Captain Stransky
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Captain Stransky is an ambitious, aristocratic German officer in the World War II film "Cross of Iron," known for his ruthless obsession with winning the Iron Cross despite his cowardice in combat.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Captain Stransky canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20407530 — 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: Captain Stransky Context triple: [Cross of Iron, character, Captain Stransky]
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A.
Captain Mauzner
Captain Mauzner is a screenwriter best known for his work on the film "Factory Girl," a biographical drama about Edie Sedgwick and Andy Warhol's 1960s art scene.
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B.
Captain Krausa
Captain Krausa is a fictional character from Robert A. Heinlein’s science fiction novel "Citizen of the Galaxy," serving as a commanding figure within its interstellar setting.
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C.
Captain C.A. Schweizer
Captain C.A. Schweizer was a historical military figure after whom the South African town of Schweizer-Reneke was named.
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D.
Captain McCluskey
Captain McCluskey is a corrupt New York police captain in the classic crime film "The Godfather."
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E.
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld was a German Wehrmacht officer during World War II known for secretly helping and saving persecuted Jews, most notably Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman, in Nazi-occupied Warsaw.
- 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: Captain Stransky Target entity description: Captain Stransky is an ambitious, aristocratic German officer in the World War II film "Cross of Iron," known for his ruthless obsession with winning the Iron Cross despite his cowardice in combat.
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A.
Captain Mauzner
Captain Mauzner is a screenwriter best known for his work on the film "Factory Girl," a biographical drama about Edie Sedgwick and Andy Warhol's 1960s art scene.
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B.
Captain Krausa
Captain Krausa is a fictional character from Robert A. Heinlein’s science fiction novel "Citizen of the Galaxy," serving as a commanding figure within its interstellar setting.
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C.
Captain C.A. Schweizer
Captain C.A. Schweizer was a historical military figure after whom the South African town of Schweizer-Reneke was named.
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D.
Captain McCluskey
Captain McCluskey is a corrupt New York police captain in the classic crime film "The Godfather."
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E.
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld was a German Wehrmacht officer during World War II known for secretly helping and saving persecuted Jews, most notably Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman, in Nazi-occupied Warsaw.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.