Thomas David Black
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Thomas David Black is the younger son of American actor and comedian Jack Black and his wife Tanya Haden.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas David Black canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11162125 — 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: Thomas David Black Context triple: [Thomas Jacob Black, hasChild, Thomas David Black]
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A.
James Black
James Black was a Scottish pharmacologist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing the first beta-blocker and the H2 receptor antagonist cimetidine, revolutionizing cardiovascular and ulcer treatment.
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B.
Thomas Jacob Black
Thomas Jacob Black is an American actor, comedian, and musician best known for his energetic performances in films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of the comedy rock duo Tenacious D.
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C.
Jerry Black
Jerry Black is the aging, obsessive former police detective in the crime drama "The Pledge," whose life unravels as he pursues a promise to catch a child’s killer.
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D.
Neil Black
Neil Black was a distinguished British oboist renowned for his solo performances, chamber music collaborations, and influential recordings in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Anthony Wilford Brimley
Anthony Wilford Brimley was an American character actor known for his gruff warmth and roles in films like "Cocoon," "The Natural," and "The Thing," as well as for his television commercials and advocacy work.
- 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: Thomas David Black Target entity description: Thomas David Black is the younger son of American actor and comedian Jack Black and his wife Tanya Haden.
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A.
James Black
James Black was a Scottish pharmacologist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing the first beta-blocker and the H2 receptor antagonist cimetidine, revolutionizing cardiovascular and ulcer treatment.
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B.
Thomas Jacob Black
Thomas Jacob Black is an American actor, comedian, and musician best known for his energetic performances in films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of the comedy rock duo Tenacious D.
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C.
Jerry Black
Jerry Black is the aging, obsessive former police detective in the crime drama "The Pledge," whose life unravels as he pursues a promise to catch a child’s killer.
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D.
Neil Black
Neil Black was a distinguished British oboist renowned for his solo performances, chamber music collaborations, and influential recordings in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Anthony Wilford Brimley
Anthony Wilford Brimley was an American character actor known for his gruff warmth and roles in films like "Cocoon," "The Natural," and "The Thing," as well as for his television commercials and advocacy work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Black ⓘ |
| father | Jack Black ⓘ |
| fatherOccupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ musician ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| middleName | David ⓘ |
| mother | Tanya Haden ⓘ |
| motherOccupation |
cellist
ⓘ
singer ⓘ |
| notableFamilyMember |
Jack Black
ⓘ
Samuel Jason Black ⓘ Tanya Haden ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Samuel Jason Black ⓘ |
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: Thomas David Black Description of subject: Thomas David Black is the younger son of American actor and comedian Jack Black and his wife Tanya Haden.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.