Lionel Newman
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Lionel Newman was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in film and television music, including a long association with 20th Century Fox.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lionel Newman canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T658290 — 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: Lionel Newman Context triple: [Alfred Newman, sibling, Lionel Newman]
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A.
Felix de Weldon
Felix de Weldon was an Austrian-American sculptor best known for creating the iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising statue and numerous other public monuments.
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B.
Robert Newman
Robert Newman was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the influential technology and research firm Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN).
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C.
Andrew Heiskell
Andrew Heiskell was an American publishing executive and philanthropist best known as a longtime leader of Time Inc. and a prominent figure in New York’s cultural and civic life.
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D.
Leonard Jerome
Leonard Jerome was a prominent 19th-century American financier and sportsman, best known as the maternal grandfather of Winston Churchill.
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E.
George Weil
George Weil was a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and is noted for being the operator who withdrew the control rod to initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in Chicago Pile-1.
- 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: Lionel Newman Target entity description: Lionel Newman was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in film and television music, including a long association with 20th Century Fox.
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A.
Felix de Weldon
Felix de Weldon was an Austrian-American sculptor best known for creating the iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising statue and numerous other public monuments.
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B.
Robert Newman
Robert Newman was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the influential technology and research firm Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN).
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C.
Andrew Heiskell
Andrew Heiskell was an American publishing executive and philanthropist best known as a longtime leader of Time Inc. and a prominent figure in New York’s cultural and civic life.
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D.
Leonard Jerome
Leonard Jerome was a prominent 19th-century American financier and sportsman, best known as the maternal grandfather of Winston Churchill.
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E.
George Weil
George Weil was a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and is noted for being the operator who withdrew the control rod to initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in Chicago Pile-1.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conductor
ⓘ
film composer ⓘ human ⓘ music director ⓘ television composer ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Hollywood
ⓘ
surface form:
Hollywood film industry
|
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Adapted Song Score
ⓘ
surface form:
Academy Award for Best Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| familyName | Newman ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film music
ⓘ
television music ⓘ |
| genre |
film score
ⓘ
television score ⓘ |
| givenName | Lionel ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Newman family ⓘ |
| name | Lionel Newman self-link ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ |
| notableAward | Academy Award ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to American film and television music
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long association with 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Airport (film score)
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Doctor Dolittle (music supervision) ⓘ Hello, Dolly! (1969 film) ⓘ
surface form:
Hello, Dolly! (film score)
How to Marry a Millionaire ⓘ
surface form:
How to Marry a Millionaire (music)
Love Me Tender ⓘ
surface form:
Love Me Tender (music supervision)
South Pacific (1958 film) ⓘ
surface form:
South Pacific (music supervision)
Star Wars (music supervision at 20th Century Fox) ⓘ The King and I ⓘ
surface form:
The King and I (music supervision)
The Omen (1976 film) ⓘ
surface form:
The Omen (music supervision)
The Proud Ones (film score) ⓘ The Robe (music department) ⓘ The Seven Year Itch ⓘ
surface form:
The Seven Year Itch (music)
The Sound of Music (music supervision at 20th Century Fox) ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
conductor ⓘ music director ⓘ |
| positionHeld | head of music department at 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| relative |
David Newman
ⓘ
Randy Newman ⓘ Thomas Newman ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Alfred Newman
ⓘ
Emil Newman ⓘ |
| workedOn |
numerous 20th Century Fox film productions
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numerous 20th Century Fox television productions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lionel Newman Description of subject: Lionel Newman was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in film and television music, including a long association with 20th Century Fox.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Alfred Newman