Fred C. Newmeyer
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Fred C. Newmeyer was an American film director and actor best known for his work on Harold Lloyd’s classic silent comedies in the 1920s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fred C. Newmeyer canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7809123 — 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: Fred C. Newmeyer Context triple: [Safety Last!, director, Fred C. Newmeyer]
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A.
Rex Ingram
Rex Ingram was a prominent Irish-American silent film director of the early 20th century, known for his visually innovative and epic productions in Hollywood.
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B.
Don Griffith
Don Griffith was a Disney art director and layout artist known for his visual contributions to animated films such as "The Rescuers."
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C.
Clarence Kolster
Clarence Kolster was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films in the early 20th century.
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D.
William C. deMille
William C. deMille was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director of the silent and early sound era, known for his sophisticated dramas and as the brother of famed director Cecil B. DeMille.
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E.
Henry de Mille
Henry de Mille was an American playwright and educator of the late 19th century, known for his successful stage works and as the father of film directors William C. deMille and Cecil B. DeMille.
- 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: Fred C. Newmeyer Target entity description: Fred C. Newmeyer was an American film director and actor best known for his work on Harold Lloyd’s classic silent comedies in the 1920s.
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A.
Rex Ingram
Rex Ingram was a prominent Irish-American silent film director of the early 20th century, known for his visually innovative and epic productions in Hollywood.
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B.
Don Griffith
Don Griffith was a Disney art director and layout artist known for his visual contributions to animated films such as "The Rescuers."
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C.
Clarence Kolster
Clarence Kolster was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films in the early 20th century.
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D.
William C. deMille
William C. deMille was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director of the silent and early sound era, known for his sophisticated dramas and as the brother of famed director Cecil B. DeMille.
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E.
Henry de Mille
Henry de Mille was an American playwright and educator of the late 19th century, known for his successful stage works and as the father of film directors William C. deMille and Cecil B. DeMille.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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person ⓘ silent film actor ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| directed |
For Heaven’s Sake
ⓘ
linked to:
For Heaven's Sake
Girl Shy ⓘ Hot Water ⓘ Safety Last! ⓘ The Freshman ⓘ The Kid Brother ⓘ Why Worry? ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | comedy film ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium | silent film ⓘ |
| notableWork |
For Heaven’s Sake
ⓘ
linked to:
For Heaven's Sake
Girl Shy ⓘ Hot Water ⓘ Safety Last! ⓘ The Freshman ⓘ The Kid Brother ⓘ Why Worry? ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film director ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Harold Lloyd silent comedies
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linked to:
Harold Lloyd
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| workedWith | Harold Lloyd ⓘ |
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: Fred C. Newmeyer Description of subject: Fred C. Newmeyer was an American film director and actor best known for his work on Harold Lloyd’s classic silent comedies in the 1920s.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.