David Leland
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David Leland is a British screenwriter and director known for his gritty social dramas and collaborations with filmmaker Alan Clarke.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Leland canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8449360 — 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: David Leland Context triple: [Made in Britain, writer, David Leland]
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A.
Matthew Landon
Matthew Landon is a film editor known for his work on the animated feature "Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie."
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B.
Glenn Leonard
Glenn Leonard is an American R&B and soul singer best known as a former lead tenor of the legendary Motown group The Temptations during the 1970s and early 1980s.
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C.
Gene Nelson
Gene Nelson was an American actor, dancer, and choreographer best known for his energetic musical performances in classic Hollywood films of the 1950s.
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D.
Leland Palmer
Leland Palmer is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for her work in musical theatre and film during the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Don Hahn
Don Hahn is an American film producer best known for overseeing several of Disney’s most acclaimed animated features, including Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.
- 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: David Leland Target entity description: David Leland is a British screenwriter and director known for his gritty social dramas and collaborations with filmmaker Alan Clarke.
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A.
Matthew Landon
Matthew Landon is a film editor known for his work on the animated feature "Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie."
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B.
Glenn Leonard
Glenn Leonard is an American R&B and soul singer best known as a former lead tenor of the legendary Motown group The Temptations during the 1970s and early 1980s.
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C.
Gene Nelson
Gene Nelson was an American actor, dancer, and choreographer best known for his energetic musical performances in classic Hollywood films of the 1950s.
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D.
Leland Palmer
Leland Palmer is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for her work in musical theatre and film during the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Don Hahn
Don Hahn is an American film producer best known for overseeing several of Disney’s most acclaimed animated features, including Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
ⓘ
human ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Artistic Contribution ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Alan Clarke ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| directed |
Band of Brothers
ⓘ
Land Girls ⓘ Personal Services ⓘ The Big Man ⓘ The Borgias ⓘ Wish You Were Here ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
gritty realism
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social drama ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
British television drama
ⓘ
gritty social dramas ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Band of Brothers
ⓘ
Land Girls ⓘ Made in Britain ⓘ Personal Services ⓘ The Big Man ⓘ The Borgias ⓘ Wish You Were Here ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
ⓘ
playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| partOf | British New Wave-influenced social realism tradition ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London
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linked to:
London, England
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| wrote |
Made in Britain
ⓘ
Personal Services ⓘ |
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: David Leland Description of subject: David Leland is a British screenwriter and director known for his gritty social dramas and collaborations with filmmaker Alan Clarke.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Wish You Were Here
subject linked to:
Wish You Were Here
subject linked to:
Plunkett & Macleane (film)
subject linked to:
1999 British historical crime film "Plunkett & Macleane"