David Andrews
E724039
David Andrews is an American character actor known for his roles in films such as "Graveyard Shift," "Apollo 13," and "Fight Club," as well as numerous television appearances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Andrews canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8244403 — 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: David Andrews Context triple: [Graveyard Shift (1990 film), starredActor, David Andrews]
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A.
William M. Anderson
William M. Anderson is an editor best known for his work on the film "Breaker Morant."
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B.
William S. Andrews
William S. Andrews was an American judge best known for his influential dissent in the landmark tort law case Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., which helped shape modern concepts of proximate cause.
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C.
William G. Anderson
William G. Anderson was an American osteopathic physician and prominent civil rights leader who helped spearhead desegregation efforts in the early 1960s.
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D.
Samuel J. Crawford
Samuel J. Crawford was the third governor of Kansas, a Civil War officer, and a prominent 19th-century political figure in the state.
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E.
Grant Withers
Grant Withers was an American film actor known for his prolific work in Hollywood from the silent era through the 1950s, often appearing in Westerns and crime dramas.
- 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: David Andrews Target entity description: David Andrews is an American character actor known for his roles in films such as "Graveyard Shift," "Apollo 13," and "Fight Club," as well as numerous television appearances.
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A.
William M. Anderson
William M. Anderson is an editor best known for his work on the film "Breaker Morant."
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B.
William S. Andrews
William S. Andrews was an American judge best known for his influential dissent in the landmark tort law case Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., which helped shape modern concepts of proximate cause.
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C.
William G. Anderson
William G. Anderson was an American osteopathic physician and prominent civil rights leader who helped spearhead desegregation efforts in the early 1960s.
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D.
Samuel J. Crawford
Samuel J. Crawford was the third governor of Kansas, a Civil War officer, and a prominent 19th-century political figure in the state.
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E.
Grant Withers
Grant Withers was an American film actor known for his prolific work in Hollywood from the silent era through the 1950s, often appearing in Westerns and crime dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Andrews ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)
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Apollo 13 ⓘ Boardwalk Empire ⓘ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ⓘ Fight Club ⓘ
linked to:
film "Fight Club"
From the Earth to the Moon ⓘ Graveyard Shift ⓘ Hannibal ⓘ House M.D. ⓘ JAG ⓘ Justified ⓘ Queen of the South ⓘ Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ⓘ World War Z ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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character actor ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: David Andrews Description of subject: David Andrews is an American character actor known for his roles in films such as "Graveyard Shift," "Apollo 13," and "Fight Club," as well as numerous television appearances.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.