Scott Smith
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Scott Smith is an American author and screenwriter best known for his dark thriller novels, including "A Simple Plan" and "The Ruins," both of which were adapted into films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scott Smith canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10368192 — 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: Scott Smith Context triple: [A Simple Plan, basedOnAuthor, Scott Smith]
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A.
Nick Smith
Nick Smith is the doomed husband and diner owner whose murder becomes the central plot of the 1946 film noir "The Postman Always Rings Twice."
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B.
Austin Smith
Austin Smith is an individual known primarily as the sibling of Sophia Smith.
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C.
Todd Smith
"Todd Smith" is a 2006 studio album by American rapper and actor LL Cool J, showcasing his blend of hip hop and R&B collaborations.
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D.
Sean Smith
Sean Smith was an American information management officer and U.S. Foreign Service employee who was killed during the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
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E.
Greg Smith
Greg Smith is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for the Buckingham constituency.
- 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: Scott Smith Target entity description: Scott Smith is an American author and screenwriter best known for his dark thriller novels, including "A Simple Plan" and "The Ruins," both of which were adapted into films.
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A.
Nick Smith
Nick Smith is the doomed husband and diner owner whose murder becomes the central plot of the 1946 film noir "The Postman Always Rings Twice."
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B.
Austin Smith
Austin Smith is an individual known primarily as the sibling of Sophia Smith.
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C.
Todd Smith
"Todd Smith" is a 2006 studio album by American rapper and actor LL Cool J, showcasing his blend of hip hop and R&B collaborations.
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D.
Sean Smith
Sean Smith was an American information management officer and U.S. Foreign Service employee who was killed during the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
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E.
Greg Smith
Greg Smith is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for the Buckingham constituency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
human ⓘ novel ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| author |
Scott Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scott Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
A Simple Plan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Ruins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAdaptedTo |
A Simple Plan (1998 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Ruins (2008 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1965-07-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
ⓘ
Dartmouth College ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
fiction writing
ⓘ
screenwriting ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
horror fiction
ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ thriller fiction ⓘ thriller fiction ⓘ |
| hasGivenInterviewTo |
NPR
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The New York Times NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
English ⓘ English ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for A Simple Plan ⓘ |
| notableFor | dark thriller novels ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Simple Plan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A Simple Plan (film adaptation screenplay) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ruins NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ruins (film adaptation screenplay) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Summit, New Jersey, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate |
1993
ⓘ
2006 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Scott Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scott Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
dark tone
ⓘ
psychological suspense ⓘ |
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: Scott Smith Description of subject: Scott Smith is an American author and screenwriter best known for his dark thriller novels, including "A Simple Plan" and "The Ruins," both of which were adapted into films.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jeff (The Ruins)