James Poe
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James Poe was an American screenwriter known for his Academy Award–winning adaptation of the film "Lilies of the Field" and his work in radio, television, and cinema during the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Poe canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2120165 — 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: James Poe Context triple: [Lilies of the Field, screenwriter, James Poe]
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A.
Elias Loomis
Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.
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B.
Jacob Poole
Jacob Poole was a 19th-century Irish scholar best known for compiling and preserving the vocabulary and records of the now-extinct Yola language of County Wexford.
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C.
Daniel Comstock
Daniel Comstock was an American scientist and engineer best known as a co-founder of Technicolor, a pioneering company in color motion picture technology.
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D.
John LaRue
John LaRue was an early American pioneer and landowner in Kentucky after whom LaRue County was named.
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E.
Elias Pearce
Elias Pearce was the mountaineer credited with making the first recorded ascent of Mount Shasta in California.
- 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: James Poe Target entity description: James Poe was an American screenwriter known for his Academy Award–winning adaptation of the film "Lilies of the Field" and his work in radio, television, and cinema during the mid-20th century.
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A.
Elias Loomis
Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.
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B.
Jacob Poole
Jacob Poole was a 19th-century Irish scholar best known for compiling and preserving the vocabulary and records of the now-extinct Yola language of County Wexford.
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C.
Daniel Comstock
Daniel Comstock was an American scientist and engineer best known as a co-founder of Technicolor, a pioneering company in color motion picture technology.
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D.
John LaRue
John LaRue was an early American pioneer and landowner in Kentucky after whom LaRue County was named.
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E.
Elias Pearce
Elias Pearce was the mountaineer credited with making the first recorded ascent of Mount Shasta in California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film writer
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human ⓘ radio writer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAdapted |
Around the World in 80 Days
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surface form:
Around the World in Eighty Days (novel)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ⓘ
surface form:
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (play)
Lilies of the Field ⓘ
surface form:
Lilies of the Field (novel)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| creativeRole | screenplay adaptation ⓘ |
| familyName |
Edgar Allan Poe
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surface form:
Poe
|
| fieldOfWork |
cinema
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radio drama ⓘ television ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
adaptation
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drama ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | James Poe self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | Adapted Lilies of the Field into an Academy Award–winning screenplay ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Around the World in 80 Days
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ⓘ Lilies of the Field ⓘ They Shoot Horses, Don't They? ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ radio writer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| periodOfActivityEnd | 1970s ⓘ |
| periodOfActivityStart | 1940s ⓘ |
| screenwriterFor |
Around the World in 80 Days
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surface form:
Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ⓘ
surface form:
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film)
Lilies of the Field ⓘ
surface form:
Lilies of the Field (1963 film)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? ⓘ
surface form:
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969 film)
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| workedInMedium |
cinema
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radio ⓘ television ⓘ |
| wroteForGenre |
drama film
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radio drama ⓘ television drama ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: James Poe Description of subject: James Poe was an American screenwriter known for his Academy Award–winning adaptation of the film "Lilies of the Field" and his work in radio, television, and cinema during the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.