Theodore Shapiro
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Theodore Shapiro is an American film composer known for his work on numerous Hollywood comedies and dramas, including scores for major studio films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Theodore Shapiro canonical | 68 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1107811 — 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: Theodore Shapiro Context triple: [The Devil Wears Prada, musicBy, Theodore Shapiro]
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A.
Harold T. Shapiro
Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
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B.
Guy Rothblum
Guy Rothblum is a theoretical computer scientist known for his work in cryptography and complexity theory.
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C.
Neil Goldman
Neil Goldman is a recurring nerdy, socially awkward teenage character in the animated TV series "Family Guy," often portrayed as infatuated with Meg Griffin.
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D.
Joseph Wechsler
Joseph Wechsler was an individual of sufficient local or historical significance to be recognized as a notable burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Maryland.
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E.
Henry Moskowitz
Henry Moskowitz was an American civil rights activist and social reformer who helped establish the NAACP and worked extensively to combat racial discrimination and promote social justice 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: Theodore Shapiro Target entity description: Theodore Shapiro is an American film composer known for his work on numerous Hollywood comedies and dramas, including scores for major studio films.
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A.
Harold T. Shapiro
Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
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B.
Guy Rothblum
Guy Rothblum is a theoretical computer scientist known for his work in cryptography and complexity theory.
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C.
Neil Goldman
Neil Goldman is a recurring nerdy, socially awkward teenage character in the animated TV series "Family Guy," often portrayed as infatuated with Meg Griffin.
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D.
Joseph Wechsler
Joseph Wechsler was an individual of sufficient local or historical significance to be recognized as a notable burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Maryland.
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E.
Henry Moskowitz
Henry Moskowitz was an American civil rights activist and social reformer who helped establish the NAACP and worked extensively to combat racial discrimination and promote social justice in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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film composer ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Hollywood film industry ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film music
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television music ⓘ |
| genre |
film score
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orchestral music ⓘ soundtrack ⓘ |
| hasCollaboratedWith |
Ben Stiller
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David O. Russell ⓘ Jay Roach ⓘ Paul Feig ⓘ |
| hasWorkedOn | major studio films ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
composing scores for Hollywood comedies
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composing scores for Hollywood dramas ⓘ |
| notableWork |
score for "13 Going on 30"
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score for "A Simple Favor" ⓘ score for "Along Came Polly" ⓘ score for "Bombshell" ⓘ score for "Dinner for Schmucks" ⓘ score for "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" ⓘ score for "Fun with Dick and Jane" ⓘ score for "Ghostbusters" (2016) ⓘ score for "I Love You, Man" ⓘ score for "Idiocracy" ⓘ score for "Marley & Me" ⓘ score for "Old School" ⓘ score for "Severance" ⓘ score for "Spy" ⓘ score for "Starsky & Hutch" ⓘ score for "State and Main" ⓘ score for "The Devil Wears Prada" ⓘ score for "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" ⓘ score for "The Intern" ⓘ score for "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" ⓘ score for "The Wolf of Wall Street" ⓘ score for "Tropic Thunder" ⓘ score for "Trumbo" ⓘ score for "Wet Hot American Summer" ⓘ score for "Year One" ⓘ score for "Yellowjackets" ⓘ score for "You, Me and Dupree" ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
film composer ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
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: Theodore Shapiro Description of subject: Theodore Shapiro is an American film composer known for his work on numerous Hollywood comedies and dramas, including scores for major studio films.
Referenced by (68)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
romantic comedy film 13 Going on 30
subject linked to:
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
subject linked to:
We’re the Millers