Tom Davis
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Tom Davis was an American comedy writer and performer best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and for co-creating the recurring "Coneheads" characters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tom Davis canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3150499 — 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: Tom Davis Context triple: [The Coneheads, creator, Tom Davis]
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A.
Tom Davis
Tom Davis is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI), a pioneering company in high-performance 3D graphics and computing.
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B.
Tom Foster
Tom Foster was an activist involved in organizing the 1938 National Day of Mourning, a landmark Indigenous protest highlighting injustices against Aboriginal Australians.
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C.
Thomas J. Bliley Jr.
Thomas J. Bliley Jr. is an American Republican politician and former U.S. Representative from Virginia who chaired the House Commerce Committee and played a key role in major financial deregulation legislation.
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D.
Mike Salisbury
Mike Salisbury is a British television producer best known for his work on major natural history documentaries, including serving as an executive producer on David Attenborough’s acclaimed series "The Life of Birds."
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E.
Rod Davis
Rod Davis is a British musician best known as an early member of The Quarrymen, the skiffle group that evolved into The Beatles.
- 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: Tom Davis Target entity description: Tom Davis was an American comedy writer and performer best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and for co-creating the recurring "Coneheads" characters.
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A.
Tom Davis
Tom Davis is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI), a pioneering company in high-performance 3D graphics and computing.
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B.
Tom Foster
Tom Foster was an activist involved in organizing the 1938 National Day of Mourning, a landmark Indigenous protest highlighting injustices against Aboriginal Australians.
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C.
Thomas J. Bliley Jr.
Thomas J. Bliley Jr. is an American Republican politician and former U.S. Representative from Virginia who chaired the House Commerce Committee and played a key role in major financial deregulation legislation.
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D.
Mike Salisbury
Mike Salisbury is a British television producer best known for his work on major natural history documentaries, including serving as an executive producer on David Attenborough’s acclaimed series "The Life of Birds."
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E.
Rod Davis
Rod Davis is a British musician best known as an early member of The Quarrymen, the skiffle group that evolved into The Beatles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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comedian ⓘ human ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Saturday Night Live ⓘ |
| familyName | Davis ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
sketch comedy
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television comedy ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Tom ⓘ |
| hasRole |
performer
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writer ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Tom Davis ⓘ |
| notableCharacterCreated |
The Coneheads
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surface form:
Coneheads
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| notableFor |
co-creating the Coneheads characters
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writing for Saturday Night Live ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Coneheads
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surface form:
Coneheads
Saturday Night Live ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ comedy writer ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| partOf |
Saturday Night Live
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surface form:
Saturday Night Live cast and writing staff
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tom Davis Description of subject: Tom Davis was an American comedy writer and performer best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and for co-creating the recurring "Coneheads" characters.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.