Walter F. Parkes
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Walter F. Parkes is an American film producer and screenwriter known for overseeing major Hollywood projects such as the "Men in Black" series and serving as head of DreamWorks' motion picture division.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter F. Parkes canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1566044 — 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: Walter F. Parkes Context triple: [He Named Me Malala, producer, Walter F. Parkes]
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A.
Robert N. Davoren
Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
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B.
Alan E. Nourse
Alan E. Nourse was an American science fiction author and physician known for works that often explored medical and social themes, including the novel "The Bladerunner."
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C.
Roger D. Lapham
Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
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D.
George L. Dahl
George L. Dahl was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for shaping much of Dallas’s skyline and major civic landmarks.
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E.
Robert N. Fitch
Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
- 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: Walter F. Parkes Target entity description: Walter F. Parkes is an American film producer and screenwriter known for overseeing major Hollywood projects such as the "Men in Black" series and serving as head of DreamWorks' motion picture division.
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A.
Robert N. Davoren
Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
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B.
Alan E. Nourse
Alan E. Nourse was an American science fiction author and physician known for works that often explored medical and social themes, including the novel "The Bladerunner."
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C.
Roger D. Lapham
Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
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D.
George L. Dahl
George L. Dahl was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for shaping much of Dallas’s skyline and major civic landmarks.
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E.
Robert N. Fitch
Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film producer
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American screenwriter ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | DreamWorks SKG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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science fiction film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership at DreamWorks motion picture division
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overseeing major Hollywood projects ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
NERFINISHED
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Awakenings NERFINISHED ⓘ Catch Me If You Can NERFINISHED ⓘ Dinner for Schmucks NERFINISHED ⓘ Flight (2012 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gladiator NERFINISHED ⓘ Men in Black NERFINISHED ⓘ Men in Black 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Men in Black II NERFINISHED ⓘ Men in Black: International NERFINISHED ⓘ Minority Report NERFINISHED ⓘ Need for Speed (2014 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Road to Perdition NERFINISHED ⓘ Sneakers ⓘ The Island (2005 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Kite Runner NERFINISHED ⓘ The Legend of Zorro NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mask of Zorro NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ring Two NERFINISHED ⓘ The Terminal NERFINISHED ⓘ The Time Machine (2002 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Uninvited (2009 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Trolls (2016 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ WarGames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film producer
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film studio executive ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| partnerInBusinessWith | Laurie MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
co-head of DreamWorks Pictures
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head of DreamWorks motion picture division ⓘ |
| spouse | Laurie MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Walter F. Parkes Description of subject: Walter F. Parkes is an American film producer and screenwriter known for overseeing major Hollywood projects such as the "Men in Black" series and serving as head of DreamWorks' motion picture division.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.