James Smith
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James Smith was a film editor active in early American cinema, known for his work on the 1920 silent drama "Pollyanna."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Smith canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2305396 — 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: James Smith Context triple: [Pollyanna (1920 film), filmEditingBy, James Smith]
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A.
Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith is a member of the Smith family, known as a son of FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith.
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B.
Jack Martin Smith
Jack Martin Smith was an American art director and production designer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films.
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C.
James Johnston
James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
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D.
Alexander D. Smith
Alexander D. Smith is a linguist known for his work on Austronesian languages, particularly for proposing the Greater North Borneo language subgroup.
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E.
Philip Smith
Philip Smith is a member of the family of Jeffrey Lurie, the owner of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
- 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: James Smith Target entity description: James Smith was a film editor active in early American cinema, known for his work on the 1920 silent drama "Pollyanna."
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A.
Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith is a member of the Smith family, known as a son of FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith.
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B.
Jack Martin Smith
Jack Martin Smith was an American art director and production designer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films.
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C.
James Johnston
James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
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D.
Alexander D. Smith
Alexander D. Smith is a linguist known for his work on Austronesian languages, particularly for proposing the Greater North Borneo language subgroup.
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E.
Philip Smith
Philip Smith is a member of the family of Jeffrey Lurie, the owner of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film editor
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| activeInDecade | 1920s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | silent film era ⓘ |
| filmIndustry | American cinema ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkEdited |
drama film
ⓘ
silent film ⓘ |
| knownFor | editing the 1920 silent drama Pollyanna ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | silent (intertitles in English) ⓘ |
| notableWork | Pollyanna ⓘ |
| occupation | film editor ⓘ |
| occupationField | film editing ⓘ |
| workedOn | Pollyanna ⓘ |
| workPeriod | early American cinema ⓘ |
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: James Smith Description of subject: James Smith was a film editor active in early American cinema, known for his work on the 1920 silent drama "Pollyanna."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.