Lieutenant Nikolaus "Niki" von Preyn
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Lieutenant Nikolaus "Niki" von Preyn is the charming, womanizing Austrian officer who serves as the central romantic lead in Ernst Lubitsch’s 1931 musical comedy film "The Smiling Lieutenant."
All labels observed (1)
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| Lieutenant Nikolaus "Niki" von Preyn canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21417284 — 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: Lieutenant Nikolaus "Niki" von Preyn Context triple: [The Smiling Lieutenant (1931 film), featuresCharacter, Lieutenant Nikolaus "Niki" von Preyn]
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A.
Lieutenant Werner
Lieutenant Werner is the young war correspondent aboard the German U-boat in the 1981 film "Das Boot," serving as the audience’s perspective on the crew’s harrowing World War II submarine mission.
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B.
Colonel Weber
Colonel Weber is a high-ranking U.S. Army officer in the science fiction film "Arrival," responsible for overseeing the military response to the alien visitation and coordinating with linguist Louise Banks.
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C.
Captain Ernst Vanselow
Captain Ernst Vanselow was a German naval officer who served as one of Germany’s representatives at the signing of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 that ended fighting in World War I.
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D.
Major von Tellheim
Major von Tellheim is a proud but impoverished Prussian officer and the central male figure in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s comedy "Minna von Barnhelm," whose honor and misfortune drive the play’s conflict.
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E.
Colonel Ehrhardt
Colonel Ehrhardt is a bumbling, self-important Nazi officer who serves as a key comic antagonist in the World War II satire film "To Be or Not to Be."
- 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: Lieutenant Nikolaus "Niki" von Preyn Target entity description: Lieutenant Nikolaus "Niki" von Preyn is the charming, womanizing Austrian officer who serves as the central romantic lead in Ernst Lubitsch’s 1931 musical comedy film "The Smiling Lieutenant."
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A.
Lieutenant Werner
Lieutenant Werner is the young war correspondent aboard the German U-boat in the 1981 film "Das Boot," serving as the audience’s perspective on the crew’s harrowing World War II submarine mission.
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B.
Colonel Weber
Colonel Weber is a high-ranking U.S. Army officer in the science fiction film "Arrival," responsible for overseeing the military response to the alien visitation and coordinating with linguist Louise Banks.
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C.
Captain Ernst Vanselow
Captain Ernst Vanselow was a German naval officer who served as one of Germany’s representatives at the signing of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 that ended fighting in World War I.
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D.
Major von Tellheim
Major von Tellheim is a proud but impoverished Prussian officer and the central male figure in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s comedy "Minna von Barnhelm," whose honor and misfortune drive the play’s conflict.
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E.
Colonel Ehrhardt
Colonel Ehrhardt is a bumbling, self-important Nazi officer who serves as a key comic antagonist in the World War II satire film "To Be or Not to Be."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.