Ernst Vajda
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Ernst Vajda was a Hungarian-born playwright and screenwriter known for his sophisticated, witty scripts in early 20th-century European and Hollywood cinema.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ernest Vajda | 13 |
| Ernst Vajda canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4272597 — 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: Ernst Vajda Context triple: [Love Me Tonight, screenwriter, Ernst Vajda]
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A.
Viktor Kaplan
Viktor Kaplan was an Austrian engineer best known for inventing the Kaplan turbine, a highly efficient water turbine widely used in hydroelectric power plants.
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B.
Rudolf Viest
Rudolf Viest was a Slovak general and resistance leader who played a key role in organizing and leading anti-Nazi forces during World War II.
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C.
Eduard Blásy
Eduard Blásy was a 19th-century mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the High Tatras peak Rysy.
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D.
Josef Naus
Josef Naus was a 19th-century Bavarian surveyor and mountaineer best known for leading the first recorded ascent of Germany’s highest peak, the Zugspitze.
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E.
Emil Fuchs
Emil Fuchs was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, and socialist known for his Christian pacifism and opposition to Nazism.
- 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: Ernst Vajda Target entity description: Ernst Vajda was a Hungarian-born playwright and screenwriter known for his sophisticated, witty scripts in early 20th-century European and Hollywood cinema.
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A.
Viktor Kaplan
Viktor Kaplan was an Austrian engineer best known for inventing the Kaplan turbine, a highly efficient water turbine widely used in hydroelectric power plants.
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B.
Rudolf Viest
Rudolf Viest was a Slovak general and resistance leader who played a key role in organizing and leading anti-Nazi forces during World War II.
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C.
Eduard Blásy
Eduard Blásy was a 19th-century mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the High Tatras peak Rysy.
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D.
Josef Naus
Josef Naus was a 19th-century Bavarian surveyor and mountaineer best known for leading the first recorded ascent of Germany’s highest peak, the Zugspitze.
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E.
Emil Fuchs
Emil Fuchs was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, and socialist known for his Christian pacifism and opposition to Nazism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn |
European cinema
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Hollywood cinema ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood films
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| collaboratedWith |
Ernst Lubitsch
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Jeanette MacDonald ⓘ Maurice Chevalier ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Hungary ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Hungary ⓘ |
| familyName | Vajda ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
ⓘ
playwriting ⓘ screenwriting ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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musical film ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Ernst ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | early sound-era musical comedies ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German ⓘ Hungarian ⓘ |
| name | Ernst Vajda ⓘ |
| nationality | Hungarian ⓘ |
| notableFor | sophisticated witty scripts ⓘ |
| notableWork |
La Veuve Joyeuse
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The Love Parade ⓘ The Love Parade (screenplay) ⓘ
linked to:
The Love Parade
The Merry Widow ⓘ
linked to:
The Merry Widow (operetta)
The Merry Widow (screenplay) ⓘ
linked to:
The Merry Widow (1934)
The Smiling Lieutenant ⓘ The Smiling Lieutenant (screenplay) ⓘ |
| occupation |
librettist
ⓘ
playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| partOf |
classical Hollywood cinema
ⓘ
early 20th-century European film industry ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Budapest ⓘ |
| style |
sophisticated dialogue
ⓘ
witty dialogue ⓘ |
| workPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| wroteFor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Ernst Vajda Description of subject: Ernst Vajda was a Hungarian-born playwright and screenwriter known for his sophisticated, witty scripts in early 20th-century European and Hollywood cinema.
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