Furthman
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Furthman is a surname most notably associated with American screenwriter Jules Furthman, known for his work on classic Hollywood films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Furthman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2167019 — 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: Furthman Context triple: [Jules Furthman, familyName, Furthman]
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A.
Hyman
Hyman is the birth surname of Joey Ramone, the iconic lead vocalist of the pioneering punk rock band the Ramones.
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B.
Rothkowitz
Rothkowitz is the original family surname of the abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko, reflecting his Eastern European Jewish heritage.
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C.
Myron Futterman
Myron Futterman was an American businessman best known for being the first husband of actress Jane Wyman.
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D.
Happy Felsch
Happy Felsch was an American Major League Baseball outfielder best known as one of the Chicago White Sox players banned for his role in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.
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E.
Keefer
Keefer was a distinguished racing greyhound renowned for its achievements on the track, earning induction into the Greyhound Hall of Fame.
- 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: Furthman Target entity description: Furthman is a surname most notably associated with American screenwriter Jules Furthman, known for his work on classic Hollywood films.
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A.
Hyman
Hyman is the birth surname of Joey Ramone, the iconic lead vocalist of the pioneering punk rock band the Ramones.
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B.
Rothkowitz
Rothkowitz is the original family surname of the abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko, reflecting his Eastern European Jewish heritage.
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C.
Myron Futterman
Myron Futterman was an American businessman best known for being the first husband of actress Jane Wyman.
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D.
Happy Felsch
Happy Felsch was an American Major League Baseball outfielder best known as one of the Chicago White Sox players banned for his role in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.
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E.
Keefer
Keefer was a distinguished racing greyhound renowned for its achievements on the track, earning induction into the Greyhound Hall of Fame.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American screenwriter
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family name ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre | screenwriting ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | German ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Jules Furthman ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | classic Hollywood films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)
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linked to:
Mutiny on the Bounty
Only Angels Have Wings ⓘ Shanghai Express ⓘ The Big Sleep (1946 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Big Sleep
To Have and Have Not (film) ⓘ
linked to:
To Have and Have Not
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| occupation |
journalist
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screenwriter ⓘ |
| workedIn | Hollywood ⓘ |
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: Furthman Description of subject: Furthman is a surname most notably associated with American screenwriter Jules Furthman, known for his work on classic Hollywood films.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.