Irfan
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Irfan is the given name of the acclaimed Indian actor Irrfan Khan, known for his work in both Bollywood and international cinema.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Irfan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5693849 — 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: Irfan Context triple: [Irrfan Khan, givenName, Irfan]
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A.
Sarfaraz Khan
Sarfaraz Khan was an 18th-century Nawab of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa in the Mughal era, known for his brief and turbulent rule that ended with his defeat by Alivardi Khan.
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B.
Hasnat Khan
Hasnat Khan is a British-Pakistani heart surgeon best known for his romantic relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales.
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C.
Hafeez
Hafeez is a male given name of Arabic origin, commonly used in South Asia and the Muslim world, meaning "guardian" or "protector."
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D.
Shahrukh Mirza
Shahrukh Mirza was a 15th-century Timurid ruler who consolidated and governed much of Iran and Central Asia, fostering a flourishing of Persian culture, arts, and architecture.
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E.
Alim Khan
Alim Khan was a prominent early 19th-century khan of the Kokand Khanate in Central Asia, known for expanding its territory and consolidating its political power.
- 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: Irfan Target entity description: Irfan is the given name of the acclaimed Indian actor Irrfan Khan, known for his work in both Bollywood and international cinema.
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A.
Sarfaraz Khan
Sarfaraz Khan was an 18th-century Nawab of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa in the Mughal era, known for his brief and turbulent rule that ended with his defeat by Alivardi Khan.
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B.
Hasnat Khan
Hasnat Khan is a British-Pakistani heart surgeon best known for his romantic relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales.
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C.
Hafeez
Hafeez is a male given name of Arabic origin, commonly used in South Asia and the Muslim world, meaning "guardian" or "protector."
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D.
Shahrukh Mirza
Shahrukh Mirza was a 15th-century Timurid ruler who consolidated and governed much of Iran and Central Asia, fostering a flourishing of Persian culture, arts, and architecture.
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E.
Alim Khan
Alim Khan was a prominent early 19th-century khan of the Kokand Khanate in Central Asia, known for expanding its territory and consolidating its political power.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bollywood actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2020 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Film Award for Best Actor
NERFINISHED
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Padma Shri ⓘ |
| birthName | Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | neuroendocrine tumor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1967-01-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-04-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | National School of Drama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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independent film ⓘ |
| givenName | Irfan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | Bollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | subtle and realistic acting style ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Haider
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hindi Medium NERFINISHED ⓘ Inferno NERFINISHED ⓘ Jurassic World NERFINISHED ⓘ Life of Pi NERFINISHED ⓘ Maqbool NERFINISHED ⓘ Paan Singh Tomar NERFINISHED ⓘ Piku NERFINISHED ⓘ Slumdog Millionaire NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lunchbox NERFINISHED ⓘ The Namesake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
India
NERFINISHED
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Jaipur NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajasthan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
India
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Maharashtra NERFINISHED ⓘ Mumbai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| spouse | Sutapa Sikdar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Irrfan Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedIn |
American cinema
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British cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ Hindi cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Irfan Description of subject: Irfan is the given name of the acclaimed Indian actor Irrfan Khan, known for his work in both Bollywood and international cinema.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.