Mortimer Duke in Trading Places
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Mortimer Duke in *Trading Places* is a wealthy, manipulative commodities broker and one of the film’s primary antagonists who orchestrates a cruel social experiment for profit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mortimer Duke in Trading Places canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14454525 — 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: Mortimer Duke in Trading Places Context triple: [Don Ameche, notableRole, Mortimer Duke in Trading Places]
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A.
Bob Wilton
Bob Wilton is the fictional journalist protagonist of the satirical war comedy film "The Men Who Stare at Goats," whose investigation into a secret U.S. military psychic unit drives the story.
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B.
Axel Foley
Axel Foley is the wisecracking, street-smart Detroit detective and main protagonist of the "Beverly Hills Cop" film series.
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C.
David Puddy
David Puddy is a deadpan, dim-witted auto mechanic and Elaine Benes’s on-again, off-again boyfriend on the sitcom "Seinfeld," known for his monotone delivery and quirky obsessions.
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D.
Ron McGovney
Ron McGovney is an American bassist best known as the first bass player for the heavy metal band Metallica in their early formative years.
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E.
Boss Finley
Boss Finley is a powerful, corrupt Southern political boss in Tennessee Williams' play "Sweet Bird of Youth," embodying demagoguery and moral hypocrisy.
- 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: Mortimer Duke in Trading Places Target entity description: Mortimer Duke in *Trading Places* is a wealthy, manipulative commodities broker and one of the film’s primary antagonists who orchestrates a cruel social experiment for profit.
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A.
Bob Wilton
Bob Wilton is the fictional journalist protagonist of the satirical war comedy film "The Men Who Stare at Goats," whose investigation into a secret U.S. military psychic unit drives the story.
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B.
Axel Foley
Axel Foley is the wisecracking, street-smart Detroit detective and main protagonist of the "Beverly Hills Cop" film series.
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C.
David Puddy
David Puddy is a deadpan, dim-witted auto mechanic and Elaine Benes’s on-again, off-again boyfriend on the sitcom "Seinfeld," known for his monotone delivery and quirky obsessions.
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D.
Ron McGovney
Ron McGovney is an American bassist best known as the first bass player for the heavy metal band Metallica in their early formative years.
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E.
Boss Finley
Boss Finley is a powerful, corrupt Southern political boss in Tennessee Williams' play "Sweet Bird of Youth," embodying demagoguery and moral hypocrisy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Don Ameche