Robert Edeson
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Robert Edeson was an American stage and silent film actor active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Edeson canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10892096 — 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 Edeson Context triple: [The Road to Yesterday, starredActor, Robert Edeson]
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A.
Arthur Edeson
Arthur Edeson was a pioneering American cinematographer best known for his influential work on classic films such as "Casablanca," "Frankenstein," and "The Maltese Falcon."
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B.
George Edwards
George Edwards was a government spy and agent provocateur who helped expose the 1820 Cato Street Conspiracy in Britain.
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C.
George Edwards
George Edwards is the son of Austrian-American character actor Snitz Edwards, who was known for his roles in early 20th-century stage and silent films.
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D.
George Edwards
George Edwards was the husband of Motown executive and businesswoman Esther Gordy Edwards, a member of the influential Gordy family behind Motown Records.
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E.
Robert William Edis
Robert William Edis was a prominent 19th-century British architect known for his work in the Queen Anne revival style and for designing and remodeling residences for the royal family and aristocracy.
- 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 Edeson Target entity description: Robert Edeson was an American stage and silent film actor active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
Arthur Edeson
Arthur Edeson was a pioneering American cinematographer best known for his influential work on classic films such as "Casablanca," "Frankenstein," and "The Maltese Falcon."
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B.
George Edwards
George Edwards was a government spy and agent provocateur who helped expose the 1820 Cato Street Conspiracy in Britain.
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C.
George Edwards
George Edwards is the son of Austrian-American character actor Snitz Edwards, who was known for his roles in early 20th-century stage and silent films.
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D.
George Edwards
George Edwards was the husband of Motown executive and businesswoman Esther Gordy Edwards, a member of the influential Gordy family behind Motown Records.
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E.
Robert William Edis
Robert William Edis was a prominent 19th-century British architect known for his work in the Queen Anne revival style and for designing and remodeling residences for the royal family and aristocracy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ silent film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart disease ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1868-06-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1931-03-24 ⓘ |
| era | silent film era ⓘ |
| familyName | Edeson ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mediumOfPerformance |
silent film
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stage ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Call of the North
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The Cave Man ⓘ The Christian ⓘ The Master Mind ⓘ The Woman in the Case ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ silent film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Broadway theatre
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linked to:
Broadway theater
|
| placeOfBirth |
Louisiana
ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
Hollywood ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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 Edeson Description of subject: Robert Edeson was an American stage and silent film actor active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.