Thomas
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Thomas is the first name of American film director, screenwriter, and producer Tom Shadyac, known for hit comedies like "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "Bruce Almighty."
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14535465 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Thomas Context triple: [Tom Shadyac, givenName, Thomas]
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Thomas
Thomas, also known as Doubting Thomas, is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in the New Testament, remembered for initially doubting Jesus’ resurrection until he saw and touched Christ’s wounds.
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Thomas
Thomas is the first name of American country music songwriter and recording artist Thom Schuyler.
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Edwards, an English literary critic and poet known for his 18th-century work "The Canons of Criticism."
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Thomas
Thomas is the middle name of the individual Samuel Thomas Wilson.
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Thomas
Thomas Einstein is an American anesthesiologist and great-grandson of physicist Albert Einstein.
- 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: Thomas Target entity description: Thomas is the first name of American film director, screenwriter, and producer Tom Shadyac, known for hit comedies like "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "Bruce Almighty."
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Thomas
Thomas is the full given name of Tom Mankiewicz, an American screenwriter, director, and producer known for his work on James Bond and Superman films.
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Thomas
Thomas is the birth name of American actor and producer Tom Cruise, one of Hollywood’s most famous and highest-grossing movie stars.
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Tom Savini, the renowned American special effects makeup artist, actor, and director known for his groundbreaking work in horror films.
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Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of American comedian and actor Tim Conway, known for his work on "The Carol Burnett Show."
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Thomas
Thomas is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.