F. A. Dobson
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F. A. Dobson was a cinematographer active during the silent film era, known for his work on Cecil B. DeMille’s 1927 biblical epic "The King of Kings."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| F. A. Dobson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1017427 — 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: F. A. Dobson Context triple: [The King of Kings (1927 film), cinematographyBy, F. A. Dobson]
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A.
Henry Fowler
Henry Fowler was a prominent British railway engineer best known for designing influential steam locomotives in the early 20th century.
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B.
Thomas Bentley
Thomas Bentley was an 18th-century English potter and business partner of Josiah Wedgwood, noted for his role in advancing fine earthenware and industrial ceramics.
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C.
Charles Foster
Charles Foster is one of the children of acclaimed American actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster.
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D.
Frederic Sandys
Frederic Sandys was a 19th-century British painter and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, known for his highly detailed, symbolically rich portraits and mythological subjects.
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E.
Brooks Adams
Brooks Adams was an American historian and political thinker known for his analyses of economic forces in history and his critiques of capitalism and imperial expansion.
- 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: F. A. Dobson Target entity description: F. A. Dobson was a cinematographer active during the silent film era, known for his work on Cecil B. DeMille’s 1927 biblical epic "The King of Kings."
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A.
Henry Fowler
Henry Fowler was a prominent British railway engineer best known for designing influential steam locomotives in the early 20th century.
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B.
Thomas Bentley
Thomas Bentley was an 18th-century English potter and business partner of Josiah Wedgwood, noted for his role in advancing fine earthenware and industrial ceramics.
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C.
Charles Foster
Charles Foster is one of the children of acclaimed American actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster.
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D.
Frederic Sandys
Frederic Sandys was a 19th-century British painter and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, known for his highly detailed, symbolically rich portraits and mythological subjects.
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E.
Brooks Adams
Brooks Adams was an American historian and political thinker known for his analyses of economic forces in history and his critiques of capitalism and imperial expansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cinematographer
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film ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | silent film era ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ |
| filmEra | silent film era ⓘ |
| genre | biblical epic film ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cinematography during the silent film era
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cinematography on Cecil B. DeMille’s film The King of Kings ⓘ |
| notableWork |
King of Kings
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surface form:
The King of Kings
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| occupation | cinematographer ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| workedOn |
King of Kings
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surface form:
The King of Kings
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| workedWithDirector | Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: F. A. Dobson Description of subject: F. A. Dobson was a cinematographer active during the silent film era, known for his work on Cecil B. DeMille’s 1927 biblical epic "The King of Kings."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.