Professor Howard Birack
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Professor Howard Birack is a physics professor and central protagonist in John Carpenter's horror film "Prince of Darkness," who leads a group of students investigating a mysterious, otherworldly force.
All labels observed (1)
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| Professor Howard Birack canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19455461 — 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: Professor Howard Birack Context triple: [Prince of Darkness (1987 film), character, Professor Howard Birack]
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Professor Victor Bergman
Professor Victor Bergman is the thoughtful and scientifically minded chief scientist on Moonbase Alpha in the science fiction television series "Space: 1999."
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B.
Professor Harold Everett
Professor Harold Everett is the widowed father and college professor at the center of the 1970s TV sitcom "Nanny and the Professor," known for his skeptical but warm relationship with the mysteriously magical nanny, Phoebe Figalilly.
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C.
Jeffrey Resnick
Jeffrey Resnick is an individual notable enough to be specifically identified as a bearer of the Resnick surname, though detailed public information about his achievements or role is limited.
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D.
Professor Irwin Corey
Professor Irwin Corey was an American stand-up comedian and actor famed for his improvisational, pseudo-intellectual "World's Foremost Authority" persona and surreal, politically tinged humor.
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E.
Professor Trevor Bruttenholm
Professor Trevor Bruttenholm is a scholarly occult expert and founding member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense who discovers, raises, and mentors the demon hero Hellboy.
- 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: Professor Howard Birack Target entity description: Professor Howard Birack is a physics professor and central protagonist in John Carpenter's horror film "Prince of Darkness," who leads a group of students investigating a mysterious, otherworldly force.
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A.
Professor Victor Bergman
Professor Victor Bergman is the thoughtful and scientifically minded chief scientist on Moonbase Alpha in the science fiction television series "Space: 1999."
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B.
Professor Harold Everett
Professor Harold Everett is the widowed father and college professor at the center of the 1970s TV sitcom "Nanny and the Professor," known for his skeptical but warm relationship with the mysteriously magical nanny, Phoebe Figalilly.
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C.
Jeffrey Resnick
Jeffrey Resnick is an individual notable enough to be specifically identified as a bearer of the Resnick surname, though detailed public information about his achievements or role is limited.
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D.
Professor Irwin Corey
Professor Irwin Corey was an American stand-up comedian and actor famed for his improvisational, pseudo-intellectual "World's Foremost Authority" persona and surreal, politically tinged humor.
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E.
Professor Trevor Bruttenholm
Professor Trevor Bruttenholm is a scholarly occult expert and founding member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense who discovers, raises, and mentors the demon hero Hellboy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.