James Coco
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James Coco was an American character actor and comedian known for his work in film, television, and theater, often playing neurotic or flamboyant roles in comedies and dramas from the 1960s through the 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Coco canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7354689 — 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: James Coco Context triple: [The Cheap Detective, starring, James Coco]
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A.
Mark Dacascos
Mark Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist known for his roles in action films and television, as well as for serving as the Chairman on the TV show "Iron Chef America."
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B.
Tony Almeida
Tony Almeida is a key fictional Counter Terrorist Unit agent in the television series "24," known for his complex loyalties and evolving role across multiple seasons.
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C.
Michael Covino
Michael Covino is an American filmmaker and actor best known for co-writing, directing, and starring in the acclaimed indie film "The Climb."
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D.
Chris Leal
Chris Leal is a musician best known for having been an early member of the American rock band No Doubt.
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E.
Greg Colbert
Greg Colbert is a Canadian photographer and filmmaker best known for his long-term art project "Ashes and Snow," which features poetic, sepia-toned images of humans interacting with wild animals.
- 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: James Coco Target entity description: James Coco was an American character actor and comedian known for his work in film, television, and theater, often playing neurotic or flamboyant roles in comedies and dramas from the 1960s through the 1980s.
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A.
Mark Dacascos
Mark Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist known for his roles in action films and television, as well as for serving as the Chairman on the TV show "Iron Chef America."
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B.
Tony Almeida
Tony Almeida is a key fictional Counter Terrorist Unit agent in the television series "24," known for his complex loyalties and evolving role across multiple seasons.
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C.
Michael Covino
Michael Covino is an American filmmaker and actor best known for co-writing, directing, and starring in the acclaimed indie film "The Climb."
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D.
Chris Leal
Chris Leal is a musician best known for having been an early member of the American rock band No Doubt.
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E.
Greg Colbert
Greg Colbert is a Canadian photographer and filmmaker best known for his long-term art project "Ashes and Snow," which features poetic, sepia-toned images of humans interacting with wild animals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1980s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Primetime Emmy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-03-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1987-02-25 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian American ⓘ |
| familyName | Coco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| knownFor |
flamboyant characters
ⓘ
neurotic characters ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| name | James Coco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Golden Globe Award ⓘ |
| notableWork |
ABC Afterschool Special
NERFINISHED
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Man of La Mancha NERFINISHED ⓘ Murder by Death NERFINISHED ⓘ Only When I Laugh NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Elsewhere NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cheap Detective NERFINISHED ⓘ The Muppets Take Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wild Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
character actor ⓘ comedian ⓘ |
| partOf |
American film industry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
American television industry ⓘ American theatre ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Broadway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
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: James Coco Description of subject: James Coco was an American character actor and comedian known for his work in film, television, and theater, often playing neurotic or flamboyant roles in comedies and dramas from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.