Lieutenant Kotler
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Lieutenant Kotler is a young, strict, and often cruel Nazi officer stationed at the Auschwitz concentration camp in the novel "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lieutenant Kotler canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5417609 — 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 Kotler Context triple: [The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, containsCharacter, Lieutenant Kotler]
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A.
Sergeant Elias Grodin
Sergeant Elias Grodin is a central, idealistic yet battle-weary soldier in the Vietnam War film "Platoon," known for his moral integrity and conflict with the more brutal Sergeant Barnes.
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B.
Sergeant Joe Bomowski
Sergeant Joe Bomowski is a tough but comically beleaguered Los Angeles police detective whose overbearing mother constantly interferes in both his personal life and police work.
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C.
Lieutenant Baugh
Lieutenant Baugh was a British officer involved in the 1857 Barrackpore incident, a key early flashpoint in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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D.
Lieutenant Starck
Lieutenant Starck is a key crew member and officer aboard the rescue vessel Lewis and Clark in the 1997 science fiction horror film "Event Horizon."
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E.
Lieutenant Hearn
Lieutenant Hearn is a central character in Norman Mailer’s World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead," serving as a thoughtful, conflicted army officer whose clashes with authority explore themes of power and morality in wartime.
- 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 Kotler Target entity description: Lieutenant Kotler is a young, strict, and often cruel Nazi officer stationed at the Auschwitz concentration camp in the novel "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas."
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A.
Sergeant Elias Grodin
Sergeant Elias Grodin is a central, idealistic yet battle-weary soldier in the Vietnam War film "Platoon," known for his moral integrity and conflict with the more brutal Sergeant Barnes.
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B.
Sergeant Joe Bomowski
Sergeant Joe Bomowski is a tough but comically beleaguered Los Angeles police detective whose overbearing mother constantly interferes in both his personal life and police work.
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C.
Lieutenant Baugh
Lieutenant Baugh was a British officer involved in the 1857 Barrackpore incident, a key early flashpoint in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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D.
Lieutenant Starck
Lieutenant Starck is a key crew member and officer aboard the rescue vessel Lewis and Clark in the 1997 science fiction horror film "Event Horizon."
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E.
Lieutenant Hearn
Lieutenant Hearn is a central character in Norman Mailer’s World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead," serving as a thoughtful, conflicted army officer whose clashes with authority explore themes of power and morality in wartime.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Schutzstaffel ⓘ
linked to:
Schutzstaffel (SS)
|
| appearsIn |
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Auschwitz concentration camp
ⓘ
linked to:
AuschwitzBirkenau
|
| characteristic |
authoritarian
ⓘ
cruel ⓘ sadistic ⓘ strict ⓘ young ⓘ |
| createdBy | John Boyne ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006 novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
Bruno
ⓘ
Bruno’s father ⓘ Bruno’s mother ⓘ Gretel ⓘ Pavel ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| occupation | Nazi officer ⓘ |
| portrayedInFilmBy | Rupert Friend ⓘ |
| rank | Lieutenant ⓘ |
| roleInWork | antagonist ⓘ |
| servesAt | Bruno’s father’s command post ⓘ |
| settingTime | World War II ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
abuse of power
ⓘ
brutality of Nazi regime ⓘ |
| treatsCruelly | Pavel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lieutenant Kotler Description of subject: Lieutenant Kotler is a young, strict, and often cruel Nazi officer stationed at the Auschwitz concentration camp in the novel "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.