John Lee Mahin
E137623
John Lee Mahin was an American screenwriter known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Lee Mahin canonical | 26 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1201273 — 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: John Lee Mahin Context triple: [Treasure Island (1934 film), screenwriter, John Lee Mahin]
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A.
Hancock Lee
Hancock Lee was a colonial Virginian planter and politician from the prominent Lee family of Virginia.
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B.
Stephen D. Lee
Stephen D. Lee was a Confederate general in the American Civil War who later became a prominent postwar civic leader and the first president of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Mississippi State University).
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C.
Mason Lee
Mason Lee is a Taiwanese-American actor known for roles in films such as "The Hangover Part II" and for being the son of acclaimed director Ang Lee.
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D.
Stanley Koop
Stanley Koop is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Koop.
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E.
Kenneth Murray
Kenneth Murray is a biochemist and biotechnology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the biopharmaceutical company Biogen.
- 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: John Lee Mahin Target entity description: John Lee Mahin was an American screenwriter known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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A.
Hancock Lee
Hancock Lee was a colonial Virginian planter and politician from the prominent Lee family of Virginia.
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B.
Stephen D. Lee
Stephen D. Lee was a Confederate general in the American Civil War who later became a prominent postwar civic leader and the first president of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Mississippi State University).
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C.
Mason Lee
Mason Lee is a Taiwanese-American actor known for roles in films such as "The Hangover Part II" and for being the son of acclaimed director Ang Lee.
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D.
Stanley Koop
Stanley Koop is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Koop.
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E.
Kenneth Murray
Kenneth Murray is a biochemist and biotechnology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the biopharmaceutical company Biogen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American screenwriter
ⓘ
human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay
ⓘ
linked to:
Academy Award for Best Screenplay
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1902-08-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1984-04-18 ⓘ |
| employer |
20th Century Fox
ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| era |
Classical Hollywood cinema
ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood Golden Age
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ melodrama ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Writers Guild of America ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay
ⓘ
linked to:
Academy Award for Best Screenplay
|
| notableFor | writing screenplays for classic Hollywood films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Boom Town (1940 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Boom Town
Captains Courageous (1937 film) ⓘ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film) ⓘ Quo Vadis (1951 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Quo Vadis
Red Dust ⓘ Show Boat (1951 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Show Boat
Test Pilot (1938 film) ⓘ The Bad Seed (1956 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Bad Seed
Treasure Island (1934 film) ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
ⓘ
linked to:
Evanston, Illinois
|
| placeOfDeath |
Santa Monica, California, United States of America
ⓘ
linked to:
Santa Monica, California, United States
|
| workedOn |
Boom Town (1940 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Boom Town
Captains Courageous (1937 film) ⓘ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film) ⓘ Quo Vadis (1951 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Quo Vadis
Red Dust ⓘ Show Boat (1951 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Show Boat
Test Pilot (1938 film) ⓘ The Bad Seed (1956 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Bad Seed
Treasure Island (1934 film) ⓘ |
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: John Lee Mahin Description of subject: John Lee Mahin was an American screenwriter known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
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subject linked to:
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subject linked to:
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