William Margulies
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William Margulies was an American cinematographer known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films and television productions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Margulies canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5043227 — 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: William Margulies Context triple: [The Iron Sheriff, cinematographyBy, William Margulies]
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A.
Andrew Weisblum
Andrew Weisblum is an American film editor known for his work on major feature films, including collaborations with directors like Darren Aronofsky and Wes Anderson.
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B.
Jay O. Rothman
Jay O. Rothman is an American attorney and academic leader who serves as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
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C.
Stephen J. Friedman
Stephen J. Friedman was an American film producer and studio executive known for producing notable Hollywood films from the 1970s through the 1990s.
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D.
Laurence Marks
Laurence Marks is a British television writer and producer best known for co-creating popular sitcoms such as "Birds of a Feather" and "Goodnight Sweetheart."
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E.
Thomas Blatt
Thomas Blatt was a Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor, writer, and speaker best known for his escape from the Sobibor extermination camp and his later efforts to document its history.
- 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: William Margulies Target entity description: William Margulies was an American cinematographer known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films and television productions.
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A.
Andrew Weisblum
Andrew Weisblum is an American film editor known for his work on major feature films, including collaborations with directors like Darren Aronofsky and Wes Anderson.
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B.
Jay O. Rothman
Jay O. Rothman is an American attorney and academic leader who serves as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
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C.
Stephen J. Friedman
Stephen J. Friedman was an American film producer and studio executive known for producing notable Hollywood films from the 1970s through the 1990s.
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D.
Laurence Marks
Laurence Marks is a British television writer and producer best known for co-creating popular sitcoms such as "Birds of a Feather" and "Goodnight Sweetheart."
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E.
Thomas Blatt
Thomas Blatt was a Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor, writer, and speaker best known for his escape from the Sobibor extermination camp and his later efforts to document its history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American cinematographer
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cinematographer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| basedIn | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | cinematography ⓘ |
| genre |
narrative film
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television drama ⓘ |
| industry |
film industry
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television industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
mid-20th-century American television productions
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mid-20th-century Hollywood films ⓘ |
| occupation | cinematographer ⓘ |
| 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: William Margulies Description of subject: William Margulies was an American cinematographer known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films and television productions.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.