Robert M. Sherman
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Robert M. Sherman is a film producer best known for his work on the 1978 action drama "Convoy," directed by Sam Peckinpah.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert M. Sherman canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10477725 — 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: Robert M. Sherman Context triple: [Convoy (1978 film), producer, Robert M. Sherman]
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A.
Daniel Stewart Sherman
Daniel Stewart Sherman is an American stage actor known for originating roles in major Broadway productions, including the musical "Kinky Boots."
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B.
James P. Speer
James P. Speer is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Speer, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not clearly established in common reference sources.
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C.
George E. Chamberlain
George E. Chamberlain was an American Democratic politician from Oregon who served as both governor and U.S. senator, noted for his influential role in early 20th-century military and defense legislation.
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D.
Frank D. Gilroy
Frank D. Gilroy was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Subject Was Roses."
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E.
Frank M. Andrews
Frank M. Andrews was a pioneering U.S. Army Air Corps general who played a key role in developing American strategic air power before and during World War II.
- 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: Robert M. Sherman Target entity description: Robert M. Sherman is a film producer best known for his work on the 1978 action drama "Convoy," directed by Sam Peckinpah.
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A.
Daniel Stewart Sherman
Daniel Stewart Sherman is an American stage actor known for originating roles in major Broadway productions, including the musical "Kinky Boots."
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B.
James P. Speer
James P. Speer is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Speer, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not clearly established in common reference sources.
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C.
George E. Chamberlain
George E. Chamberlain was an American Democratic politician from Oregon who served as both governor and U.S. senator, noted for his influential role in early 20th-century military and defense legislation.
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D.
Frank D. Gilroy
Frank D. Gilroy was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Subject Was Roses."
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E.
Frank M. Andrews
Frank M. Andrews was a pioneering U.S. Army Air Corps general who played a key role in developing American strategic air power before and during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (17)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feature film
ⓘ
film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ |
| basedOn | song Convoy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Sam Peckinpah ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Convoy
ⓘ
linked to:
Convoy (1978 film)
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| occupation |
film director
ⓘ
film producer ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1978 ⓘ |
| role | producer of Convoy ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Convoy
ⓘ
linked to:
Convoy (1978 film)
|
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: Robert M. Sherman Description of subject: Robert M. Sherman is a film producer best known for his work on the 1978 action drama "Convoy," directed by Sam Peckinpah.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.