Benjamin Sherman Crothers
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American film actor
American jazz musician
American television actor
comedian
human
musician
voice actor
Benjamin Sherman Crothers, better known as Scatman Crothers, was an American actor, singer, and musician renowned for his roles in films like "The Shining" and his distinctive voice work in animated productions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Benjamin Sherman Crothers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8319829 — 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: Benjamin Sherman Crothers Context triple: [Scatman Crothers, birthName, Benjamin Sherman Crothers]
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A.
Robert Holbrook
Robert Holbrook is a person notable enough to be recognized as a distinguished bearer of the surname Holbrook.
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B.
Chester Adgate Congdon
Chester Adgate Congdon was an American lawyer, mining magnate, and politician from Minnesota who amassed significant wealth from iron ore interests and commissioned Duluth’s landmark Glensheen mansion.
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C.
Charles Amos Cummings
Charles Amos Cummings was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his influential work in Boston and his role in advancing the Gothic Revival style in the United States.
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D.
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.
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E.
George Holbrook
George Holbrook was an American clockmaker and bell founder known for producing church bells and tower clocks in the 19th century.
- 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: Benjamin Sherman Crothers Target entity description: Benjamin Sherman Crothers, better known as Scatman Crothers, was an American actor, singer, and musician renowned for his roles in films like "The Shining" and his distinctive voice work in animated productions.
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A.
Robert Holbrook
Robert Holbrook is a person notable enough to be recognized as a distinguished bearer of the surname Holbrook.
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B.
Chester Adgate Congdon
Chester Adgate Congdon was an American lawyer, mining magnate, and politician from Minnesota who amassed significant wealth from iron ore interests and commissioned Duluth’s landmark Glensheen mansion.
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C.
Charles Amos Cummings
Charles Amos Cummings was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his influential work in Boston and his role in advancing the Gothic Revival style in the United States.
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D.
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.
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E.
George Holbrook
George Holbrook was an American clockmaker and bell founder known for producing church bells and tower clocks in the 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film actor
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American jazz musician ⓘ American television actor ⓘ comedian ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1910-05-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1986-11-22 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
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| familyName | Crothers ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
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scat singing ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin ⓘ |
| instrument |
drums
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guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| middleName | Sherman ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chico and the Man
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Hong Kong Phooey ⓘ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ⓘ The Aristocats ⓘ The Harlem Globetrotters (animated series) ⓘ The Shining ⓘ The Transformers (1986 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Transformers (animated series) ⓘ
linked to:
Transformers
|
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ musician ⓘ singer ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
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linked to:
Terre Haute, Indiana
|
| placeOfDeath |
Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, United States
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linked to:
Van Nuys, California
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| portrayed |
Dick Hallorann in The Shining
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Hong Kong Phooey in Hong Kong Phooey ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong Phooey
Jazz in The Transformers ⓘ Louie the Alley Cat in The Aristocats ⓘ Turkle in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| stageName | Scatman Crothers ⓘ |
| workedIn |
animation
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film ⓘ television ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1930s–1986 ⓘ |
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: Benjamin Sherman Crothers Description of subject: Benjamin Sherman Crothers, better known as Scatman Crothers, was an American actor, singer, and musician renowned for his roles in films like "The Shining" and his distinctive voice work in animated productions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.