Sam Taylor
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Sam Taylor was an American film director and screenwriter best known for his work during the silent and early sound eras, including collaborations with comedian Harold Lloyd.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sam Taylor canonical | 29 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4484438 — 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: Sam Taylor Context triple: [Tempest (1928 film), director, Sam Taylor]
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A.
Elaine Taylor
Elaine Taylor is a British former actress known for her film and television work in the 1960s and 1970s and for her long marriage to Canadian actor Christopher Plummer.
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B.
Kelly Taylor
Kelly Taylor is a central fictional character from the television series "Beverly Hills, 90210," known for her complex personal struggles, evolving relationships, and prominent role in the show's depiction of affluent teen life.
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C.
Sam Watts
Sam Watts is a British composer best known for his work on television, including scoring the Doctor Who spin-off series "The Sarah Jane Adventures."
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D.
Robin McAuley
Robin McAuley is an Irish rock singer best known for his work with the McAuley Schenker Group and as a longtime vocalist in various hard rock and metal projects.
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E.
Lisa Taylor
Lisa Taylor is known as the wife of American politician George Wallace, the former governor of Alabama.
- 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: Sam Taylor Target entity description: Sam Taylor was an American film director and screenwriter best known for his work during the silent and early sound eras, including collaborations with comedian Harold Lloyd.
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A.
Elaine Taylor
Elaine Taylor is a British former actress known for her film and television work in the 1960s and 1970s and for her long marriage to Canadian actor Christopher Plummer.
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B.
Kelly Taylor
Kelly Taylor is a central fictional character from the television series "Beverly Hills, 90210," known for her complex personal struggles, evolving relationships, and prominent role in the show's depiction of affluent teen life.
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C.
Sam Watts
Sam Watts is a British composer best known for his work on television, including scoring the Doctor Who spin-off series "The Sarah Jane Adventures."
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D.
Robin McAuley
Robin McAuley is an Irish rock singer best known for his work with the McAuley Schenker Group and as a longtime vocalist in various hard rock and metal projects.
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E.
Lisa Taylor
Lisa Taylor is known as the wife of American politician George Wallace, the former governor of Alabama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film director
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American screenwriter ⓘ film director ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ silent film director ⓘ |
| activeIn |
early sound film era
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silent film era ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Harold Lloyd ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cinema
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film direction ⓘ screenwriting ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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romantic comedy film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | collaborations with Harold Lloyd ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Girl Shy
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His New Job ⓘ Kid Brother ⓘ Safety Last! ⓘ The Cat's-Paw ⓘ The Freshman ⓘ The Taming of the Shrew (1929 film) ⓘ Why Worry? ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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screenwriter ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Girl Shy
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Kid Brother ⓘ Safety Last! ⓘ The Cat's-Paw ⓘ The Freshman ⓘ The Taming of the Shrew (1929 film) ⓘ Why Worry? ⓘ |
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: Sam Taylor Description of subject: Sam Taylor was an American film director and screenwriter best known for his work during the silent and early sound eras, including collaborations with comedian Harold Lloyd.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.