Phil Foster
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Phil Foster is the hapless yet determined suburban husband and father portrayed by Steve Carell in the comedy film "Date Night."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Phil Foster canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14659339 — 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: Phil Foster Context triple: [Date Night, hasMainCharacter, Phil Foster]
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A.
Phil Foster
Phil Foster was an American actor and comedian best known for playing Laverne’s father, Frank DeFazio, on the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley."
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B.
Jim Foster
Jim Foster is an American sports executive best known as the creator and founding figure of the Arena Football League.
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C.
Jeff Foster
Jeff Foster is an entrepreneur best known for founding the global athletic footwear and apparel brand Reebok.
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D.
James Foster
James Foster is an economist known for his influential work on poverty measurement and social welfare, including co-developing the widely used Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) poverty indices.
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E.
Michael Ferguson
Michael Ferguson is a television director known for his work on the British soap opera EastEnders.
- 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: Phil Foster Target entity description: Phil Foster is the hapless yet determined suburban husband and father portrayed by Steve Carell in the comedy film "Date Night."
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A.
Phil Foster
Phil Foster was an American actor and comedian best known for playing Laverne’s father, Frank DeFazio, on the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley."
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B.
Jim Foster
Jim Foster is an American sports executive best known as the creator and founding figure of the Arena Football League.
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C.
Jeff Foster
Jeff Foster is an entrepreneur best known for founding the global athletic footwear and apparel brand Reebok.
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D.
James Foster
James Foster is an economist known for his influential work on poverty measurement and social welfare, including co-developing the widely used Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) poverty indices.
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E.
Michael Ferguson
Michael Ferguson is a television director known for his work on the British soap opera EastEnders.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.