John Mathieson
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John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Mathieson canonical | 25 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T551338 — 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 Mathieson Context triple: [King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, cinematographer, John Mathieson]
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A.
John MacDougall
John MacDougall was a Scottish Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament representing a constituency including Glenrothes.
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B.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
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C.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
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D.
Robert Semple
Robert Semple was an early California pioneer, printer, and political leader who played a key role in the transition of California to statehood.
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E.
David Paton
David Paton was a 19th-century architect best known for designing the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh.
- 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 Mathieson Target entity description: John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
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A.
John MacDougall
John MacDougall was a Scottish Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament representing a constituency including Glenrothes.
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B.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
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C.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
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D.
Robert Semple
Robert Semple was an early California pioneer, printer, and political leader who played a key role in the transition of California to statehood.
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E.
David Paton
David Paton was a 19th-century architect best known for designing the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British cinematographer
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cinematographer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| field | cinematography ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaborations with Guy Ritchie
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collaborations with Ridley Scott ⓘ visually striking cinematography ⓘ |
| name | John Mathieson ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bohemian Rhapsody
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Detective Pikachu ⓘ Gladiator ⓘ Hannibal ⓘ Kingdom of Heaven ⓘ Logan ⓘ Mary Queen of Scots (2018 film) ⓘ Matchstick Men ⓘ Robin Hood (2010 film) ⓘ The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Phantom of the Opera
X-Men: First Class ⓘ |
| occupation | cinematographer ⓘ |
| style |
dynamic camera movement
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strong use of color and contrast ⓘ visually stylized imagery ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Guy Ritchie
ⓘ
Ridley Scott ⓘ |
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 Mathieson Description of subject: John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
subject linked to:
Logan (producer)
subject linked to:
Plunkett & Macleane (film)
subject linked to:
1999 British historical crime film "Plunkett & Macleane"
subject linked to:
Great Expectations