Jacob
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Jacob is a central character in Clifford Odets' play "Awake and Sing!", representing the older generation's ideals and struggles within a working-class Jewish family in the Bronx during the Great Depression.
All labels observed (1)
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| Jacob canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13934663 — 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)
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Target entity: Jacob Context triple: [Awake and Sing!, notableCharacter, Jacob]
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Jacob
Jacob is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for his energetic performances in films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
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Jacob
Jacob is the full first name of Jack Lew, the American attorney and former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
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Jacob
Jacob is the birth name of legendary American comic book artist and writer Jack Kirby, a key creator of many iconic Marvel and DC superheroes.
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Jacob
Jacob is the family name of Piers Anthony, the prolific British-American fantasy and science fiction author best known for his long-running Xanth series.
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Jacob
Jacob is the middle name of Henry J. Friendly, a highly respected American federal appellate judge and legal scholar.
- 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: Jacob Target entity description: Jacob is a central character in Clifford Odets' play "Awake and Sing!", representing the older generation's ideals and struggles within a working-class Jewish family in the Bronx during the Great Depression.
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Jacob
Jacob is the birth name of American actor John Garfield, a prominent film star of the 1930s and 1940s known for his intense, naturalistic performances.
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Jacob
Jacob is a flamboyant and comedic supporting character in the musical "La Cage aux Folles," often portrayed as Albin and Georges’ high-strung, gender-bending maid or butler.
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Jacob
Jacob is the central figure in the story "The Slave," around whom the narrative’s themes and events revolve.
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Jacob
Jacob is a central patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, regarded in Judaism as the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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Jacob
Jacob is the given name of Jacob Coxey, an American political figure best known for leading the 1894 protest march on Washington known as "Coxey's Army."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.