James B. Clark
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James B. Clark was an American film editor and director known for his work on numerous mid-20th-century Hollywood films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James B. Clark canonical | 21 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2393394 — 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: James B. Clark Context triple: [The Keys of the Kingdom, editingBy, James B. Clark]
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A.
Charles E. Clark
Charles E. Clark was a prominent American jurist and legal scholar who served as dean of Yale Law School and as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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B.
Frank B. Jewett
Frank B. Jewett was an American electrical engineer and physicist who served as the first president of Bell Telephone Laboratories and played a major role in organizing U.S. scientific research during World War II.
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C.
William Parish Chilton
William Parish Chilton was a 19th-century American lawyer, judge, and politician from Alabama who served as a Confederate congressman and briefly as Speaker of the Provisional Confederate Congress.
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D.
Harold T. Clark
Harold T. Clark was an American lawyer and philanthropist from Cleveland known for his significant contributions to civic and cultural institutions, including helping establish the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
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E.
James H. Clark
James H. Clark is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist best known as the co-founder of Silicon Graphics and Netscape Communications, which helped popularize the early World Wide Web.
- 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: James B. Clark Target entity description: James B. Clark was an American film editor and director known for his work on numerous mid-20th-century Hollywood films.
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A.
Charles E. Clark
Charles E. Clark was a prominent American jurist and legal scholar who served as dean of Yale Law School and as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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B.
Frank B. Jewett
Frank B. Jewett was an American electrical engineer and physicist who served as the first president of Bell Telephone Laboratories and played a major role in organizing U.S. scientific research during World War II.
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C.
William Parish Chilton
William Parish Chilton was a 19th-century American lawyer, judge, and politician from Alabama who served as a Confederate congressman and briefly as Speaker of the Provisional Confederate Congress.
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D.
Harold T. Clark
Harold T. Clark was an American lawyer and philanthropist from Cleveland known for his significant contributions to civic and cultural institutions, including helping establish the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
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E.
James H. Clark
James H. Clark is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist best known as the co-founder of Silicon Graphics and Netscape Communications, which helped popularize the early World Wide Web.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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film editor ⓘ person ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1970s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930s ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1908-05-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2000-07-19 ⓘ |
| directed |
A Dog of Flanders (1960 film)
ⓘ
Bonanza (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Bonanza
Flipper (1963 film) ⓘ Island of the Blue Dolphins (1964 film) ⓘ
linked to:
"Island of the Blue Dolphins"
Lassie (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Lassie
My Side of the Mountain (1969 film) ⓘ Rawhide (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Rawhide
The Rifleman (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
The Rifleman (TV episodes)
The Sad Horse (1959 film) ⓘ The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
The Twilight Zone (TV series)
|
| edited |
Leave Her to Heaven (1945 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Leave Her to Heaven
Nightmare Alley (1947 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Nightmare Alley
The Day the World Ended (1955 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Day the World Ended
The Desert Fox (1951 film) ⓘ The Gunfighter (1950 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Gunfighter
The Pride of St. Louis (1952 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Pride of St. Louis
The Snake Pit (1948 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Snake Pit
Twelve O’Clock High (1949 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Twelve O’Clock High
|
| employer | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization |
adventure film
ⓘ
family film ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | directing animal-centered family films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Dog of Flanders (1960 film)
ⓘ
Flipper (1963 film) ⓘ Island of the Blue Dolphins (1964 film) ⓘ
linked to:
"Island of the Blue Dolphins"
My Side of the Mountain (1969 film) ⓘ The Sad Horse (1959 film) ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
ⓘ
film editor ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Stillwater, Minnesota, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Stillwater, Minnesota
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| placeOfDeath | Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| workedIn | Hollywood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: James B. Clark Description of subject: James B. Clark was an American film editor and director known for his work on numerous mid-20th-century Hollywood films.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.