Daniel Durant
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Daniel Durant is a deaf American actor best known for his acclaimed performance in the Oscar-winning film "CODA" and his work in deaf theater and television.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Daniel Durant canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4238184 — 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: Daniel Durant Context triple: [CODA, castMember, Daniel Durant]
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A.
Henry Durant
Henry Durant is a notable individual best known for being a prominent bearer of the Durant surname, associated with significant achievements or public recognition.
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B.
John Durant
John Durant is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Durant.
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C.
Lewis Cass Judson
Lewis Cass Judson was an American pioneer and early settler associated with the development of the Pacific Northwest region.
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D.
Edwin Gould
Edwin Gould was an American financier and philanthropist from the prominent Gould family, known for his business ventures and charitable activities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
George Durant
George Durant was a 17th-century English-born colonial settler and landowner in North Carolina, often regarded as one of the region’s earliest prominent pioneers.
- 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: Daniel Durant Target entity description: Daniel Durant is a deaf American actor best known for his acclaimed performance in the Oscar-winning film "CODA" and his work in deaf theater and television.
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A.
Henry Durant
Henry Durant is a notable individual best known for being a prominent bearer of the Durant surname, associated with significant achievements or public recognition.
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B.
John Durant
John Durant is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Durant.
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C.
Lewis Cass Judson
Lewis Cass Judson was an American pioneer and early settler associated with the development of the Pacific Northwest region.
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D.
Edwin Gould
Edwin Gould was an American financier and philanthropist from the prominent Gould family, known for his business ventures and charitable activities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
George Durant
George Durant was a 17th-century English-born colonial settler and landowner in North Carolina, often regarded as one of the region’s earliest prominent pioneers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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actor ⓘ deaf person ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
accessibility in entertainment industry
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deaf representation in media ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1989-12-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Gallaudet University
NERFINISHED
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf NERFINISHED ⓘ National Technical Institute for the Deaf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Deaf West Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French-Canadian American ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
deaf theater
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film acting ⓘ performing arts ⓘ television acting ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasDisability | deafness ⓘ |
| hasRole |
Leo Rossi in CODA
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Matthew in Switched at Birth NERFINISHED ⓘ Moritz Stiefel in Spring Awakening (Deaf West Theatre) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSocialMediaPresence |
Instagram
NERFINISHED
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TikTok NERFINISHED ⓘ Twitter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | performance as Leo Rossi in CODA ⓘ |
| language | American Sign Language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
CODA
NERFINISHED
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Dancing with the Stars season 31 contestant ⓘ Spring Awakening NERFINISHED ⓘ Spring Awakening: Deaf West Theatre Broadway revival NERFINISHED ⓘ Switched at Birth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| participantIn | Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | CODA (2021 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partner | Britt Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Detroit, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| sexualOrientation | straight ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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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: Daniel Durant Description of subject: Daniel Durant is a deaf American actor best known for his acclaimed performance in the Oscar-winning film "CODA" and his work in deaf theater and television.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.