David Susskind
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David Susskind was an influential American television producer and talk show host known for his socially conscious programming and pioneering work in both TV and film.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Susskind canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1197460 — 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 Susskind Context triple: [Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, producer, David Susskind]
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A.
Richard Leibler
Richard Leibler was an American mathematician and statistician best known for co-developing the Kullback–Leibler divergence, a fundamental concept in information theory and statistics.
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B.
Edward Condon
Edward Condon was an American nuclear physicist and quantum mechanic known for major contributions to atomic spectroscopy and for co-formulating the Franck–Condon principle.
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C.
Sol C. Siegel
Sol C. Siegel was an American film producer known for overseeing numerous major Hollywood productions from the 1940s through the 1960s.
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D.
David A. Newman
David A. Newman is a screenwriter known for co-writing the hit romantic comedy film "Think Like a Man," adapted from Steve Harvey’s bestselling book.
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E.
Bert I. Gordon
Bert I. Gordon was an American filmmaker best known for his low-budget 1950s–60s science fiction and horror movies featuring giant creatures, earning him the nickname "Mr. B.I.G."
- 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 Susskind Target entity description: David Susskind was an influential American television producer and talk show host known for his socially conscious programming and pioneering work in both TV and film.
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A.
Richard Leibler
Richard Leibler was an American mathematician and statistician best known for co-developing the Kullback–Leibler divergence, a fundamental concept in information theory and statistics.
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B.
Edward Condon
Edward Condon was an American nuclear physicist and quantum mechanic known for major contributions to atomic spectroscopy and for co-formulating the Franck–Condon principle.
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C.
Sol C. Siegel
Sol C. Siegel was an American film producer known for overseeing numerous major Hollywood productions from the 1940s through the 1960s.
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D.
David A. Newman
David A. Newman is a screenwriter known for co-writing the hit romantic comedy film "Think Like a Man," adapted from Steve Harvey’s bestselling book.
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E.
Bert I. Gordon
Bert I. Gordon was an American filmmaker best known for his low-budget 1950s–60s science fiction and horror movies featuring giant creatures, earning him the nickname "Mr. B.I.G."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film producer
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human ⓘ talk show host ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Talent Associates ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Talent Associates ⓘ |
| familyName |
Walter Susskind
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surface form:
Susskind
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| fieldOfWork |
broadcasting
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film production ⓘ television production ⓘ |
| genre | talk show ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
American talk shows
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social-issue television drama ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | David Susskind self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early adoption of controversial topics on television
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in-depth television interviews ⓘ pioneering work in American television ⓘ socially conscious television programming ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Raisin in the Sun
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1979 film) ⓘ Death of a Salesman ⓘ
surface form:
Death of a Salesman (1966 television film)
East Side/West Side ⓘ Eleanor and Franklin ⓘ Eleanor and Franklin ⓘ
surface form:
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Liza with a Z ⓘ N.Y.P.D. ⓘ Open End ⓘ Requiem for a Heavyweight ⓘ The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman ⓘ The Best Man ⓘ
surface form:
The Best Man (1964 film)
novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai" ⓘ
surface form:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (television presentation)
The David Susskind Show ⓘ The Defenders ⓘ The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ Glass House ⓘ
surface form:
The Glass House
The Missiles of October ⓘ The Nurses ⓘ The Story on Page One ⓘ |
| occupation |
film producer
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talk show host ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
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 Susskind Description of subject: David Susskind was an influential American television producer and talk show host known for his socially conscious programming and pioneering work in both TV and film.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962 film)