Michael N. Marcus
E235460
Michael N. Marcus is a screenwriter best known for his work on the 1966 Western film "Duel at Diablo."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michael N. Marcus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2120361 — 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 N. Marcus Context triple: [Duel at Diablo, screenwriter, Michael N. Marcus]
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A.
W. Craig Jelinek
W. Craig Jelinek is an American business executive best known for serving as the CEO of Costco Wholesale Corporation.
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B.
Michael Kenstowicz
Michael Kenstowicz is an American linguist and phonologist known for his influential work on generative phonology and for co-authoring widely used textbooks in the field.
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C.
Richard Lipton
Richard Lipton is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in theoretical computer science and cryptography, including contributions to complexity theory and algorithm design.
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D.
Jeffrey D. Ullman
Jeffrey D. Ullman is a prominent American computer scientist known for his foundational contributions to database theory, algorithms, and formal languages, and for coauthoring several classic textbooks in computer science.
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E.
Andrew G. Myers
Andrew G. Myers is an American organic chemist renowned for his contributions to complex molecule synthesis and medicinal chemistry.
- 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 N. Marcus Target entity description: Michael N. Marcus is a screenwriter best known for his work on the 1966 Western film "Duel at Diablo."
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A.
W. Craig Jelinek
W. Craig Jelinek is an American business executive best known for serving as the CEO of Costco Wholesale Corporation.
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B.
Michael Kenstowicz
Michael Kenstowicz is an American linguist and phonologist known for his influential work on generative phonology and for co-authoring widely used textbooks in the field.
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C.
Richard Lipton
Richard Lipton is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in theoretical computer science and cryptography, including contributions to complexity theory and algorithm design.
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D.
Jeffrey D. Ullman
Jeffrey D. Ullman is a prominent American computer scientist known for his foundational contributions to database theory, algorithms, and formal languages, and for coauthoring several classic textbooks in computer science.
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E.
Andrew G. Myers
Andrew G. Myers is an American organic chemist renowned for his contributions to complex molecule synthesis and medicinal chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| genre | Western film ⓘ |
| knownFor | screenplay for the 1966 Western film "Duel at Diablo" ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | screenwriter ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| wrote | screenplay for "Duel at Diablo" ⓘ |
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 N. Marcus Description of subject: Michael N. Marcus is a screenwriter best known for his work on the 1966 Western film "Duel at Diablo."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.