David Howard
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David Howard is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the science fiction comedy film "Galaxy Quest."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Howard canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11171195 — 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 Howard Context triple: [Galaxy Quest, screenwriter, David Howard]
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A.
Geoffrey Howard
Geoffrey Howard is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in British politics, law, and public service.
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B.
Donald Howard
Donald Howard was a British politician best known for serving on the controversial Simon Commission that investigated constitutional reform in colonial India.
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C.
Douglas Howard
Douglas Howard was an English noblewoman of the 16th century, notable as the daughter of William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, and for her connections to the Tudor court.
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D.
Ken Howard
Ken Howard was an American actor best known for his roles in film, television, and theater, including his portrayal of Thomas Jefferson in the musical film "1776."
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E.
David Howell
David Howell is a British Conservative politician and life peer who held several ministerial roles, including Secretary of State for Energy and for Transport, during a long parliamentary career.
- 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 Howard Target entity description: David Howard is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the science fiction comedy film "Galaxy Quest."
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A.
Geoffrey Howard
Geoffrey Howard is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in British politics, law, and public service.
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B.
Donald Howard
Donald Howard was a British politician best known for serving on the controversial Simon Commission that investigated constitutional reform in colonial India.
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C.
Douglas Howard
Douglas Howard was an English noblewoman of the 16th century, notable as the daughter of William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, and for her connections to the Tudor court.
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D.
Ken Howard
Ken Howard was an American actor best known for his roles in film, television, and theater, including his portrayal of Thomas Jefferson in the musical film "1776."
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E.
David Howell
David Howell is a British Conservative politician and life peer who held several ministerial roles, including Secretary of State for Energy and for Transport, during a long parliamentary career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| coWrote | Galaxy Quest ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ science fiction ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableWork | Galaxy Quest ⓘ |
| occupation | screenwriter ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | David Howard ⓘ |
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 Howard Description of subject: David Howard is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the science fiction comedy film "Galaxy Quest."
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Alexander Dane is a classically trained actor resentful of his TV role
subject linked to:
David Howard