William C. Thompson
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William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William C. Thompson canonical | 5 |
| William C. Thomas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T985978 — 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: William C. Thompson Context triple: [Plan 9 from Outer Space, cinematographyBy, William C. Thompson]
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A.
Joseph C. Thompson
Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
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B.
John S. Thompson
John S. Thompson was a Dutch engineer and resistance member during World War II, honored for his role in the liberation of the Netherlands.
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C.
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
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D.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
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E.
Harry M. Wegeforth
Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
- 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: William C. Thompson Target entity description: William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
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A.
Joseph C. Thompson
Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
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B.
John S. Thompson
John S. Thompson was a Dutch engineer and resistance member during World War II, honored for his role in the liberation of the Netherlands.
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C.
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
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D.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
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E.
Harry M. Wegeforth
Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cinematographer
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| activeIn |
United States film industry
ⓘ
linked to:
American cinema
|
| associatedWith |
cult films
ⓘ
independent cinema ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Ed Wood ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | cinematography ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization |
exploitation film
ⓘ
horror film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
black-and-white cinematography
ⓘ
low-budget film production techniques ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium | motion picture ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaborations with Ed Wood
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work on low-budget genre films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bride of the Monster
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Glen or Glenda ⓘ Plan 9 from Outer Space ⓘ |
| occupation | cinematographer ⓘ |
| partOf | American cinematographers ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Bride of the Monster
ⓘ
Glen or Glenda ⓘ Plan 9 from Outer Space ⓘ |
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: William C. Thompson Description of subject: William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: William C. Thompson