Robert Riskin
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Robert Riskin was an American screenwriter best known for his collaborations with director Frank Capra on classic films of the 1930s and 1940s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Riskin canonical | 36 |
| Robert Riskin Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T201169 — 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: Robert Riskin Context triple: [Fay Wray, spouse, Robert Riskin]
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A.
Frank Mankiewicz
Frank Mankiewicz was an American journalist, political strategist, and public relations executive best known for his prominent roles in Democratic politics and media, including serving as president of National Public Radio.
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B.
Julius J. Epstein
Julius J. Epstein was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic film "Casablanca" and numerous other successful Hollywood screenplays.
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C.
Robert Newman
Robert Newman was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the influential technology and research firm Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN).
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D.
Philip Handler
Philip Handler was an influential American biochemist and longtime president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, recognized for his leadership in science policy and public service.
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E.
Max Shulman
Max Shulman was an American writer and humorist best known for his satirical novels, short stories, and contributions to mid-20th-century popular culture in print and on screen.
- 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: Robert Riskin Target entity description: Robert Riskin was an American screenwriter best known for his collaborations with director Frank Capra on classic films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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A.
Frank Mankiewicz
Frank Mankiewicz was an American journalist, political strategist, and public relations executive best known for his prominent roles in Democratic politics and media, including serving as president of National Public Radio.
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B.
Julius J. Epstein
Julius J. Epstein was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic film "Casablanca" and numerous other successful Hollywood screenplays.
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C.
Robert Newman
Robert Newman was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the influential technology and research firm Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN).
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D.
Philip Handler
Philip Handler was an influential American biochemist and longtime president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, recognized for his leadership in science policy and public service.
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E.
Max Shulman
Max Shulman was an American writer and humorist best known for his satirical novels, short stories, and contributions to mid-20th-century popular culture in print and on screen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film producer
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human ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Riskin ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Robert Riskin ⓘ |
| notableWork |
American Madness
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Blessed Event ⓘ Broadway Bill ⓘ Here Comes the Groom ⓘ It Happened One Night ⓘ Lady for a Day ⓘ Lost Horizon ⓘ Magic Town ⓘ Meet John Doe ⓘ Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ⓘ Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ Platinum Blonde ⓘ The Amazing Mr. Williams ⓘ The Awful Truth ⓘ The Farmer Takes a Wife ⓘ The Girl from 10th Avenue ⓘ The Kid from Spain ⓘ The Miracle Woman ⓘ The New Yorkers ⓘ The Night Club Lady ⓘ The Richest Girl in the World ⓘ The Virtuous Sin ⓘ The Whole Town’s Talking ⓘ You Can’t Take It with You ⓘ
linked to:
You Can't Take It with You
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| occupation |
film producer
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playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Robert Riskin Description of subject: Robert Riskin was an American screenwriter best known for his collaborations with director Frank Capra on classic films of the 1930s and 1940s.
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Riskin
subject linked to:
Riskin
subject linked to:
Riskin
subject linked to:
film "No Man of Her Own" (1932)