Tom Knott
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Tom Knott is a film editor best known for his work on the 1977 animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tom Knott canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9116096 — 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: Tom Knott Context triple: [The Hobbit (1977 animated film), editor, Tom Knott]
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A.
Chuck Wilson
Chuck Wilson is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 2004 comedy film "Soul Plane."
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B.
Tony Kiser
Tony Kiser is an American theater producer and philanthropist known for his significant support of the performing arts, including having an Off-Broadway theater named in his honor.
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C.
Rod Kimble
Rod Kimble is the inept but determined amateur stuntman protagonist of the comedy film "Hot Rod," portrayed by Andy Samberg.
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D.
Johnny Murphy
Johnny Murphy was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and executive best known as a star relief pitcher for the New York Yankees in the 1930s–40s and later as a front-office architect of the New York Mets.
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E.
Skip Donahue
Skip Donahue is one of the two hapless friends, played by Gene Wilder, who are wrongly imprisoned and get into comedic misadventures in the 1980 film "Stir Crazy."
- 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: Tom Knott Target entity description: Tom Knott is a film editor best known for his work on the 1977 animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit."
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A.
Chuck Wilson
Chuck Wilson is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 2004 comedy film "Soul Plane."
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B.
Tony Kiser
Tony Kiser is an American theater producer and philanthropist known for his significant support of the performing arts, including having an Off-Broadway theater named in his honor.
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C.
Rod Kimble
Rod Kimble is the inept but determined amateur stuntman protagonist of the comedy film "Hot Rod," portrayed by Andy Samberg.
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D.
Johnny Murphy
Johnny Murphy was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and executive best known as a star relief pitcher for the New York Yankees in the 1930s–40s and later as a front-office architect of the New York Mets.
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E.
Skip Donahue
Skip Donahue is one of the two hapless friends, played by Gene Wilder, who are wrongly imprisoned and get into comedic misadventures in the 1980 film "Stir Crazy."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film editor ⓘ |
| activeIn | 20th century film industry ⓘ |
| basedOn | works of J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| fieldOfWork | film editing ⓘ |
| genre | animated films ⓘ |
| knownFor | editing the 1977 animated film "The Hobbit" ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"The Hobbit" (1977 animated film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Hobbit (1977 animated film)
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| occupation | film editor ⓘ |
| workedOn |
"The Hobbit" (1977 animated film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Hobbit (1977 animated film)
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tom Knott Description of subject: Tom Knott is a film editor best known for his work on the 1977 animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.