C. K. Dexter-Haven

E23323

fictional character film character

C. K. Dexter-Haven is the charming, witty ex-husband of socialite Tracy Lord in the musical film "High Society," famously portrayed by Bing Crosby.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
C. K. Dexter Haven	8
C. K. Dexter-Haven canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T173197 — 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: C. K. Dexter-Haven
Context triple: [High Society, featuresCharacter, C. K. Dexter-Haven]

A. Felix Unger
Felix Unger is an Austrian cardiac surgeon and academic known for co-founding and leading the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
B. Frank Sullivan
Frank Sullivan is an American college basketball coach best known for his long tenure leading the Harvard Crimson men's basketball program.
C. Charlie Bartlett
Charlie Bartlett is a 2007 teen comedy-drama film about a wealthy but troubled high school student who becomes an amateur psychiatrist for his classmates.
D. Tom Canty
Tom Canty is the impoverished London boy who swaps identities with Prince Edward in Mark Twain’s novel "The Prince and the Pauper," highlighting themes of class and social injustice.
E. Earl
An Earl is a noble rank in the British and some European peerage systems, historically positioned below a marquess and above a viscount.
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: C. K. Dexter-Haven
Target entity description: C. K. Dexter-Haven is the charming, witty ex-husband of socialite Tracy Lord in the musical film "High Society," famously portrayed by Bing Crosby.

A. Felix Unger
Felix Unger is an Austrian cardiac surgeon and academic known for co-founding and leading the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
B. Frank Sullivan
Frank Sullivan is an American college basketball coach best known for his long tenure leading the Harvard Crimson men's basketball program.
C. Charlie Bartlett
Charlie Bartlett is a 2007 teen comedy-drama film about a wealthy but troubled high school student who becomes an amateur psychiatrist for his classmates.
D. Tom Canty
Tom Canty is the impoverished London boy who swaps identities with Prince Edward in Mark Twain’s novel "The Prince and the Pauper," highlighting themes of class and social injustice.
E. Earl
An Earl is a noble rank in the British and some European peerage systems, historically positioned below a marquess and above a viscount.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ
appearsIn	High Society ⓘ High Society ⓘ surface form: High Society (1956 film)
associatedWith	High Society ⓘ surface form: High Society soundtrack Tracy Samantha Lord ⓘ surface form: Tracy Lord
basedOn	C. K. Dexter-Haven self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: C. K. Dexter Haven Dexter Haven ⓘ
basedOnWork	The Philadelphia Story ⓘ The Philadelphia Story ⓘ surface form: The Philadelphia Story (1940 film) The Philadelphia Story ⓘ surface form: The Philadelphia Story (play)
characterTrait	charming ⓘ witty ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfWork	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdFor	High Society ⓘ surface form: High Society (1956 film)
filmGenreContext	musical film ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	musical comedy ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
maritalStatus	divorced from Tracy Lord ⓘ
medium	film ⓘ
narrativeRole	protagonist ⓘ romantic lead ⓘ
occupation	musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
playsInstrument	piano ⓘ
portrayedBy	Bing Crosby ⓘ
relationship	ex-husband of Tracy Lord ⓘ
romanticInterest	Tracy Samantha Lord ⓘ surface form: Tracy Lord
setting	Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ

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