David Stassen
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David Stassen is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on comedy films and television, frequently collaborating with filmmaker Michael Showalter.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Stassen canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10836704 — 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 Stassen Context triple: [Central Intelligence, writer, David Stassen]
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A.
Peter A. Sturgeon
Peter A. Sturgeon is a notable individual recognized for bearing the surname Sturgeon, though specific widely known biographical details about him are limited.
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B.
Ron Hutchinson
Ron Hutchinson is a Northern Irish playwright and screenwriter known for his work in film and television, including adaptations and genre projects in Hollywood.
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C.
Thomas R. Kline
Thomas R. Kline is a prominent American trial lawyer and philanthropist known for major contributions to legal education and high-profile civil litigation.
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D.
Ron Davis
Ron Davis is an editor known for his work on the publication "Queen and Country."
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E.
Mark Levengood
Mark Levengood is a Finnish-Swedish television host, journalist, and author known for his warm, humorous style and prominent presence in Swedish media.
- 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 Stassen Target entity description: David Stassen is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on comedy films and television, frequently collaborating with filmmaker Michael Showalter.
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A.
Peter A. Sturgeon
Peter A. Sturgeon is a notable individual recognized for bearing the surname Sturgeon, though specific widely known biographical details about him are limited.
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B.
Ron Hutchinson
Ron Hutchinson is a Northern Irish playwright and screenwriter known for his work in film and television, including adaptations and genre projects in Hollywood.
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C.
Thomas R. Kline
Thomas R. Kline is a prominent American trial lawyer and philanthropist known for major contributions to legal education and high-profile civil litigation.
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D.
Ron Davis
Ron Davis is an editor known for his work on the publication "Queen and Country."
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E.
Mark Levengood
Mark Levengood is a Finnish-Swedish television host, journalist, and author known for his warm, humorous style and prominent presence in Swedish media.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film producer
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person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Dwayne Johnson
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Ike Barinholtz ⓘ Kevin Hart ⓘ Kumail Nanjiani ⓘ Michael Showalter ⓘ Mindy Kaling ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comedy writing
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film ⓘ screenwriting ⓘ television ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
writing comedy films
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writing comedy television ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Blockers
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Central Intelligence ⓘ The Greatest Beer Run Ever ⓘ The Mindy Project ⓘ |
| occupation |
film producer
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screenwriter ⓘ television producer ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| workOn |
Blockers
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Central Intelligence ⓘ Champions ⓘ The Greatest Beer Run Ever ⓘ The Mindy Project ⓘ The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore ⓘ |
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 Stassen Description of subject: David Stassen is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on comedy films and television, frequently collaborating with filmmaker Michael Showalter.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.