John Cacavas
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John Cacavas was an American composer, arranger, and conductor best known for his prolific work on film and television scores in the 1970s and 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Cacavas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9913174 — 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: John Cacavas Context triple: [Airport 1975, musicBy, John Cacavas]
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A.
C. J. Alexopoulos
C. J. Alexopoulos was a prominent 20th-century mycologist known for his influential work in fungal taxonomy and biology.
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B.
William Sianis
William Sianis was a Chicago tavern owner and goat enthusiast best known for allegedly placing the "Curse of the Billy Goat" on the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
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C.
John Mauropous
John Mauropous was an 11th-century Byzantine poet, scholar, and cleric known for his epigrams, liturgical hymns, and role as metropolitan of Euchaita.
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D.
Charles C. Kokoros
Charles C. Kokoros is an American local politician serving as the mayor of Braintree, Massachusetts.
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E.
Michael Spartali
Michael Spartali was a 19th-century Anglo-Greek merchant and prominent member of the London Greek community, best known as the father of Pre-Raphaelite painter Marie Spartali Stillman.
- 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: John Cacavas Target entity description: John Cacavas was an American composer, arranger, and conductor best known for his prolific work on film and television scores in the 1970s and 1980s.
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A.
C. J. Alexopoulos
C. J. Alexopoulos was a prominent 20th-century mycologist known for his influential work in fungal taxonomy and biology.
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B.
William Sianis
William Sianis was a Chicago tavern owner and goat enthusiast best known for allegedly placing the "Curse of the Billy Goat" on the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
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C.
John Mauropous
John Mauropous was an 11th-century Byzantine poet, scholar, and cleric known for his epigrams, liturgical hymns, and role as metropolitan of Euchaita.
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D.
Charles C. Kokoros
Charles C. Kokoros is an American local politician serving as the mayor of Braintree, Massachusetts.
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E.
Michael Spartali
Michael Spartali was a 19th-century Anglo-Greek merchant and prominent member of the London Greek community, best known as the father of Pre-Raphaelite painter Marie Spartali Stillman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arranger
ⓘ
composer ⓘ conductor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1970s
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1980s ⓘ |
| basedIn | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-08-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2014-01-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Northwestern University
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University of South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film music
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orchestration ⓘ television music ⓘ |
| genre |
film score
ⓘ
television score ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Greek American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
prolific work on film scores in the 1970s and 1980s
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prolific work on television scores in the 1970s and 1980s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Airport 1975 (film) score
NERFINISHED
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Horror Express (film) score NERFINISHED ⓘ Kojak (TV series) score NERFINISHED ⓘ Television movie scores for "Kojak" franchise ⓘ The Eiger Sanction (additional music) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Executioner (1970 film) score NERFINISHED ⓘ The Satanic Rites of Dracula (film) score NERFINISHED ⓘ The Time of Their Lives (1975 film) score ⓘ |
| occupation |
arranger
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composer ⓘ conductor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Aberdeen, South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Beverly Hills, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedOn |
American feature films
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American television series ⓘ |
| wroteMusicFor |
Airport 1975
NERFINISHED
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Horror Express NERFINISHED ⓘ Kojak NERFINISHED ⓘ The Executioner (1970 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Satanic Rites of Dracula NERFINISHED ⓘ The Time of Their Lives (1975 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: John Cacavas Description of subject: John Cacavas was an American composer, arranger, and conductor best known for his prolific work on film and television scores in the 1970s and 1980s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.