Ron Cobb
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Ron Cobb was an influential American artist and film designer renowned for his imaginative concept and production design work on science fiction films such as Alien and Back to the Future.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ron Cobb canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18099247 — 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: Ron Cobb Context triple: [Nostromo, setDesignBy, Ron Cobb]
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A.
Leland Robinson
Leland Robinson is the son of influential music producer and Sugar Hill Records co-founder Sylvia Robinson.
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B.
John Buckwalter
John Buckwalter is an actor known for his role in Woody Allen’s mockumentary film "Zelig."
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C.
Samuel Stehman Haldeman
Samuel Stehman Haldeman was a 19th-century American naturalist, philologist, and academic known for his influential work in linguistics and the natural sciences.
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D.
Ben F. Reynolds
Ben F. Reynolds was an early 20th-century American cinematographer known for his work on silent films, including the 1925 production of "The Merry Widow."
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E.
J. R. Clynes
J. R. Clynes was a British Labour politician who served as Leader of the Labour Party and held senior government posts in the early 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: Ron Cobb Target entity description: Ron Cobb was an influential American artist and film designer renowned for his imaginative concept and production design work on science fiction films such as Alien and Back to the Future.
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A.
Leland Robinson
Leland Robinson is the son of influential music producer and Sugar Hill Records co-founder Sylvia Robinson.
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B.
John Buckwalter
John Buckwalter is an actor known for his role in Woody Allen’s mockumentary film "Zelig."
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C.
Samuel Stehman Haldeman
Samuel Stehman Haldeman was a 19th-century American naturalist, philologist, and academic known for his influential work in linguistics and the natural sciences.
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D.
Ben F. Reynolds
Ben F. Reynolds was an early 20th-century American cinematographer known for his work on silent films, including the 1925 production of "The Merry Widow."
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E.
J. R. Clynes
J. R. Clynes was a British Labour politician who served as Leader of the Labour Party and held senior government posts in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.