John Gilbert
E430893
John Gilbert was a prominent American silent film actor of the 1920s, best known for his romantic leading roles and collaborations with Greta Garbo.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Gilbert canonical | 11 |
| John Gilbert filmography | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4306441 — 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: John Gilbert Context triple: [Queen Christina (1933 film), starring, John Gilbert]
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A.
John Gilbert
John Gilbert was an 18th-century English engineer and land agent best known for his pioneering work on canal construction during the early Industrial Revolution.
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B.
John Gilbert
John Gilbert is a New Zealand film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Hacksaw Ridge.
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C.
William Powell
William Powell was a prominent American actor best known for his sophisticated roles in classic Hollywood films such as "The Thin Man" series.
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D.
William Haines
William Haines was a 19th-century Australian politician who became the first Premier of the colony of Victoria, helping to establish its early system of responsible government.
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E.
Robert Montgomery
Robert Montgomery was an American film and television actor and director prominent in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his roles in both light comedies and dramas as well as his later work behind the camera.
- 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: John Gilbert Target entity description: John Gilbert was a prominent American silent film actor of the 1920s, best known for his romantic leading roles and collaborations with Greta Garbo.
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A.
John Gilbert
John Gilbert was an 18th-century English engineer and land agent best known for his pioneering work on canal construction during the early Industrial Revolution.
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B.
John Gilbert
John Gilbert is a New Zealand film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Hacksaw Ridge.
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C.
William Powell
William Powell was a prominent American actor best known for his sophisticated roles in classic Hollywood films such as "The Thin Man" series.
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D.
William Haines
William Haines was a 19th-century Australian politician who became the first Premier of the colony of Victoria, helping to establish its early system of responsible government.
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E.
Robert Montgomery
Robert Montgomery was an American film and television actor and director prominent in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his roles in both light comedies and dramas as well as his later work behind the camera.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ silent film actor ⓘ |
| activePeriod | silent film era ⓘ |
| birthName | John Cecil Pringle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| child | Leatrice Gilbert Fountain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1897-07-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1936-01-09 ⓘ |
| employer | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| era | 1920s American cinema ⓘ |
| filmographyIncludes |
A Woman of Affairs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flesh and the Devil NERFINISHED ⓘ La Bohème NERFINISHED ⓘ Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen Christina NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Parade NERFINISHED ⓘ The Merry Widow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | romantic drama ⓘ |
| industry |
Hollywood film industry
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linked to:
Hollywood
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | John Gilbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
matinee idol status in the 1920s
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romantic leading man image ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaborations with Greta Garbo
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romantic leading roles in silent films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Woman of Affairs
NERFINISHED
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Flesh and the Devil NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Parade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film director ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| partner | Greta Garbo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Logan, Utah, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
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linked to:
Los Angeles
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Ina Claire
NERFINISHED
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Leatrice Joy NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Greta Garbo
NERFINISHED
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King Vidor NERFINISHED ⓘ Mauritz Stiller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: John Gilbert Description of subject: John Gilbert was a prominent American silent film actor of the 1920s, best known for his romantic leading roles and collaborations with Greta Garbo.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Queen Christina
subject linked to:
La Bohème
subject linked to:
The Merry Widow
subject linked to:
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
linked to: John Gilbert