Richard Halsey
E61450
Richard Halsey is an American film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on the 1976 boxing drama "Rocky."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard Halsey canonical | 33 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T492786 — 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: Richard Halsey Context triple: [Rocky, editedBy, Richard Halsey]
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A.
Oliver Hazard Perry
Oliver Hazard Perry was a U.S. naval officer famed for his decisive victory over the British at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
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B.
William Halsey Jr.
William Halsey Jr. was a prominent U.S. Navy admiral in World War II, known for his aggressive leadership in the Pacific Theater.
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C.
Raymond A. Spruance
Raymond A. Spruance was a highly respected U.S. Navy admiral of World War II, renowned for his calm, analytical leadership in pivotal Pacific battles.
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D.
Admiral William S. Benson
Admiral William S. Benson was a United States Navy officer who became the first Chief of Naval Operations and played a key leadership role during World War I.
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E.
Frank Jack Fletcher
Frank Jack Fletcher was a U.S. Navy admiral in World War II who played a key leadership role in early Pacific carrier battles, including the Coral Sea and Midway campaigns.
- 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: Richard Halsey Target entity description: Richard Halsey is an American film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on the 1976 boxing drama "Rocky."
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A.
Oliver Hazard Perry
Oliver Hazard Perry was a U.S. naval officer famed for his decisive victory over the British at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
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B.
William Halsey Jr.
William Halsey Jr. was a prominent U.S. Navy admiral in World War II, known for his aggressive leadership in the Pacific Theater.
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C.
Raymond A. Spruance
Raymond A. Spruance was a highly respected U.S. Navy admiral of World War II, renowned for his calm, analytical leadership in pivotal Pacific battles.
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D.
Admiral William S. Benson
Admiral William S. Benson was a United States Navy officer who became the first Chief of Naval Operations and played a key leadership role during World War I.
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E.
Frank Jack Fletcher
Frank Jack Fletcher was a U.S. Navy admiral in World War II who played a key leadership role in early Pacific carrier battles, including the Coral Sea and Midway campaigns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
film award ⓘ film editor ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn | Hollywood ⓘ |
| awardFor | film editing ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| edited | Rocky ⓘ |
| editor | Richard Halsey ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | film editing ⓘ |
| genre | sports drama film ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization | feature film editing ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
White American
ⓘ
linked to:
European American
|
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| knownFor | editing the film Rocky ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | boxing ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | won an Academy Award for editing Rocky ⓘ |
| notableWork | Rocky ⓘ |
| occupation | film editor ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | United States of America ⓘ |
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: Richard Halsey Description of subject: Richard Halsey is an American film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on the 1976 boxing drama "Rocky."
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Richard Halsey
subject linked to:
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (film)
subject linked to:
Farewell, My Lovely