Samuel M. Comer
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Samuel M. Comer was an American film set decorator and art director known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood productions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samuel M. Comer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3898713 — 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: Samuel M. Comer Context triple: [Come and Get It, artDirectionBy, Samuel M. Comer]
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A.
Samuel L. M. Barlow
Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
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B.
William H. Winder
William H. Winder was a U.S. Army brigadier general during the War of 1812, best known for his controversial leadership in the failed defense of Washington, D.C. against British forces.
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C.
Philander C. Knox
Philander C. Knox was an American lawyer, U.S. Attorney General, Senator, and Secretary of State in the early 20th century, known for his role in shaping U.S. foreign and corporate policy during the administrations of Presidents McKinley, Roosevelt, and Taft.
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D.
Oliver P. Smith
Oliver P. Smith was a highly respected U.S. Marine Corps general best known for his leadership of Marines during the Korean War, particularly at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.
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E.
Charles F. Brannan
Charles F. Brannan was a mid-20th-century U.S. Secretary of Agriculture known for advocating progressive farm policies and New Deal–style agricultural reforms.
- 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: Samuel M. Comer Target entity description: Samuel M. Comer was an American film set decorator and art director known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood productions.
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A.
Samuel L. M. Barlow
Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
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B.
William H. Winder
William H. Winder was a U.S. Army brigadier general during the War of 1812, best known for his controversial leadership in the failed defense of Washington, D.C. against British forces.
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C.
Philander C. Knox
Philander C. Knox was an American lawyer, U.S. Attorney General, Senator, and Secretary of State in the early 20th century, known for his role in shaping U.S. foreign and corporate policy during the administrations of Presidents McKinley, Roosevelt, and Taft.
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D.
Oliver P. Smith
Oliver P. Smith was a highly respected U.S. Marine Corps general best known for his leadership of Marines during the Korean War, particularly at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.
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E.
Charles F. Brannan
Charles F. Brannan was a mid-20th-century U.S. Secretary of Agriculture known for advocating progressive farm policies and New Deal–style agricultural reforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art director
ⓘ
person ⓘ set decorator ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Hollywood film studios ⓘ |
| familyName | Comer ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
art direction
ⓘ
film set decoration ⓘ |
| genre | classic Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| givenName | Samuel ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Samuel M. Comer self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor | work on classic Hollywood productions ⓘ |
| notableWork | set decoration for classic American films ⓘ |
| occupation |
art director
ⓘ
set decorator ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hollywood
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ |
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: Samuel M. Comer Description of subject: Samuel M. Comer was an American film set decorator and art director known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood productions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.