Gordon Jones
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Gordon Jones was an American character actor known for his roles in numerous mid-20th-century films and television series, often portraying comic or tough-guy supporting characters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gordon Jones canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12766192 — 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 Jones Context triple: [McLintock! (1963 film), stars, Gordon Jones]
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A.
Gordon Jackson
Gordon Jackson was a Scottish actor best known for his roles in the television series "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "The Professionals."
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B.
Gordon Bradley
Gordon Bradley was an English-born footballer and influential coach best known for his role in developing professional soccer in the United States, including in the NASL.
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C.
Gordon Davis
Gordon Davis is a pseudonym used by E. Howard Hunt, the American intelligence officer and author involved in the Watergate scandal.
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D.
Ed Jones
Ed Jones is a former American football player best known as a defensive standout for the Dallas Cowboys during their dominant years in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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E.
Gordon Rollings
Gordon Rollings was a British character actor known for his supporting roles in film and television during the mid-20th century.
- 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 Jones Target entity description: Gordon Jones was an American character actor known for his roles in numerous mid-20th-century films and television series, often portraying comic or tough-guy supporting characters.
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A.
Gordon Jackson
Gordon Jackson was a Scottish actor best known for his roles in the television series "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "The Professionals."
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B.
Gordon Bradley
Gordon Bradley was an English-born footballer and influential coach best known for his role in developing professional soccer in the United States, including in the NASL.
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C.
Gordon Davis
Gordon Davis is a pseudonym used by E. Howard Hunt, the American intelligence officer and author involved in the Watergate scandal.
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D.
Ed Jones
Ed Jones is a former American football player best known as a defensive standout for the Dallas Cowboys during their dominant years in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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E.
Gordon Rollings
Gordon Rollings was a British character actor known for his supporting roles in film and television during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
character actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
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television ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Jones ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
acting
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performing arts ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Gordon ⓘ |
| industry | entertainment industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
numerous mid-20th-century films
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numerous mid-20th-century television series ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Gordon Jones ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comic supporting roles
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tough-guy supporting roles ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| typeOfActor | supporting actor ⓘ |
| typicalRole |
comic sidekick
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tough-guy henchman ⓘ |
| workedInGenre |
comedy film
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drama film ⓘ |
| workedInMedium |
American television series
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Hollywood studio films ⓘ |
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 Jones Description of subject: Gordon Jones was an American character actor known for his roles in numerous mid-20th-century films and television series, often portraying comic or tough-guy supporting characters.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.