David M. Walsh
E308850
David M. Walsh is an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous films, particularly comedies, during the 1970s and 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David M. Walsh canonical | 29 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2232262 — 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: David M. Walsh Context triple: [Silver Streak, cinematographer, David M. Walsh]
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A.
Michael H. Moloney
Michael H. Moloney is a physics-focused science policy and leadership professional who serves as the chief executive officer of the American Institute of Physics.
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B.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
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C.
Stephen H. P. Pell
Stephen H. P. Pell was an American philanthropist and preservationist best known for leading the early 20th-century restoration and preservation of the historic Fort Ticonderoga in New York.
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D.
Peter A. Dowling
Peter A. Dowling is a screenwriter best known for his work on high-concept Hollywood thrillers, including the Jodie Foster–led film "Flightplan."
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E.
Richard J. Wilson
Richard J. Wilson is a British mathematician and author known for his work in graph theory and for co-writing influential popular and academic mathematics books.
- 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: David M. Walsh Target entity description: David M. Walsh is an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous films, particularly comedies, during the 1970s and 1980s.
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A.
Michael H. Moloney
Michael H. Moloney is a physics-focused science policy and leadership professional who serves as the chief executive officer of the American Institute of Physics.
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B.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
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C.
Stephen H. P. Pell
Stephen H. P. Pell was an American philanthropist and preservationist best known for leading the early 20th-century restoration and preservation of the historic Fort Ticonderoga in New York.
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D.
Peter A. Dowling
Peter A. Dowling is a screenwriter best known for his work on high-concept Hollywood thrillers, including the Jodie Foster–led film "Flightplan."
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E.
Richard J. Wilson
Richard J. Wilson is a British mathematician and author known for his work in graph theory and for co-writing influential popular and academic mathematics books.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (22)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American cinematographer
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cinematographer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeInDecade |
1970s
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1980s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | cinematography ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization | comedy film ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | cinematography for American comedies in the 1970s and 1980s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Love and Death
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Seems Like Old Times ⓘ Sleeper ⓘ Stir Crazy ⓘ The Bad News Bears ⓘ The Cheap Detective ⓘ The In-Laws ⓘ The Main Event ⓘ The Survivors ⓘ What’s Up, Doc? ⓘ
linked to:
What's Up, Doc?
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| occupation | cinematographer ⓘ |
| workedOn | feature films ⓘ |
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: David M. Walsh Description of subject: David M. Walsh is an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous films, particularly comedies, during the 1970s and 1980s.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.