James A. Contner
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James A. Contner is an American cinematographer and television director known for his work on films and numerous TV series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James A. Contner canonical | 19 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8064040 — 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: James A. Contner Context triple: [Jaws 3-D, cinematographyBy, James A. Contner]
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A.
Benjamin F. Cheatham
Benjamin F. Cheatham was a Confederate major general in the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Army of Tennessee.
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B.
William W. Bibb
William W. Bibb was an American physician and politician who became the first governor of the state of Alabama after previously serving as a U.S. congressman and senator from Georgia.
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C.
Charles B. Gallogly
Charles B. Gallogly is a benefactor and namesake of the University of Oklahoma’s Gallogly College of Engineering, recognized for his significant contributions to engineering education.
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D.
Floyd E. Kellam
Floyd E. Kellam was a prominent local figure in Virginia Beach, likely a civic leader or educator, for whom Kellam High School was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
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E.
Charles T. Menoher
Charles T. Menoher was a U.S. Army major general who commanded the 42nd "Rainbow" Division during World War I and later served as the first chief of the Army Air Service.
- 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: James A. Contner Target entity description: James A. Contner is an American cinematographer and television director known for his work on films and numerous TV series.
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A.
Benjamin F. Cheatham
Benjamin F. Cheatham was a Confederate major general in the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Army of Tennessee.
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B.
William W. Bibb
William W. Bibb was an American physician and politician who became the first governor of the state of Alabama after previously serving as a U.S. congressman and senator from Georgia.
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C.
Charles B. Gallogly
Charles B. Gallogly is a benefactor and namesake of the University of Oklahoma’s Gallogly College of Engineering, recognized for his significant contributions to engineering education.
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D.
Floyd E. Kellam
Floyd E. Kellam was a prominent local figure in Virginia Beach, likely a civic leader or educator, for whom Kellam High School was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
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E.
Charles T. Menoher
Charles T. Menoher was a U.S. Army major general who commanded the 42nd "Rainbow" Division during World War I and later served as the first chief of the Army Air Service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cinematographer
ⓘ
human ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cinematography
ⓘ
television ⓘ television direction ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cinematography on films and television
ⓘ
directing episodes of American television series ⓘ |
| notableWork |
21 Jump Street (TV series)
ⓘ
Angel (TV series) ⓘ Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Charmed (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Charmed
Dawson's Creek (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Dawson's Creek
Firefly (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Firefly
Judging Amy (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Judging Amy
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Miami Vice (TV series) ⓘ Private Practice (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Private Practice
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Enterprise (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Voyager (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Star Trek: Voyager
The Closer (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
The Closer
The Commish (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
The Commish
The O.C. (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
The O.C.
The X-Files (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
The X-Files
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| occupation |
cinematographer
ⓘ
television director ⓘ |
| 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: James A. Contner Description of subject: James A. Contner is an American cinematographer and television director known for his work on films and numerous TV series.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.