Ludvik Jahn
E1486301
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Ludvik Jahn is the central character in Milan Kundera’s novel "The Joke," whose life is upended by a politically misinterpreted prank in communist Czechoslovakia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ludvik Jahn canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21467349 — 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: Ludvik Jahn Context triple: [The Joke, protagonist, Ludvik Jahn]
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A.
Eduard Strauch
Eduard Strauch was a senior SS officer and Einsatzgruppen commander in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, convicted as a war criminal for his role in mass murders during the Holocaust.
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B.
Josef Václav Myslbek
Josef Václav Myslbek was a prominent Czech sculptor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for his monumental statues and for helping to establish modern Czech sculpture.
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C.
Theodor Pištěk
Theodor Pištěk is a renowned Czech costume and set designer, best known internationally for his opulent period work on films such as "Amadeus" and other major historical dramas.
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D.
Václav Havlíček
Václav Havlíček is a Czech electrical engineer and academic who served as the rector of the Czech Technical University in Prague.
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E.
Jiří Dienstbier
Jiří Dienstbier was a prominent Czech journalist, dissident, and post-communist foreign minister who played a key role in the country’s democratic transition.
- 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: Ludvik Jahn Target entity description: Ludvik Jahn is the central character in Milan Kundera’s novel "The Joke," whose life is upended by a politically misinterpreted prank in communist Czechoslovakia.
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A.
Eduard Strauch
Eduard Strauch was a senior SS officer and Einsatzgruppen commander in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, convicted as a war criminal for his role in mass murders during the Holocaust.
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B.
Josef Václav Myslbek
Josef Václav Myslbek was a prominent Czech sculptor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for his monumental statues and for helping to establish modern Czech sculpture.
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C.
Theodor Pištěk
Theodor Pištěk is a renowned Czech costume and set designer, best known internationally for his opulent period work on films such as "Amadeus" and other major historical dramas.
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D.
Václav Havlíček
Václav Havlíček is a Czech electrical engineer and academic who served as the rector of the Czech Technical University in Prague.
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E.
Jiří Dienstbier
Jiří Dienstbier was a prominent Czech journalist, dissident, and post-communist foreign minister who played a key role in the country’s democratic transition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.