Walter Kornbluth
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Walter Kornbluth is a zealous and often comically obsessive scientist in the 1984 romantic fantasy film "Splash," determined to expose the existence of a real mermaid.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter Kornbluth canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15691955 — 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: Walter Kornbluth Context triple: [Madison (Splash), appearsAlongside, Walter Kornbluth]
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A.
Morris Stoloff
Morris Stoloff was an American musical director, conductor, and composer best known for his work on numerous Hollywood film scores during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Howard E. Koch
Howard E. Koch was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films such as "Casablanca" and for his involvement in the infamous 1938 "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast.
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C.
Robert L. Goldberg
Robert L. Goldberg is an American attorney best known for serving as the named respondent in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Rostker v. Goldberg, which challenged the male-only military draft registration.
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D.
Allan Arkush
Allan Arkush is an American film and television director and producer best known for cult classic rock comedies like "Rock 'n' Roll High School" and his extensive work on episodic TV dramas.
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E.
Herschel Weingrod
Herschel Weingrod is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular 1980s and 1990s comedies such as "Trading Places," "Twins," and "Kindergarten Cop."
- 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: Walter Kornbluth Target entity description: Walter Kornbluth is a zealous and often comically obsessive scientist in the 1984 romantic fantasy film "Splash," determined to expose the existence of a real mermaid.
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A.
Morris Stoloff
Morris Stoloff was an American musical director, conductor, and composer best known for his work on numerous Hollywood film scores during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Howard E. Koch
Howard E. Koch was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films such as "Casablanca" and for his involvement in the infamous 1938 "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast.
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C.
Robert L. Goldberg
Robert L. Goldberg is an American attorney best known for serving as the named respondent in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Rostker v. Goldberg, which challenged the male-only military draft registration.
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D.
Allan Arkush
Allan Arkush is an American film and television director and producer best known for cult classic rock comedies like "Rock 'n' Roll High School" and his extensive work on episodic TV dramas.
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E.
Herschel Weingrod
Herschel Weingrod is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular 1980s and 1990s comedies such as "Trading Places," "Twins," and "Kindergarten Cop."
- 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:
Madison (Splash)