James Leeds
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James Leeds is a dedicated and unconventional speech teacher who forms a complex emotional and philosophical relationship with a deaf woman in the drama "Children of a Lesser God."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Leeds canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11680375 — 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: James Leeds Context triple: [Children of a Lesser God, mainCharacter, James Leeds]
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A.
Edward Leede
Edward Leede was a notable Dartmouth College basketball player and benefactor after whom Dartmouth’s Leede Arena is named.
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B.
Charles Heath
Charles Heath was a prominent 19th-century English engraver known for his book illustrations and contributions to the popularization of steel engraving.
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C.
John Sewell
John Sewell is a former English footballer and manager best known for his involvement in North American soccer, including coaching in the NASL.
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D.
George Kendrick
George Kendrick is a Christian cleric who formerly served as the Bishop of the remote Anglican Diocese of St Helena in the South Atlantic.
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E.
Williams Lea
Williams Lea is a global business process outsourcing and professional services company specializing in document, information, and customer communication management for corporate clients.
- 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: James Leeds Target entity description: James Leeds is a dedicated and unconventional speech teacher who forms a complex emotional and philosophical relationship with a deaf woman in the drama "Children of a Lesser God."
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A.
Edward Leede
Edward Leede was a notable Dartmouth College basketball player and benefactor after whom Dartmouth’s Leede Arena is named.
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B.
Charles Heath
Charles Heath was a prominent 19th-century English engraver known for his book illustrations and contributions to the popularization of steel engraving.
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C.
John Sewell
John Sewell is a former English footballer and manager best known for his involvement in North American soccer, including coaching in the NASL.
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D.
George Kendrick
George Kendrick is a Christian cleric who formerly served as the Bishop of the remote Anglican Diocese of St Helena in the South Atlantic.
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E.
Williams Lea
Williams Lea is a global business process outsourcing and professional services company specializing in document, information, and customer communication management for corporate clients.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ theatre character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
Children of a Lesser God (1986 film adaptation)
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linked to:
Children of a Lesser God
|
| appearsIn |
Children of a Lesser God (1986 film)
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linked to:
Children of a Lesser God
Children of a Lesser God (play) ⓘ |
| awardAssociation | William Hurt Academy Award for Best Actor (for role as James Leeds) ⓘ |
| centralThemeInArc |
communication barriers in intimate relationships
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limits of empathy ⓘ respect for deaf culture ⓘ |
| characterIn | Children of a Lesser God ⓘ |
| communicatesWith | Sarah Norman ⓘ |
| communicationMethod |
sign language
ⓘ
spoken English ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Mark Medoff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
deaf education
ⓘ
speech therapy ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Children of a Lesser God (1979 play)
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linked to:
Children of a Lesser God (play)
|
| formsRelationshipWith | Sarah Norman ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
dedicated
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empathetic ⓘ idealistic ⓘ persistent ⓘ unconventional ⓘ |
| hasRomanticRelationshipWith | Sarah Norman ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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stage ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
explores themes of communication
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explores themes of identity ⓘ explores themes of power dynamics between hearing and deaf communities ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| occupation | speech teacher ⓘ |
| philosophicalConflict |
assimilation vs cultural identity
ⓘ
oralism vs sign language ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
John Rubinstein
ⓘ
William Hurt ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithSarahNorman |
complex emotional relationship
ⓘ
philosophical relationship ⓘ |
| teachesAt | school for the deaf ⓘ |
| teachingStyle |
innovative
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student-centered ⓘ |
| worksWith | deaf students ⓘ |
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: James Leeds Description of subject: James Leeds is a dedicated and unconventional speech teacher who forms a complex emotional and philosophical relationship with a deaf woman in the drama "Children of a Lesser God."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.