George Robinson
E426117
George Robinson was an American cinematographer active during Hollywood’s classic era, known for his work on numerous Universal Pictures films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| George Robinson canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4269024 — 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: George Robinson Context triple: [Daughter of Shanghai, cinematographyBy, George Robinson]
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A.
Leon Robinson
Leon Robinson is an American actor and singer best known for his roles in films such as "The Five Heartbeats," "Cool Runnings," and "Above the Rim."
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B.
Chester Williams
Chester Williams was a renowned South African rugby union wing who became a symbol of post-apartheid unity as a key member of the 1995 Rugby World Cup–winning Springboks.
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C.
Roosevelt Brown
Roosevelt Brown was a Hall of Fame offensive tackle for the New York Giants, widely regarded as one of the greatest linemen in NFL history.
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D.
Arthur Johnson
Arthur Johnson is a collegiate sports administrator who serves as the athletic director overseeing Temple University's athletics program, including the men's basketball team.
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E.
Fred Robinson
Fred Robinson was an American jazz trombonist active in the 1920s and 1930s, known for his work with Louis Armstrong and other leading early jazz ensembles.
- 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: George Robinson Target entity description: George Robinson was an American cinematographer active during Hollywood’s classic era, known for his work on numerous Universal Pictures films.
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A.
Leon Robinson
Leon Robinson is an American actor and singer best known for his roles in films such as "The Five Heartbeats," "Cool Runnings," and "Above the Rim."
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B.
Chester Williams
Chester Williams was a renowned South African rugby union wing who became a symbol of post-apartheid unity as a key member of the 1995 Rugby World Cup–winning Springboks.
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C.
Roosevelt Brown
Roosevelt Brown was a Hall of Fame offensive tackle for the New York Giants, widely regarded as one of the greatest linemen in NFL history.
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D.
Arthur Johnson
Arthur Johnson is a collegiate sports administrator who serves as the athletic director overseeing Temple University's athletics program, including the men's basketball team.
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E.
Fred Robinson
Fred Robinson was an American jazz trombonist active in the 1920s and 1930s, known for his work with Louis Armstrong and other leading early jazz ensembles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American cinematographer
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cinematographer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn | classic Hollywood era ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Universal Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization |
crime film
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horror film ⓘ mystery film ⓘ |
| knownFor |
atmospheric black-and-white cinematography
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work on Universal Pictures horror cycle ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dressed to Kill (1946 film)
NERFINISHED
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House of Dracula NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Frankenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Night Monster NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherlock Holmes Faces Death NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon NERFINISHED ⓘ Son of Frankenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Terror by Night NERFINISHED ⓘ The Black Cat (1941 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Invisible Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mad Ghoul NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mummy’s Curse NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mummy’s Ghost NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mummy’s Tomb NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pearl of Death NERFINISHED ⓘ The Scarlet Claw NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spider Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Woman in Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Tower of London (1939 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | cinematographer ⓘ |
| workedForStudioSystemEra | Hollywood studio system ⓘ |
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: George Robinson Description of subject: George Robinson was an American cinematographer active during Hollywood’s classic era, known for his work on numerous Universal Pictures films.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.