Paul Ford Weaver
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Paul Ford Weaver, better known as Paul Ford, was an American character actor famed for his comedic and authoritative roles in mid-20th-century film, television, and theater.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Paul Ford Weaver canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11318360 — 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)
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Target entity: Paul Ford Weaver Context triple: [Paul Ford, birthName, Paul Ford Weaver]
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A.
Al Weaver
Al Weaver is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in projects like the 2005 sci-fi action film "Doom" and the TV series "Grantchester."
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B.
George Daniel Weaver
George Daniel Weaver, better known as Buck Weaver, was an American third baseman for the Chicago White Sox and one of the players banned from Major League Baseball for life following the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
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C.
R. Douglas Wright
R. Douglas Wright is a distinguished American trombonist and educator known for his prominent orchestral and conservatory teaching roles.
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D.
Paul Jesperson
Paul Jesperson is an American former college basketball player best known for his memorable half-court buzzer-beater in the 2016 NCAA Tournament while playing for the Northern Iowa Panthers.
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E.
Nathan C. Wyeth
Nathan C. Wyeth was an American architect best known for designing the first permanent Oval Office in the White House.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Paul Ford Weaver Target entity description: Paul Ford Weaver, better known as Paul Ford, was an American character actor famed for his comedic and authoritative roles in mid-20th-century film, television, and theater.
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A.
Al Weaver
Al Weaver is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in projects like the 2005 sci-fi action film "Doom" and the TV series "Grantchester."
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B.
George Daniel Weaver
George Daniel Weaver, better known as Buck Weaver, was an American third baseman for the Chicago White Sox and one of the players banned from Major League Baseball for life following the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
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C.
R. Douglas Wright
R. Douglas Wright is a distinguished American trombonist and educator known for his prominent orchestral and conservatory teaching roles.
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D.
Paul Jesperson
Paul Jesperson is an American former college basketball player best known for his memorable half-court buzzer-beater in the 2016 NCAA Tournament while playing for the Northern Iowa Panthers.
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E.
Nathan C. Wyeth
Nathan C. Wyeth was an American architect best known for designing the first permanent Oval Office in the White House.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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character actor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
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television ⓘ theater ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Primetime Emmy Award nomination ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Holy Rood Cemetery, Westbury, New York, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1901-11-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1976-04-12 ⓘ |
| floruit | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| name | Paul Ford Weaver ⓘ |
| notableFor |
authoritative roles
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comedic roles ⓘ |
| notableRole | Colonel John T. Hall in The Phil Silvers Show ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Phil Silvers Show ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Mineola, New York, United States
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linked to:
Mineola, New York
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| spouse | Elizabeth Weaver ⓘ |
| stageName | Paul Ford ⓘ |
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: Paul Ford Weaver Description of subject: Paul Ford Weaver, better known as Paul Ford, was an American character actor famed for his comedic and authoritative roles in mid-20th-century film, television, and theater.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.