Starrett
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Starrett is a surname most notably associated with American actor Charles Starrett, famed for his roles in Western films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Starrett canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9392133 — 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: Starrett Context triple: [Charles Starrett, familyName, Starrett]
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A.
Starrett Corporation
Starrett Corporation is a prominent New York real estate development and construction firm known for major industrial and commercial projects in the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
Disston Saw Works
Disston Saw Works was a major 19th- and early 20th-century American saw and tool manufacturing company founded by Henry Disston, known for its large industrial complex and significant role in Philadelphia’s industrial history.
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C.
Leister
Leister is a surname of English origin borne by various individuals, including those with the given name Edward.
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D.
Cutco Corporation
Cutco Corporation is an American manufacturer and direct seller of high-quality kitchen cutlery and related household products, best known for its knives and in-home sales model.
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E.
Rogers Cutlery Company
Rogers Cutlery Company was an American manufacturer of cutlery and related silver-plated tableware, known for its association with the International Silver Company.
- 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: Starrett Target entity description: Starrett is a surname most notably associated with American actor Charles Starrett, famed for his roles in Western films.
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A.
Starrett Corporation
Starrett Corporation is a prominent New York real estate development and construction firm known for major industrial and commercial projects in the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
Disston Saw Works
Disston Saw Works was a major 19th- and early 20th-century American saw and tool manufacturing company founded by Henry Disston, known for its large industrial complex and significant role in Philadelphia’s industrial history.
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C.
Leister
Leister is a surname of English origin borne by various individuals, including those with the given name Edward.
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D.
Cutco Corporation
Cutco Corporation is an American manufacturer and direct seller of high-quality kitchen cutlery and related household products, best known for its knives and in-home sales model.
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E.
Rogers Cutlery Company
Rogers Cutlery Company was an American manufacturer of cutlery and related silver-plated tableware, known for its association with the International Silver Company.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ surname ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1950s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1903-03-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1986-03-22 ⓘ |
| genre | Western film ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName |
Starrett
NERFINISHED
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Starrett NERFINISHED ⓘ Starrett NERFINISHED ⓘ Starrett NERFINISHED ⓘ Starrett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Charles Starrett
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laroy S. Starrett NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Starrett NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Starrett NERFINISHED ⓘ William A. Starrett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Durango Kid film series
NERFINISHED
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Sherlock Holmes scholarship ⓘ founding the L. S. Starrett Company ⓘ roles in Western films ⓘ supervising construction of the Empire State Building ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
bibliophile ⓘ builder ⓘ builder ⓘ construction executive ⓘ industrialist ⓘ inventor ⓘ journalist ⓘ skyscraper contractor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Athol, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Boron, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workedFor | Columbia Pictures 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: Starrett Description of subject: Starrett is a surname most notably associated with American actor Charles Starrett, famed for his roles in Western films.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.