David Saperstein
E182042
David Saperstein is an American author best known for writing the science fiction novel "Cocoon," which was adapted into the popular 1985 film of the same name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Saperstein canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T577777 — 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: David Saperstein Context triple: [Cocoon, basedOnAuthor, David Saperstein]
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A.
David B. Cornstein
David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
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B.
Daniel H. Weiss
Daniel H. Weiss is an American art historian and academic leader who served as president and CEO of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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C.
Jay Bienstock
Jay Bienstock is a television producer best known for his work on major reality competition series, including serving as an executive producer on "The Apprentice."
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D.
Ira Chernus
Ira Chernus is an American scholar of religion and political commentator known for his writings on U.S. foreign policy, empire, and the cultural dimensions of American politics.
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E.
Sam Zussman
Sam Zussman is a sports and media executive who serves as a top business leader for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets organization.
- 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: David Saperstein Target entity description: David Saperstein is an American author best known for writing the science fiction novel "Cocoon," which was adapted into the popular 1985 film of the same name.
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A.
David B. Cornstein
David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
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B.
Daniel H. Weiss
Daniel H. Weiss is an American art historian and academic leader who served as president and CEO of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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C.
Jay Bienstock
Jay Bienstock is a television producer best known for his work on major reality competition series, including serving as an executive producer on "The Apprentice."
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D.
Ira Chernus
Ira Chernus is an American scholar of religion and political commentator known for his writings on U.S. foreign policy, empire, and the cultural dimensions of American politics.
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E.
Sam Zussman
Sam Zussman is a sports and media executive who serves as a top business leader for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets organization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (16)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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film ⓘ novel ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| author | David Saperstein ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cocoon ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | David Saperstein ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
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science fiction ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork | Cocoon ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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novelist ⓘ |
| workAdaptedAsFilm |
Cocoon (1985 film)
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linked to:
Cocoon
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| wrote | Cocoon ⓘ |
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: David Saperstein Description of subject: David Saperstein is an American author best known for writing the science fiction novel "Cocoon," which was adapted into the popular 1985 film of the same name.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.