Jules Cowles
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Jules Cowles was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his distinctive appearance and supporting roles in numerous 1920s productions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jules Cowles canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3282569 — 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: Jules Cowles Context triple: [The Scarlet Letter (1926 film), starring, Jules Cowles]
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A.
George Hively
George Hively was an American film editor and screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work in Hollywood studio productions.
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B.
Moultrie Kelsall
Moultrie Kelsall was a Scottish actor and broadcaster known for his character roles in mid-20th-century British film, television, and radio.
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C.
Cecil Cooper
Cecil Cooper is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and manager, best known for his productive years with the Milwaukee Brewers in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
H. M. Woodard
H. M. Woodard was the father of Academy Award–winning American character actress Jane Darwell.
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E.
Ludlow Wray
Ludlow "Lud" Wray was an early 20th-century American football player and coach who helped found and coach in the National Football League.
- 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: Jules Cowles Target entity description: Jules Cowles was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his distinctive appearance and supporting roles in numerous 1920s productions.
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A.
George Hively
George Hively was an American film editor and screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work in Hollywood studio productions.
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B.
Moultrie Kelsall
Moultrie Kelsall was a Scottish actor and broadcaster known for his character roles in mid-20th-century British film, television, and radio.
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C.
Cecil Cooper
Cecil Cooper is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and manager, best known for his productive years with the Milwaukee Brewers in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
H. M. Woodard
H. M. Woodard was the father of Academy Award–winning American character actress Jane Darwell.
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E.
Ludlow Wray
Ludlow "Lud" Wray was an early 20th-century American football player and coach who helped found and coach in the National Football League.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ silent film actor ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early sound era
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silent film era ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy films
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drama films ⓘ horror films ⓘ |
| hasDistinctiveFeature | distinctive appearance ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
supporting roles in early sound films
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supporting roles in silent films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Bat (1926 film)
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linked to:
The Bat
The Cat and the Canary (1927 film) ⓘ The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film) ⓘ The Monster (1925 film) ⓘ The Monster (Lon Chaney film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Monster (1925 film)
The Monster Walks (1932 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Monster Walks
The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Phantom of the Opera
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| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ |
| partOf | American cinema of the 1920s ⓘ |
| 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: Jules Cowles Description of subject: Jules Cowles was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his distinctive appearance and supporting roles in numerous 1920s productions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.