Robert M. Young
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Robert M. Young is an American film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer known for his socially conscious, character-driven dramas and collaborations with actor Edward James Olmos.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert M. Young canonical | 2 |
| David Bridges | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10437920 — 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: Robert M. Young Context triple: [One-Trick Pony, director, Robert M. Young]
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A.
Robert Young
Robert Young was an American actor best known for his starring roles in the classic television series "Father Knows Best" and "Marcus Welby, M.D."
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B.
Robert Young
Robert Young is a British film and television director known for his work on comedies and dramas, including the ensemble farce "Fierce Creatures."
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C.
Robert Oliver Reed
Robert Oliver Reed was a British actor known for his intense screen presence and roles in films such as "Oliver!", "Women in Love," and "Gladiator."
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D.
William Asher
William Asher was a prominent American television and film director and producer, best known for shaping classic mid-20th-century TV comedies such as "I Love Lucy" and "Bewitched."
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E.
Joel Harlow
Joel Harlow is an Academy Award-winning American makeup artist and special effects designer known for his work on films such as "Star Trek" and "Pirates of the Caribbean."
- 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: Robert M. Young Target entity description: Robert M. Young is an American film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer known for his socially conscious, character-driven dramas and collaborations with actor Edward James Olmos.
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A.
Robert Young
Robert Young was an American actor best known for his starring roles in the classic television series "Father Knows Best" and "Marcus Welby, M.D."
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B.
Robert Young
Robert Young is a British film and television director known for his work on comedies and dramas, including the ensemble farce "Fierce Creatures."
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C.
Robert Oliver Reed
Robert Oliver Reed was a British actor known for his intense screen presence and roles in films such as "Oliver!", "Women in Love," and "Gladiator."
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D.
William Asher
William Asher was a prominent American television and film director and producer, best known for shaping classic mid-20th-century TV comedies such as "I Love Lucy" and "Bewitched."
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E.
Joel Harlow
Joel Harlow is an Academy Award-winning American makeup artist and special effects designer known for his work on films such as "Star Trek" and "Pirates of the Caribbean."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cinematographer
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film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Caméra d'Or NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedForWork | Caméra d'Or for "Alambrista!" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyFor |
Alambrista!
NERFINISHED
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Nothing But a Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Short Eyes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Edward James Olmos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| directed |
Alambrista!
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caught NERFINISHED ⓘ Dominick and Eugene NERFINISHED ⓘ One Man’s War NERFINISHED ⓘ Roosters NERFINISHED ⓘ Short Eyes NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake NERFINISHED ⓘ Triumph of the Spirit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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independent film ⓘ social problem film ⓘ |
| hasEthnicFocusInWork |
Latino and Mexican American communities
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working-class characters ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | independent cinema ⓘ |
| notableFor |
character-driven dramas
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collaborations with Edward James Olmos ⓘ socially conscious films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alambrista!
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dominick and Eugene NERFINISHED ⓘ Short Eyes NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez NERFINISHED ⓘ Triumph of the Spirit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
cinematographer
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film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| primaryMedium |
documentary film
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feature film ⓘ |
| subjectOf | interviews about socially conscious filmmaking ⓘ |
| workLocation | United States of America ⓘ |
| wroteScreenplayFor |
Alambrista!
NERFINISHED
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Short Eyes NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez 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: Robert M. Young Description of subject: Robert M. Young is an American film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer known for his socially conscious, character-driven dramas and collaborations with actor Edward James Olmos.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Extremities (film)
this entity surface form:
David Bridges