James Bassett
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James Bassett was an American novelist best known for writing the World War II naval novel "Harm's Way," which was adapted into the 1965 film "In Harm's Way."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Bassett canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12766226 — 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 Bassett Context triple: [In Harm's Way (1965 film), basedOnAuthor, James Bassett]
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A.
Anthony Howell
Anthony Howell is a British actor known for his work in television, film, and theatre, including prominent roles in period dramas.
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B.
Gregory Reeves
Gregory Reeves is the introspective, spiritually searching protagonist of Isabel Allende’s novel "The Infinite Plan," whose life story explores identity, trauma, and the pursuit of meaning in mid-20th-century America.
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C.
Rufus Sewell
Rufus Sewell is a British actor known for his intense screen presence and roles in films like "Dark City," "A Knight’s Tale," and numerous period dramas and television series.
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D.
Richard Gant
Richard Gant is an American character actor known for his roles in film and television, often portraying authoritative or tough-minded figures.
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E.
John Aston
John Aston is an actor known for his role in the film "The Navigators."
- 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 Bassett Target entity description: James Bassett was an American novelist best known for writing the World War II naval novel "Harm's Way," which was adapted into the 1965 film "In Harm's Way."
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A.
Anthony Howell
Anthony Howell is a British actor known for his work in television, film, and theatre, including prominent roles in period dramas.
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B.
Gregory Reeves
Gregory Reeves is the introspective, spiritually searching protagonist of Isabel Allende’s novel "The Infinite Plan," whose life story explores identity, trauma, and the pursuit of meaning in mid-20th-century America.
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C.
Rufus Sewell
Rufus Sewell is a British actor known for his intense screen presence and roles in films like "Dark City," "A Knight’s Tale," and numerous period dramas and television series.
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D.
Richard Gant
Richard Gant is an American character actor known for his roles in film and television, often portraying authoritative or tough-minded figures.
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E.
John Aston
John Aston is an actor known for his role in the film "The Navigators."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American novelist
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film ⓘ novel ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
In Harm's Way
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linked to:
In Harm's Way (1965 film)
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| author | James Bassett ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Harm's Way
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World War II naval warfare ⓘ novel by James Bassett ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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historical novel ⓘ war fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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English ⓘ English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
World War II
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naval warfare ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | writing the World War II naval novel "Harm's Way" ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Harm's Way
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In Harm's Way (source novel for film) ⓘ
linked to:
In Harm's Way (1965 film)
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| occupation |
journalist
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novelist ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1965 film release year ⓘ |
| workAdaptedInto |
In Harm's Way
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linked to:
In Harm's Way (1965 film)
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How these facts were elicited
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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 Bassett Description of subject: James Bassett was an American novelist best known for writing the World War II naval novel "Harm's Way," which was adapted into the 1965 film "In Harm's Way."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
James Bassett