Ben Thompson
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Ben Thompson is a video game art director best known for his work shaping the visual style of Blizzard Entertainment titles, including the digital card game Hearthstone.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ben Thompson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11544874 — 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: Ben Thompson Context triple: [Whispers of the Old Gods, artDirector, Ben Thompson]
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A.
Ben Thompson
Ben Thompson is a fictional character portrayed by actor Zachary Scott in the Western film "Shotgun."
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B.
Donald Thompson
Donald Thompson is a fictional police lieutenant and the father of Nancy Thompson in the horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street."
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C.
Tom Thacker
Tom Thacker is a music producer known for his work on country recordings such as Tina Turner's early country album "Tina Turns the Country On!".
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D.
Eric Thompson
Eric Thompson was a British actor and writer best known for narrating and adapting the children's television series "The Magic Roundabout" and as the father of actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson.
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E.
Rich Thurston
Rich Thurston is a musician best known as a performer associated with the hardcore band Culture and its album "Born of You."
- 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: Ben Thompson Target entity description: Ben Thompson is a video game art director best known for his work shaping the visual style of Blizzard Entertainment titles, including the digital card game Hearthstone.
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A.
Ben Thompson
Ben Thompson is a fictional character portrayed by actor Zachary Scott in the Western film "Shotgun."
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B.
Donald Thompson
Donald Thompson is a fictional police lieutenant and the father of Nancy Thompson in the horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street."
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C.
Tom Thacker
Tom Thacker is a music producer known for his work on country recordings such as Tina Turner's early country album "Tina Turns the Country On!".
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D.
Eric Thompson
Eric Thompson was a British actor and writer best known for narrating and adapting the children's television series "The Magic Roundabout" and as the father of actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson.
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E.
Rich Thurston
Rich Thurston is a musician best known as a performer associated with the hardcore band Culture and its album "Born of You."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (11)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | video game art director ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| employer | Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
concept art
ⓘ
game art direction ⓘ |
| industry | video games ⓘ |
| knownFor |
art direction on Hearthstone
ⓘ
shaping the visual style of Blizzard Entertainment titles ⓘ |
| notableWork | Hearthstone ⓘ |
| occupation |
art director
ⓘ
video game artist ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ben Thompson Description of subject: Ben Thompson is a video game art director best known for his work shaping the visual style of Blizzard Entertainment titles, including the digital card game Hearthstone.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.