J. R. Cobb
E235538
J. R. Cobb is a writer known for his work on the film "Stormy."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| J. R. Cobb canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1115522 — 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: J. R. Cobb Context triple: ["Stormy", writer, J. R. Cobb]
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A.
Philip M. Landrum
Philip M. Landrum was an American congressman from Georgia best known as a co-author of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the Landrum–Griffin Act), which regulated labor unions and their internal affairs.
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B.
Charles Moore
Charles Moore was an influential American postmodern architect and educator known for his playful, human-centered public spaces and landmark designs such as the Piazza d'Italia and Sea Ranch.
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C.
John R. Steelman
John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
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D.
Johnston McCulley
Johnston McCulley was an American writer best known as the creator of the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro.
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E.
John B. Cobb Jr.
John B. Cobb Jr. is an American theologian and philosopher best known as a leading figure in process theology and for integrating Alfred North Whitehead’s process thought with Christian theology and ecological concerns.
- 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: J. R. Cobb Target entity description: J. R. Cobb is a writer known for his work on the film "Stormy."
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A.
Philip M. Landrum
Philip M. Landrum was an American congressman from Georgia best known as a co-author of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the Landrum–Griffin Act), which regulated labor unions and their internal affairs.
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B.
Charles Moore
Charles Moore was an influential American postmodern architect and educator known for his playful, human-centered public spaces and landmark designs such as the Piazza d'Italia and Sea Ranch.
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C.
Robert J. Wynne
Robert J. Wynne was an American journalist and public official who served in senior federal financial and postal administration roles in the early 20th century.
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D.
John R. Steelman
John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
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E.
Johnston McCulley
Johnston McCulley was an American writer best known as the creator of the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (7)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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person ⓘ |
| knownFor | Stormy ⓘ |
| notableWork | Stormy ⓘ |
| occupation | writer ⓘ |
| workOn | Stormy ⓘ |
| writer | J. R. Cobb ⓘ |
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: J. R. Cobb Description of subject: J. R. Cobb is a writer known for his work on the film "Stormy."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
“Stormy” by Classics IV
subject linked to:
J. R. Cobb