James Spottswood
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James Spottswood was an actor active during the late silent and early sound film era, known for his role in the 1929 film "Thunderbolt."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Spottswood canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9836802 — 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 Spottswood Context triple: [Thunderbolt (1929 film), starring, James Spottswood]
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A.
William Spottiswoode
William Spottiswoode was a 19th-century British mathematician, physicist, and printer who served as President of the Royal Society and made notable contributions to the study of optics and mathematical physics.
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B.
William Paxton
William Paxton was an American actor and filmmaker known for his roles in films such as "Aliens," "Twister," and "Titanic," as well as the HBO series "Big Love."
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C.
Joseph Borden McKean
Joseph Borden McKean was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania in the early 19th century.
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D.
Charles Jennings
Charles Jennings was a Canadian journalist and radio broadcaster, best known for his work with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and as the father of news anchor Peter Jennings.
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E.
James Harrod
James Harrod was an American pioneer and early settler credited with founding Harrodsburg, the first permanent English settlement in Kentucky.
- 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 Spottswood Target entity description: James Spottswood was an actor active during the late silent and early sound film era, known for his role in the 1929 film "Thunderbolt."
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A.
William Spottiswoode
William Spottiswoode was a 19th-century British mathematician, physicist, and printer who served as President of the Royal Society and made notable contributions to the study of optics and mathematical physics.
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B.
William Paxton
William Paxton was an American actor and filmmaker known for his roles in films such as "Aliens," "Twister," and "Titanic," as well as the HBO series "Big Love."
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C.
Joseph Borden McKean
Joseph Borden McKean was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania in the early 19th century.
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D.
Charles Jennings
Charles Jennings was a Canadian journalist and radio broadcaster, best known for his work with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and as the father of news anchor Peter Jennings.
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E.
James Harrod
James Harrod was an American pioneer and early settler credited with founding Harrodsburg, the first permanent English settlement in Kentucky.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (11)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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person ⓘ |
| activeIn |
early sound film era
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silent film era ⓘ |
| activePeriodApproximate | late 1920s ⓘ |
| appearedIn | Thunderbolt ⓘ |
| countryOfWork | United States (inferred from Hollywood film context) ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| notableWork | Thunderbolt ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1929 ⓘ |
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 Spottswood Description of subject: James Spottswood was an actor active during the late silent and early sound film era, known for his role in the 1929 film "Thunderbolt."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.