Simon Boyes
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Simon Boyes is a screenwriter known for co-writing genre films, often collaborating with Carey Van Dyke.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simon Boyes canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11347224 — 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: Simon Boyes Context triple: [Carey Van Dyke, coWriterWith, Simon Boyes]
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A.
Simon Gage
Simon Gage is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinctly associated with the surname Gage.
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B.
Simon Draper
Simon Draper is a British music executive best known for his pivotal role in building Virgin Records into a major international record label and for signing several influential artists.
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C.
Simon Nye
Simon Nye is a British television writer and screenwriter best known for creating the sitcom "Men Behaving Badly" and adapting various literary works for TV.
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D.
Simon Heyworth
Simon Heyworth is a British record producer best known for his work on Mike Oldfield’s landmark album "Tubular Bells" and numerous other influential rock and progressive recordings.
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E.
Leo Smith
Leo Smith is an education administrator who serves as the business administrator for the Bayonne School District, overseeing its financial and operational affairs.
- 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: Simon Boyes Target entity description: Simon Boyes is a screenwriter known for co-writing genre films, often collaborating with Carey Van Dyke.
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A.
Simon Gage
Simon Gage is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinctly associated with the surname Gage.
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B.
Simon Draper
Simon Draper is a British music executive best known for his pivotal role in building Virgin Records into a major international record label and for signing several influential artists.
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C.
Simon Nye
Simon Nye is a British television writer and screenwriter best known for creating the sitcom "Men Behaving Badly" and adapting various literary works for TV.
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D.
Simon Heyworth
Simon Heyworth is a British record producer best known for his work on Mike Oldfield’s landmark album "Tubular Bells" and numerous other influential rock and progressive recordings.
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E.
Leo Smith
Leo Smith is an education administrator who serves as the business administrator for the Bayonne School District, overseeing its financial and operational affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | 21st century ⓘ |
| basedIn | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | Carey Van Dyke ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coWriterOf |
Blackwood
ⓘ
Patient Zero ⓘ
linked to:
Patient Zero (2018 film)
Slender Man ⓘ The Quiet Ones ⓘ |
| coWroteWith |
Carey Van Dyke
ⓘ
Hannah Shakespeare ⓘ Oren Moverman ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film industry
ⓘ
screenwriting ⓘ |
| genre |
horror film
ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasRole |
producer
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| hasWrittenFor | feature film ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableCollaboration | Carey Van Dyke ⓘ |
| notableFor | co-writing genre films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Blackwood
ⓘ
Patient Zero ⓘ
linked to:
Patient Zero (2018 film)
Slender Man ⓘ The Quiet Ones ⓘ |
| occupation | screenwriter ⓘ |
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: Simon Boyes Description of subject: Simon Boyes is a screenwriter known for co-writing genre films, often collaborating with Carey Van Dyke.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.