John Addison
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John Addison was a British film composer renowned for his versatile and melodic scores for mid-20th-century cinema and television.
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| John Addison canonical | 24 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1678953 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: John Addison Context triple: [The Entertainer (1960 film), musicBy, John Addison]
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A.
Will Adams
Will Adams is the birth name of will.i.am, the American rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a founding member of the Black Eyed Peas.
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B.
Joe Ricketts
Joe Ricketts is an American businessman best known as the founder of the online brokerage firm TD Ameritrade and a prominent member of the billionaire Ricketts family.
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C.
Kevin Chapman
Kevin Chapman is an American actor known for his tough, blue-collar character roles in film and television, including prominent parts in series like "Person of Interest" and "City on a Hill."
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D.
John Bryant
John Bryant is an American professional basketball player and standout center known for his dominant college career at Santa Clara University and subsequent international pro career, particularly in Germany's Basketball Bundesliga.
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E.
Aaron Ogden
Aaron Ogden was an early 19th-century American politician and steamboat operator whose state-granted monopoly became the focus of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gibbons v. Ogden, which helped define federal power over interstate commerce.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Addison Target entity description: John Addison was a British film composer renowned for his versatile and melodic scores for mid-20th-century cinema and television.
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A.
Will Adams
Will Adams is the birth name of will.i.am, the American rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a founding member of the Black Eyed Peas.
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B.
Joe Ricketts
Joe Ricketts is an American businessman best known as the founder of the online brokerage firm TD Ameritrade and a prominent member of the billionaire Ricketts family.
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C.
Kevin Chapman
Kevin Chapman is an American actor known for his tough, blue-collar character roles in film and television, including prominent parts in series like "Person of Interest" and "City on a Hill."
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D.
John Bryant
John Bryant is an American professional basketball player and standout center known for his dominant college career at Santa Clara University and subsequent international pro career, particularly in Germany's Basketball Bundesliga.
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E.
Aaron Ogden
Aaron Ogden was an early 19th-century American politician and steamboat operator whose state-granted monopoly became the focus of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gibbons v. Ogden, which helped define federal power over interstate commerce.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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film composer ⓘ person ⓘ screen composer ⓘ television composer ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Original Score
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BAFTA Award ⓘ
linked to:
BAFTA awards
Grammy Award ⓘ |
| conflict |
Second World War
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linked to:
World War II
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| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1920-03-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1998-12-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Royal College of Music ⓘ |
| employer | BBC (as a composer for productions) ⓘ |
| familyName | Addison ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film music
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television music ⓘ |
| genre |
film score
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television score ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| hasWorkPeriod |
1940s
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1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ |
| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| knownFor |
mid-20th-century cinema music
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television theme music ⓘ versatile and melodic film scores ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | John Addison ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Bridge Too Far (1977 film) score
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Murder, She Wrote theme ⓘ
linked to:
Murder, She Wrote
The Honey Pot (1967 film) score ⓘ The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976 film) score ⓘ Tom Jones (1963 film) score ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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film composer ⓘ television composer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Chobham, Surrey, England
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linked to:
Chobham
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| placeOfDeath |
Bennington, Vermont, United States
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linked to:
Bennington, Vermont
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| residence |
United Kingdom
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| servedIn | British Army ⓘ |
| spouse | Pamela Addison ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: John Addison Description of subject: John Addison was a British film composer renowned for his versatile and melodic scores for mid-20th-century cinema and television.
Referenced by (24)
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