Edward Saxon
E161004
Edward Saxon is an American film producer best known for his Academy Award–winning work on the psychological thriller "The Silence of the Lambs."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edward Saxon canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1105132 — 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: Edward Saxon Context triple: [The Silence of the Lambs, producer, Edward Saxon]
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A.
Edward Byllynge
Edward Byllynge was a 17th-century English Quaker and colonial proprietor who played a key role in the early settlement and governance of what became New Jersey.
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B.
Arthur Edeson
Arthur Edeson was a pioneering American cinematographer best known for his influential work on classic films such as "Casablanca," "Frankenstein," and "The Maltese Falcon."
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C.
Richard Greatrex
Richard Greatrex is a British cinematographer best known for his Academy Award-nominated work on the film "Shakespeare in Love."
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D.
Julian Wadham
Julian Wadham is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in acclaimed period dramas and historical productions.
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E.
Richard England
Richard England is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to the earth sciences, as evidenced by honors such as the William Smith Medal.
- 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: Edward Saxon Target entity description: Edward Saxon is an American film producer best known for his Academy Award–winning work on the psychological thriller "The Silence of the Lambs."
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A.
Edward Byllynge
Edward Byllynge was a 17th-century English Quaker and colonial proprietor who played a key role in the early settlement and governance of what became New Jersey.
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B.
Arthur Edeson
Arthur Edeson was a pioneering American cinematographer best known for his influential work on classic films such as "Casablanca," "Frankenstein," and "The Maltese Falcon."
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C.
Richard Greatrex
Richard Greatrex is a British cinematographer best known for his Academy Award-nominated work on the film "Shakespeare in Love."
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D.
Julian Wadham
Julian Wadham is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in acclaimed period dramas and historical productions.
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E.
Richard England
Richard England is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to the earth sciences, as evidenced by honors such as the William Smith Medal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
film producer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn | film industry ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ |
| awardReceivedForWork |
Academy Awards for The Silence of the Lambs
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surface form:
Academy Award for Best Picture for The Silence of the Lambs
|
| basedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| collaboratedWith |
Anthony Hopkins
ⓘ
Jodie Foster ⓘ Jonathan Demme ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | film production ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization | psychological thriller ⓘ |
| genreWorkedOn |
drama film
ⓘ
independent film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasNotableCredit | producer credit on The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ |
| hasRole | producer of The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ |
| industry | entertainment industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| notableAwardFor | The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ |
| notableFor | producing The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ |
| occupation |
film executive producer
ⓘ
film producer ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hollywood
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ |
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: Edward Saxon Description of subject: Edward Saxon is an American film producer best known for his Academy Award–winning work on the psychological thriller "The Silence of the Lambs."
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Adaptation
subject surface form:
Philadelphia (film)