Clyde Cook
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Clyde Cook was an Australian-born silent film and early sound-era comic actor known for his acrobatic physical comedy and appearances in numerous Hollywood comedies of the 1920s and 1930s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clyde Cook canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1200006 — 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: Clyde Cook Context triple: [The Dawn Patrol, starredActor, Clyde Cook]
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A.
Rex Scouten
Rex Scouten was a longtime White House staff member who served multiple presidents in key roles overseeing the executive mansion’s operations and preservation.
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B.
Bill Cobbs
Bill Cobbs is an American character actor known for his prolific supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in movies like "Night at the Museum," "Demolition Man," and "The Hudsucker Proxy."
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C.
Eddie Collins
Eddie Collins was a Hall of Fame second baseman and one of early 20th-century baseball’s greatest players, renowned for his hitting, speed, and leadership on multiple World Series–winning teams.
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D.
Robin Yount
Robin Yount is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball shortstop and center fielder who spent his entire 20-year career with the Milwaukee Brewers and won two American League MVP awards.
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E.
Willie Wise
Willie Wise is a former American professional basketball forward best known for his standout play in the ABA during the early 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clyde Cook Target entity description: Clyde Cook was an Australian-born silent film and early sound-era comic actor known for his acrobatic physical comedy and appearances in numerous Hollywood comedies of the 1920s and 1930s.
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A.
Rex Scouten
Rex Scouten was a longtime White House staff member who served multiple presidents in key roles overseeing the executive mansion’s operations and preservation.
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B.
Bill Cobbs
Bill Cobbs is an American character actor known for his prolific supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in movies like "Night at the Museum," "Demolition Man," and "The Hudsucker Proxy."
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C.
Eddie Collins
Eddie Collins was a Hall of Fame second baseman and one of early 20th-century baseball’s greatest players, renowned for his hitting, speed, and leadership on multiple World Series–winning teams.
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D.
Robin Yount
Robin Yount is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball shortstop and center fielder who spent his entire 20-year career with the Milwaukee Brewers and won two American League MVP awards.
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E.
Willie Wise
Willie Wise is a former American professional basketball forward best known for his standout play in the ABA during the early 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian emigrant to the United States
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comedian ⓘ film actor ⓘ person ⓘ silent film actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1960s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1910 ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Captain Blood (1935 film)
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surface form:
Captain Blood (1935, supporting role)
Seven Chances (1925, uncredited bit) ⓘ The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) ⓘ
surface form:
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, bit role)
The Battle of the Century (1927) ⓘ The Big Parade ⓘ
surface form:
The Big Parade (1925, supporting role)
The Chaser (1928) ⓘ The Circus (1928 film short, not the Chaplin feature) ⓘ The Public Enemy (1931, small role) ⓘ The Sea Hawk (film score) ⓘ
surface form:
The Sea Hawk (1940, bit role)
Hollywood Revue of 1929 ⓘ
surface form:
The Show of Shows (1929)
The White Sheep (1924) ⓘ What! No Spinach? (1926) ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1891-12-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Port Macquarie
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surface form:
Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
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| citizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| collaboratedWith |
Hal Roach Studios
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Warner Bros. Entertainment ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| deathDate | 1984-08-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Carpinteria, California, United States ⓘ |
| eyeColor | blue ⓘ |
| feature |
rubbery facial expressions
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thin mustache ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hairColor | brown ⓘ |
| knownFor |
acrobatic physical comedy
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roles in silent film comedies ⓘ |
| militaryService |
Australian Imperial Force
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surface form:
Australian Imperial Force (World War I)
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| movedTo |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| name | Clyde Cook self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Australian ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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comedian ⓘ vaudeville performer ⓘ |
| spouse | Alice Draper ⓘ |
| workedIn |
Hollywood
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early sound film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
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: Clyde Cook Description of subject: Clyde Cook was an Australian-born silent film and early sound-era comic actor known for his acrobatic physical comedy and appearances in numerous Hollywood comedies of the 1920s and 1930s.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Of Human Bondage (1946 film)