Thomas Cobb
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Thomas Cobb is an American novelist best known for writing the novel "Crazy Heart," which was adapted into the acclaimed film of the same name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Cobb canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10514733 — 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.
Target entity: Thomas Cobb Context triple: [Crazy Heart, basedOnWorkAuthor, Thomas Cobb]
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Howell Cobb
Howell Cobb was a prominent 19th-century American politician from Georgia who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, governor of Georgia, and a leading Confederate official during the Civil War.
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Augustus W. Robins
Augustus W. Robins was a U.S. Army Air Corps officer whose legacy is commemorated in the naming of the city of Warner Robins, Georgia.
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Emory Parnell
Emory Parnell was an American character actor known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century films and early television, often portraying gruff authority figures or comic foils.
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Robert Toombs
Robert Toombs was an American politician from Georgia who became a prominent leader of the Confederacy, serving as its first Secretary of State and later as a Confederate general during the Civil War.
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Asa Tift
Asa Tift was a 19th-century Key West salvager and businessman whose former residence later became the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Thomas Cobb Target entity description: Thomas Cobb is an American novelist best known for writing the novel "Crazy Heart," which was adapted into the acclaimed film of the same name.
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A.
Howell Cobb
Howell Cobb was a prominent 19th-century American politician from Georgia who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, governor of Georgia, and a leading Confederate official during the Civil War.
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B.
Augustus W. Robins
Augustus W. Robins was a U.S. Army Air Corps officer whose legacy is commemorated in the naming of the city of Warner Robins, Georgia.
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C.
Emory Parnell
Emory Parnell was an American character actor known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century films and early television, often portraying gruff authority figures or comic foils.
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D.
Robert Toombs
Robert Toombs was an American politician from Georgia who became a prominent leader of the Confederacy, serving as its first Secretary of State and later as a Confederate general during the Civil War.
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E.
Asa Tift
Asa Tift was a 19th-century Key West salvager and businessman whose former residence later became the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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novel ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Crazy Heart (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Cobb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Actor
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Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Crazy Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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United States of America ⓘ |
| genre |
Western fiction
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Western fiction ⓘ drama film ⓘ fiction ⓘ fiction ⓘ music film ⓘ music-related fiction ⓘ music-related fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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English ⓘ English ⓘ |
| notableFor | writing the novel Crazy Heart ⓘ |
| notableWork | Crazy Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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writer ⓘ |
| workAdaptedAs | Crazy Heart (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Thomas Cobb Description of subject: Thomas Cobb is an American novelist best known for writing the novel "Crazy Heart," which was adapted into the acclaimed film of the same name.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.