Gordon Davie
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Gordon Davie is a screenwriter best known for writing the 1998 film "The Interview."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gordon Davie canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11070636 — 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: Gordon Davie Context triple: [The Interview (1998 film), writer, Gordon Davie]
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A.
Norman MacLeod
Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
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B.
Gordon McDonell
Gordon McDonell was a writer best known for providing the original story that Alfred Hitchcock adapted into the classic 1943 thriller film "Shadow of a Doubt."
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C.
Duncan Campbell
Duncan Campbell is a British journalist and writer best known for his investigative reporting and his long-term marriage to actress Julie Christie.
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D.
Ian G. Macdonald
Ian G. Macdonald is a British mathematician renowned for his influential work in algebra, particularly in symmetric functions and commutative algebra, and for authoring several classic graduate-level textbooks.
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E.
Gordon MacDonald
Gordon MacDonald is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, as well as his long-term relationship with actress Holly Hunter.
- 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: Gordon Davie Target entity description: Gordon Davie is a screenwriter best known for writing the 1998 film "The Interview."
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A.
Norman MacLeod
Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
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B.
Gordon McDonell
Gordon McDonell was a writer best known for providing the original story that Alfred Hitchcock adapted into the classic 1943 thriller film "Shadow of a Doubt."
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C.
Duncan Campbell
Duncan Campbell is a British journalist and writer best known for his investigative reporting and his long-term marriage to actress Julie Christie.
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D.
Ian G. Macdonald
Ian G. Macdonald is a British mathematician renowned for his influential work in algebra, particularly in symmetric functions and commutative algebra, and for authoring several classic graduate-level textbooks.
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E.
Gordon MacDonald
Gordon MacDonald is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, as well as his long-term relationship with actress Holly Hunter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (5)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | person ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Interview (1998 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Interview
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| occupation | screenwriter ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Gordon Davie ⓘ |
| wrote |
The Interview (1998 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Interview
|
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: Gordon Davie Description of subject: Gordon Davie is a screenwriter best known for writing the 1998 film "The Interview."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Interview
subject linked to:
Gordon Davie