Skerritt
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Skerritt is the surname of American actor Tom Skerritt, known for his roles in films like "Alien" and "Top Gun."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Skerritt canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9305341 — 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: Skerritt Context triple: [Tom Skerritt, familyName, Skerritt]
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A.
Theron
Theron is a surname of Greek origin that has been borne by various notable individuals, including actors, athletes, and public figures.
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B.
Sharlto Copley
Sharlto Copley is a South African actor and filmmaker best known for his roles in science fiction films such as "District 9," "Elysium," and "Chappie."
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C.
Skarsgård
Skarsgård is a prominent Swedish acting family name associated with several internationally recognized film and television performers.
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D.
Garrett Reid
Garrett Reid was the late son of NFL head coach Andy Reid, whose struggles with addiction and untimely death drew significant public attention.
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E.
Rhames
Rhames is the surname of American actor Ving Rhames, best known for his roles in films such as the Mission: Impossible series and Pulp Fiction.
- 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: Skerritt Target entity description: Skerritt is the surname of American actor Tom Skerritt, known for his roles in films like "Alien" and "Top Gun."
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A.
Theron
Theron is a surname of Greek origin that has been borne by various notable individuals, including actors, athletes, and public figures.
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B.
Sharlto Copley
Sharlto Copley is a South African actor and filmmaker best known for his roles in science fiction films such as "District 9," "Elysium," and "Chappie."
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C.
Skarsgård
Skarsgård is a prominent Swedish acting family name associated with several internationally recognized film and television performers.
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D.
Garrett Reid
Garrett Reid was the late son of NFL head coach Andy Reid, whose struggles with addiction and untimely death drew significant public attention.
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E.
Rhames
Rhames is the surname of American actor Ving Rhames, best known for his roles in films such as the Mission: Impossible series and Pulp Fiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor | Picket Fences ⓘ |
| birthName | Thomas Roy Skerritt ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1933-08-25 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of California, Los Angeles
ⓘ
Wayne State University ⓘ |
| familyName | Skerritt ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| givenName | Tom ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alien
ⓘ
M*A*S*H ⓘ
linked to:
M*A*S*H (TV series)
Picket Fences ⓘ Top Gun ⓘ |
| occupation |
film actor
ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Detroit, Michigan, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
|
| playedCharacter |
Commander Mike "Viper" Metcalf in Top Gun
ⓘ
Dallas in Alien ⓘ |
| residence | Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ |
| usedBy | Tom Skerritt ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1960s–present ⓘ |
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: Skerritt Description of subject: Skerritt is the surname of American actor Tom Skerritt, known for his roles in films like "Alien" and "Top Gun."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.