Robert Silverman
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Robert Silverman is a Canadian character actor known for his frequent collaborations with director David Cronenberg in films such as "Scanners" and "Rabid."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Silverman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17120637 — 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: Robert Silverman Context triple: [Scanners, castMember, Robert Silverman]
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A.
Jonathan Silverman
Jonathan Silverman is an American actor best known for his comedic roles in films like "Weekend at Bernie’s" and various television series.
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B.
Joseph Silverstein
Joseph Silverstein was an American violinist and conductor best known as concertmaster and later assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and as a prominent teacher.
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C.
Alan Silverman
Alan Silverman is the introspective Brooklyn boy protagonist of the novel "Alan & Naomi," who struggles to understand and befriend a traumatized refugee girl during World War II.
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D.
Samuel Silverstein
Samuel Silverstein is a mountaineer known for being among the first climbers to successfully reach the summit of Antarctica’s highest peak, Vinson Massif.
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E.
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.
- 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: Robert Silverman Target entity description: Robert Silverman is a Canadian character actor known for his frequent collaborations with director David Cronenberg in films such as "Scanners" and "Rabid."
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A.
Jonathan Silverman
Jonathan Silverman is an American actor best known for his comedic roles in films like "Weekend at Bernie’s" and various television series.
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B.
Joseph Silverstein
Joseph Silverstein was an American violinist and conductor best known as concertmaster and later assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and as a prominent teacher.
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C.
Alan Silverman
Alan Silverman is the introspective Brooklyn boy protagonist of the novel "Alan & Naomi," who struggles to understand and befriend a traumatized refugee girl during World War II.
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D.
Samuel Silverstein
Samuel Silverstein is a mountaineer known for being among the first climbers to successfully reach the summit of Antarctica’s highest peak, Vinson Massif.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.