Michael B. Gordon
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Michael B. Gordon is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the stylized action film "300," adapted from Frank Miller's graphic novel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael B. Gordon canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2022226 — 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: Michael B. Gordon Context triple: [300, screenwriter, Michael B. Gordon]
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A.
Michael P. Shawver
Michael P. Shawver is a film editor known for his frequent collaborations with director Ryan Coogler on acclaimed films such as Fruitvale Station, Creed, and Black Panther.
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B.
Michael A. Elliott
Michael A. Elliott is an American literary scholar and academic administrator who serves as the president of Amherst College.
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Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
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D.
James P. Gordon
James P. Gordon was an American physicist and pioneer in quantum electronics and laser science, known for his foundational work on the maser and optical communications.
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E.
Joshua W. Alexander
Joshua W. Alexander was an American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Woodrow Wilson in the early 20th century.
- 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: Michael B. Gordon Target entity description: Michael B. Gordon is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the stylized action film "300," adapted from Frank Miller's graphic novel.
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A.
Michael P. Shawver
Michael P. Shawver is a film editor known for his frequent collaborations with director Ryan Coogler on acclaimed films such as Fruitvale Station, Creed, and Black Panther.
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B.
Michael A. Elliott
Michael A. Elliott is an American literary scholar and academic administrator who serves as the president of Amherst College.
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C.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
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D.
James P. Gordon
James P. Gordon was an American physicist and pioneer in quantum electronics and laser science, known for his foundational work on the maser and optical communications.
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E.
Joshua W. Alexander
Joshua W. Alexander was an American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Woodrow Wilson in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (11)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feature film
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screenwriter ⓘ |
| basedOn | Frank Miller's graphic novel 300 ⓘ |
| coWrote | 300 ⓘ |
| genre | action film ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization | action film ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork | 300 ⓘ |
| occupation | screenwriter ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Michael B. Gordon ⓘ |
| workAdaptedFrom | Frank Miller's graphic novel 300 ⓘ |
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: Michael B. Gordon Description of subject: Michael B. Gordon is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the stylized action film "300," adapted from Frank Miller's graphic novel.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.