Frederick Bean Avery
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Frederick Bean Avery was an influential American animator and director best known for his groundbreaking, fast-paced, and irreverent cartoon work at Warner Bros. and MGM under the nickname Tex Avery.
All labels observed (1)
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| Frederick Bean Avery canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11386150 — 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: Frederick Bean Avery Context triple: [Tex Avery, fullName, Frederick Bean Avery]
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A.
Frederick Albert Saunders
Frederick Albert Saunders was an American physicist known for his contributions to atomic spectroscopy and for co-naming the Russell–Saunders (LS) coupling scheme.
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B.
Frederick Wallace Smith
Frederick Wallace Smith is an American businessman best known as the founder, chairman, and former CEO of FedEx Corporation.
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C.
Frederick Stark Pearson
Frederick Stark Pearson was an American engineer and entrepreneur known for developing international electric railway and utility systems in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Arthur Ferguson Jones
Arthur Ferguson Jones is the mild-mannered, look-alike protagonist of the 1935 comedy film "The Whole Town’s Talking," whose life is upended when he is mistaken for a notorious gangster.
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E.
Walter Francis Brown
Walter Francis Brown was an American illustrator and artist best known for his work on 19th-century books and periodicals, including providing illustrations for Mark Twain’s travel writings.
- 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: Frederick Bean Avery Target entity description: Frederick Bean Avery was an influential American animator and director best known for his groundbreaking, fast-paced, and irreverent cartoon work at Warner Bros. and MGM under the nickname Tex Avery.
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A.
Frederick Albert Saunders
Frederick Albert Saunders was an American physicist known for his contributions to atomic spectroscopy and for co-naming the Russell–Saunders (LS) coupling scheme.
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B.
Frederick Wallace Smith
Frederick Wallace Smith is an American businessman best known as the founder, chairman, and former CEO of FedEx Corporation.
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C.
Frederick Stark Pearson
Frederick Stark Pearson was an American engineer and entrepreneur known for developing international electric railway and utility systems in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Arthur Ferguson Jones
Arthur Ferguson Jones is the mild-mannered, look-alike protagonist of the 1935 comedy film "The Whole Town’s Talking," whose life is upended when he is mistaken for a notorious gangster.
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E.
Walter Francis Brown
Walter Francis Brown was an American illustrator and artist best known for his work on 19th-century books and periodicals, including providing illustrations for Mark Twain’s travel writings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American person
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animator ⓘ cartoonist ⓘ film director ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Universal Pictures ⓘ Walter Lantz Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
animation
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cartoon directing ⓘ |
| fullName | Frederick Bean Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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slapstick ⓘ |
| givenName | Frederick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlias | Tex Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
American television animation
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MGM cartoon style ⓘ Warner Bros. cartoon style NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
breaking the fourth wall in cartoons
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exaggerated visual gags ⓘ fast-paced cartoon style ⓘ irreverent humor in animation ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nickname | Tex Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacterCreated |
Droopy
NERFINISHED
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Red (Red Hot Riding Hood) NERFINISHED ⓘ Screwy Squirrel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSeriesDirected |
Looney Tunes shorts
NERFINISHED
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MGM theatrical cartoons NERFINISHED ⓘ Merrie Melodies shorts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bad Luck Blackie
NERFINISHED
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Blitz Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ Droopy NERFINISHED ⓘ King-Size Canary NERFINISHED ⓘ Looney Tunes NERFINISHED ⓘ Merrie Melodies NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Hot Riding Hood NERFINISHED ⓘ Screwball Squirrel NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shooting of Dan McGoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
animator
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film director ⓘ storyboard artist ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hollywood
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Los Angeles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Frederick Bean Avery Description of subject: Frederick Bean Avery was an influential American animator and director best known for his groundbreaking, fast-paced, and irreverent cartoon work at Warner Bros. and MGM under the nickname Tex Avery.
Referenced by (1)
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