Ernest Thompson
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Ernest Thompson is an American writer, actor, and director best known for his Academy Award–winning screenplay adaptation of his play "On Golden Pond."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ernest Thompson canonical | 10 |
| Ernest Evan Thompson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3422733 — 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: Ernest Thompson Context triple: [On Golden Pond, screenwriter, Ernest Thompson]
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A.
Henry Blyth
Henry Blyth was a screenwriter known for his work on the film "The Early Bird."
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B.
Ernest Wilson
Ernest Wilson is a songwriter best known for penning the track "I Wonder."
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C.
George Robert Gray
George Robert Gray was a 19th-century British zoologist and ornithologist known for his influential work on bird classification and species descriptions at the British Museum.
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D.
Christopher Hampson
Christopher Hampson is a British choreographer, former dancer, and arts leader best known for directing and shaping the artistic vision of major ballet companies in the UK.
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E.
Thomas Horsfield
Thomas Horsfield was a 19th-century American physician and naturalist known for his influential zoological and botanical work in Southeast Asia.
- 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: Ernest Thompson Target entity description: Ernest Thompson is an American writer, actor, and director best known for his Academy Award–winning screenplay adaptation of his play "On Golden Pond."
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A.
Henry Blyth
Henry Blyth was a screenwriter known for his work on the film "The Early Bird."
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B.
Ernest Wilson
Ernest Wilson is a songwriter best known for penning the track "I Wonder."
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C.
George Robert Gray
George Robert Gray was a 19th-century British zoologist and ornithologist known for his influential work on bird classification and species descriptions at the British Museum.
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D.
Christopher Hampson
Christopher Hampson is a British choreographer, former dancer, and arts leader best known for directing and shaping the artistic vision of major ballet companies in the UK.
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E.
Thomas Horsfield
Thomas Horsfield was a 19th-century American physician and naturalist known for his influential zoological and botanical work in Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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film actor ⓘ film director ⓘ human ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| author | Ernest Thompson ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ |
| basedOn | On Golden Pond (1981 film) is based on the play "On Golden Pond" by Ernest Thompson ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | Won an Academy Award for the screenplay adaptation of his play "On Golden Pond" ⓘ |
| notableRole | Key creative figure behind the stage and film versions of "On Golden Pond" ⓘ |
| notableWork |
On Golden Pond
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On Golden Pond (1981 film screenplay) ⓘ
linked to:
On Golden Pond
On Golden Pond (play) ⓘ
linked to:
On Golden Pond
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| occupation |
actor
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director ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Ernest Thompson ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Ernest Thompson ⓘ |
| workAdaptedAs |
On Golden Pond (1981 film)
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linked to:
On Golden Pond
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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: Ernest Thompson Description of subject: Ernest Thompson is an American writer, actor, and director best known for his Academy Award–winning screenplay adaptation of his play "On Golden Pond."
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Bruce Gilbert
subject linked to:
Ernest Thompson
subject linked to:
Ernest Thompson
subject linked to:
Ernest Thompson
linked to: Ernest Thompson