Walter H. Tyler
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Walter H. Tyler was an American art director and production designer known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the biblical epic "Samson and Delilah" (1949).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter H. Tyler canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T984131 — 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: Walter H. Tyler Context triple: [Samson and Delilah (1949 film), artDirectionBy, Walter H. Tyler]
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A.
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.
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B.
Albert D. Wheelon
Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
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C.
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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D.
Alvin B. Phillips
Alvin B. Phillips is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a founder of the data storage company Western Digital.
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E.
Thomas U. Walter
Thomas U. Walter was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing the cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol and shaping key federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
- 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: Walter H. Tyler Target entity description: Walter H. Tyler was an American art director and production designer known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the biblical epic "Samson and Delilah" (1949).
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A.
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.
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B.
Albert D. Wheelon
Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
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C.
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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D.
Alvin B. Phillips
Alvin B. Phillips is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a founder of the data storage company Western Digital.
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E.
Thomas U. Walter
Thomas U. Walter was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing the cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol and shaping key federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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art director ⓘ film ⓘ person ⓘ production designer ⓘ |
| basedIn | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Hollywood film studios ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
art direction
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film production design ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical epic film
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classic Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
art direction on classic Hollywood films
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production design on biblical epic films ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Samson and Delilah
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classic Hollywood films ⓘ |
| occupation |
art director
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production designer ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1949 ⓘ |
| workLocation | 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: Walter H. Tyler Description of subject: Walter H. Tyler was an American art director and production designer known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the biblical epic "Samson and Delilah" (1949).
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.