Sam O'Steen
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Sam O'Steen was an acclaimed American film editor best known for his work on influential films such as "The Graduate," "Chinatown," and "Cool Hand Luke."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sam O'Steen canonical | 11 |
| Sam O’Steen | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2009136 — 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: Sam O'Steen Context triple: [Silkwood, editedBy, Sam O'Steen]
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A.
Garth Hudson
Garth Hudson is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist and organist best known as a key member of The Band, whose innovative keyboard work helped define their distinctive sound in rock history.
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B.
Kees Cook
Kees Cook is a prominent open-source and Linux kernel security developer known for his extensive work on hardening the Linux kernel and improving software security practices.
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C.
Danny Darwin
Danny Darwin is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played from the late 1970s through the 1990s for several teams, including the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros.
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D.
Ray Boone
Ray Boone was an American Major League Baseball infielder and two-time All-Star who played primarily in the 1940s and 1950s and is part of a three-generation MLB family.
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E.
Tony Gayton
Tony Gayton is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-creating the Western television drama series "Hell on Wheels."
- 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: Sam O'Steen Target entity description: Sam O'Steen was an acclaimed American film editor best known for his work on influential films such as "The Graduate," "Chinatown," and "Cool Hand Luke."
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A.
Garth Hudson
Garth Hudson is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist and organist best known as a key member of The Band, whose innovative keyboard work helped define their distinctive sound in rock history.
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B.
Kees Cook
Kees Cook is a prominent open-source and Linux kernel security developer known for his extensive work on hardening the Linux kernel and improving software security practices.
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C.
Danny Darwin
Danny Darwin is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played from the late 1970s through the 1990s for several teams, including the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros.
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D.
Ray Boone
Ray Boone was an American Major League Baseball infielder and two-time All-Star who played primarily in the 1940s and 1950s and is part of a three-generation MLB family.
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E.
Tony Gayton
Tony Gayton is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-creating the Western television drama series "Hell on Wheels."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film editor
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film editor ⓘ person ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
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surface form:
Academy Award for Best Film Editing nomination
|
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Mike Nichols
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Roman Polanski ⓘ Stuart Rosenberg ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | O'Steen ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film editing
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post-production ⓘ |
| genre | narrative feature film editing ⓘ |
| givenName | Sam ⓘ |
| hasRole | editor of picture ⓘ |
| influenced | later generations of film editors ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaborations with director Mike Nichols
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editing Chinatown ⓘ editing Cool Hand Luke ⓘ editing The Graduate ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Sam O'Steen self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
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surface form:
Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Chinatown
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
surface form:
Academy Award for Best Film Editing for The Graduate
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| notableAchievement | edited multiple landmark New Hollywood films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Carnal Knowledge
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Chinatown ⓘ Cool Hand Luke ⓘ Final Analysis ⓘ Mike's Murder ⓘ Postcards from the Edge ⓘ Rosemary's Baby ⓘ Straight Time ⓘ The Big Fix ⓘ The Fortune ⓘ The Graduate ⓘ The River Wild ⓘ The Sting II ⓘ Who'll Stop the Rain ⓘ |
| occupation |
film editor
ⓘ
television director ⓘ |
| workedOn | Hollywood studio films ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sam O'Steen Description of subject: Sam O'Steen was an acclaimed American film editor best known for his work on influential films such as "The Graduate," "Chinatown," and "Cool Hand Luke."
Referenced by (14)
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this entity surface form:
Sam O’Steen
this entity surface form:
Sam O’Steen