James Crabe
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James Crabe was an American cinematographer best known for his work on influential films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the original Rocky.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Crabe canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T492785 — 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 Crabe Context triple: [Rocky, cinematographyBy, James Crabe]
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A.
Ralph Stackpole
Ralph Stackpole was an American sculptor and painter associated with the San Francisco art scene, known for his public works and contributions to New Deal–era projects.
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B.
Nathaniel
Nathaniel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God," historically borne by various notable figures in literature, science, and religion.
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C.
Cecil
Cecil is a masculine given name most famously associated with pioneering American film director and producer Cecil B. DeMille.
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D.
Bertram
Bertram is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically associated with nobility and later borne by various notable figures in arts, architecture, and literature.
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E.
Clive
Clive is a surname most famously associated with Robert Clive, the 18th-century British officer who played a key role in establishing British rule in India.
- 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 Crabe Target entity description: James Crabe was an American cinematographer best known for his work on influential films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the original Rocky.
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A.
Ralph Stackpole
Ralph Stackpole was an American sculptor and painter associated with the San Francisco art scene, known for his public works and contributions to New Deal–era projects.
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B.
Nathaniel
Nathaniel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God," historically borne by various notable figures in literature, science, and religion.
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C.
Cecil
Cecil is a masculine given name most famously associated with pioneering American film director and producer Cecil B. DeMille.
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D.
Bertram
Bertram is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically associated with nobility and later borne by various notable figures in arts, architecture, and literature.
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E.
Clive
Clive is a surname most famously associated with Robert Clive, the 18th-century British officer who played a key role in establishing British rule in India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American cinematographer
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cinematographer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInDecade |
1970s
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1980s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | feature film ⓘ |
| knownFor | influential films of the 1970s and 1980s ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | cinematography for the original Rocky film ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Blue Thunder
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Night Shift ⓘ Pennies from Heaven ⓘ Rocky ⓘ Save the Tiger ⓘ Thank God It's Friday ⓘ The China Syndrome ⓘ The Formula ⓘ The Karate Kid ⓘ
linked to:
The Karate Kid franchise
The Karate Kid Part II ⓘ The Longest Yard ⓘ |
| occupation | cinematographer ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Blue Thunder
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Night Shift ⓘ Pennies from Heaven ⓘ Rocky ⓘ Save the Tiger ⓘ Thank God It's Friday ⓘ The China Syndrome ⓘ The Formula ⓘ The Karate Kid ⓘ
linked to:
The Karate Kid franchise
The Karate Kid Part II ⓘ The Longest Yard ⓘ |
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: James Crabe Description of subject: James Crabe was an American cinematographer best known for his work on influential films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the original Rocky.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.