⓘ 1930s ⓘ |
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: C. Gardner Sullivan Description of subject: C. Gardner Sullivan was an influential early American screenwriter known for his work on silent and early sound films in Hollywood.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.