Dakin Matthews
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Dakin Matthews is an American actor, director, and playwright known for his extensive work on stage and screen, including numerous Broadway productions and television roles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dakin Matthews canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10007484 — 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: Dakin Matthews Context triple: [Waitress (musical), notableCastMember, Dakin Matthews]
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A.
Jake Matthews
Jake Matthews is an American football offensive tackle in the NFL, best known for his long tenure with the Atlanta Falcons and as a member of the prominent Matthews football family.
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B.
Derrick Marks
Derrick Marks is an American former college basketball guard best known for starring at Boise State University, where he emerged as one of the Mountain West Conference’s top scorers and leaders.
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C.
Tarik Matthews
Tarik Matthews is the child of Gloria Matthews.
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D.
Brandon T. Jackson
Brandon T. Jackson is an American actor and comedian best known for his breakout role in the satirical action-comedy film "Tropic Thunder."
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E.
Clint Mathis
Clint Mathis is a retired American soccer forward best known for his prolific scoring in Major League Soccer and his role with the U.S. national team, including at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- 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: Dakin Matthews Target entity description: Dakin Matthews is an American actor, director, and playwright known for his extensive work on stage and screen, including numerous Broadway productions and television roles.
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A.
Jake Matthews
Jake Matthews is an American football offensive tackle in the NFL, best known for his long tenure with the Atlanta Falcons and as a member of the prominent Matthews football family.
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B.
Derrick Marks
Derrick Marks is an American former college basketball guard best known for starring at Boise State University, where he emerged as one of the Mountain West Conference’s top scorers and leaders.
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C.
Tarik Matthews
Tarik Matthews is the child of Gloria Matthews.
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D.
Brandon T. Jackson
Brandon T. Jackson is an American actor and comedian best known for his breakout role in the satirical action-comedy film "Tropic Thunder."
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E.
Clint Mathis
Clint Mathis is a retired American soccer forward best known for his prolific scoring in Major League Soccer and his role with the U.S. national team, including at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ playwright ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Matthews ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Dakin ⓘ |
| hasTaughtAt |
American Conservatory Theater (ACT)
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linked to:
American Conservatory Theater
Juilliard School (drama-related programs) ⓘ
linked to:
Juilliard School
|
| hasWorkedInRegionalTheatre | true ⓘ |
| hasWorkedOffBroadway | true ⓘ |
| hasWorkedOnBroadway | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Shakespearean performance and scholarship
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extensive stage work ⓘ recurring television roles ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Dakin Matthews ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Broadway production: A Man for All Seasons (2008 revival)
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Broadway production: Henry IV (Lincoln Center Theatre) ⓘ Broadway production: The Iceman Cometh (2018 revival) ⓘ Broadway production: Waitress ⓘ
linked to:
Broadway production of Waitress
Desperate Housewives ⓘ Gilmore Girls ⓘ Lincoln ⓘ The Good Wife ⓘ The King’s Speech ⓘ The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ⓘ The West Wing ⓘ
linked to:
The West Wing (TV series)
True Grit (2010 film) ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
drama teacher ⓘ film actor ⓘ playwright ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ theatre director ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| residence |
California (historical/primary professional base)
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linked to:
California, United States
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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: Dakin Matthews Description of subject: Dakin Matthews is an American actor, director, and playwright known for his extensive work on stage and screen, including numerous Broadway productions and television roles.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.