Lewis Stone
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Lewis Stone was an American actor best known for playing Judge James Hardy, the father of Mickey Rooney’s character, in the popular Andy Hardy film series.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lewis Stone canonical | 51 |
| Nayland Smith – Lewis Stone | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1200120 — 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: Lewis Stone Context triple: [Andy Hardy film series, starredActor, Lewis Stone]
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A.
Martin Henderson
Martin Henderson is a New Zealand actor known for his roles in films like "The Ring" and "Everest" and TV series such as "Grey's Anatomy" and "Virgin River."
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B.
Mitch Williams
Mitch Williams is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher, nicknamed "Wild Thing," best known for his volatile pitching style and for surrendering Joe Carter’s walk-off home run in the 1993 World Series.
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C.
Jonathan Tucker
Jonathan Tucker is an American actor known for his intense, character-driven roles in film and television, including prominent performances in series like "Kingdom," "Westworld," and "City on a Hill."
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D.
Michael Ealy
Michael Ealy is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Barbershop," "Think Like a Man," and "2 Fast 2 Furious," as well as various television series.
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E.
Wesley Addy
Wesley Addy was an American character actor known for his work on stage, film, and television, including roles in classic movies like "Kiss Me Deadly" and collaborations with director Robert Aldrich.
- 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: Lewis Stone Target entity description: Lewis Stone was an American actor best known for playing Judge James Hardy, the father of Mickey Rooney’s character, in the popular Andy Hardy film series.
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A.
Martin Henderson
Martin Henderson is a New Zealand actor known for his roles in films like "The Ring" and "Everest" and TV series such as "Grey's Anatomy" and "Virgin River."
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B.
Mitch Williams
Mitch Williams is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher, nicknamed "Wild Thing," best known for his volatile pitching style and for surrendering Joe Carter’s walk-off home run in the 1993 World Series.
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C.
Jonathan Tucker
Jonathan Tucker is an American actor known for his intense, character-driven roles in film and television, including prominent performances in series like "Kingdom," "Westworld," and "City on a Hill."
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D.
Michael Ealy
Michael Ealy is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Barbershop," "Think Like a Man," and "2 Fast 2 Furious," as well as various television series.
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E.
Wesley Addy
Wesley Addy was an American character actor known for his work on stage, film, and television, including roles in classic movies like "Kiss Me Deadly" and collaborations with director Robert Aldrich.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
silent film era
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sound film era ⓘ |
| coStarredWith | Mickey Rooney ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| familyName | Stone ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
motion pictures
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| givenName | Lewis ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
character actor
ⓘ
supporting actor ⓘ |
| hasPartIn |
Andy Hardy series
ⓘ
linked to:
Andy Hardy film series
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Lewis Stone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
playing father of Andy Hardy
ⓘ
portrayals of dignified authority figures ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Judge James Hardy
ⓘ
linked to:
Judge James K. Hardy
|
| notableWork | Andy Hardy film series ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| partOf | classic Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| portrayed |
Judge James Hardy
ⓘ
linked to:
Judge James K. Hardy
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Hollywood ⓘ |
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: Lewis Stone Description of subject: Lewis Stone was an American actor best known for playing Judge James Hardy, the father of Mickey Rooney’s character, in the popular Andy Hardy film series.
Referenced by (52)
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linked to: Lewis Stone