Peter A. Dowling
E240465
Peter A. Dowling is a screenwriter best known for his work on high-concept Hollywood thrillers, including the Jodie Foster–led film "Flightplan."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter A. Dowling canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1180750 — 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: Peter A. Dowling Context triple: [Flightplan, screenwriter, Peter A. Dowling]
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A.
Alan M. Garber
Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
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B.
Robert H. Kurnick Jr.
Robert H. Kurnick Jr. is a senior American business executive best known for his leadership role at Penske Automotive Group, a major international transportation services company.
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C.
James G. March
James G. March was an influential organizational theorist and political scientist known for his work on decision-making, organizational behavior, and the "garbage can" model of organizational choice.
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D.
John D. Dunning
John D. Dunning was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including collaborations with major studios during the mid-20th century.
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E.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
- 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: Peter A. Dowling Target entity description: Peter A. Dowling is a screenwriter best known for his work on high-concept Hollywood thrillers, including the Jodie Foster–led film "Flightplan."
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A.
Alan M. Garber
Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
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B.
Robert H. Kurnick Jr.
Robert H. Kurnick Jr. is a senior American business executive best known for his leadership role at Penske Automotive Group, a major international transportation services company.
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C.
James G. March
James G. March was an influential organizational theorist and political scientist known for his work on decision-making, organizational behavior, and the "garbage can" model of organizational choice.
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D.
John D. Dunning
John D. Dunning was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including collaborations with major studios during the mid-20th century.
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E.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | 21st century ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| directed | Stag Night ⓘ |
| genre |
high-concept thrillers
ⓘ
thriller films ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Flightplan
ⓘ
high-concept Hollywood thrillers ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableCollaboration | Jodie Foster ⓘ |
| notableWork | Flightplan ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
ⓘ
producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| workedOn | Hollywood films ⓘ |
| wrote |
Black and Blue
ⓘ
Flightplan ⓘ Reasonable Doubt ⓘ Sacrifice ⓘ Stag Night ⓘ The Ledge ⓘ The Mark ⓘ The Mark: Redemption ⓘ Third Person ⓘ
surface form:
The Third Person
Transatlantic ⓘ |
| wroteFor | major Hollywood studios ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Peter A. Dowling Description of subject: Peter A. Dowling is a screenwriter best known for his work on high-concept Hollywood thrillers, including the Jodie Foster–led film "Flightplan."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.