Kasdan family
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The Kasdan family is an American family best known for its members’ contributions to film, particularly screenwriting, directing, and producing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kasdan family canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5788361 — 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: Kasdan family Context triple: [Meg Kasdan, partOf, Kasdan family]
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A.
Braverman family
The Braverman family is the central multigenerational clan in the television drama "Parenthood," known for its realistic portrayal of family relationships, personal struggles, and emotional bonds.
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B.
Beneski family
The Beneski family is a benefactor family associated with Amherst College, recognized for their significant philanthropic support that led to the naming of the Beneski Museum of Natural History.
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C.
Kernochan family
The Kernochan family is a prominent American family known for its significant contributions to law, media, and the arts, commemorated through institutions such as the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts.
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D.
Strentzel family
The Strentzel family was a prominent 19th-century California family known for its successful orchards and for its connection to naturalist John Muir through Louisa Wanda Strentzel.
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E.
Moniz family
The Moniz family is a prominent Portuguese noble lineage historically associated with figures such as Filipa Moniz Perestrelo and other members of the medieval aristocracy.
- 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: Kasdan family Target entity description: The Kasdan family is an American family best known for its members’ contributions to film, particularly screenwriting, directing, and producing.
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A.
Braverman family
The Braverman family is the central multigenerational clan in the television drama "Parenthood," known for its realistic portrayal of family relationships, personal struggles, and emotional bonds.
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B.
Beneski family
The Beneski family is a benefactor family associated with Amherst College, recognized for their significant philanthropic support that led to the naming of the Beneski Museum of Natural History.
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C.
Kernochan family
The Kernochan family is a prominent American family known for its significant contributions to law, media, and the arts, commemorated through institutions such as the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts.
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D.
Strentzel family
The Strentzel family was a prominent 19th-century California family known for its successful orchards and for its connection to naturalist John Muir through Louisa Wanda Strentzel.
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E.
Moniz family
The Moniz family is a prominent Portuguese noble lineage historically associated with figures such as Filipa Moniz Perestrelo and other members of the medieval aristocracy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American family
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family ⓘ person ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| family | Kasdan family ⓘ |
| knownFor |
film directing
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film industry contributions ⓘ film producing ⓘ screenwriting ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Jake Kasdan
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Jon Kasdan ⓘ
linked to:
Jonathan Kasdan
Lawrence Kasdan ⓘ Meg Kasdan ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bad Teacher
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Body Heat ⓘ Dawson's Creek ⓘ Jumanji: The Next Level ⓘ Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ⓘ Raiders of the Lost Ark ⓘ Return of the Jedi ⓘ
linked to:
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
Silverado ⓘ Solo: A Star Wars Story ⓘ Star Wars: The Force Awakens ⓘ The Big Chill ⓘ The Empire Strikes Back ⓘ Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| parent |
Lawrence Kasdan
ⓘ
Meg Kasdan ⓘ |
| spouse | Lawrence Kasdan ⓘ |
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: Kasdan family Description of subject: The Kasdan family is an American family best known for its members’ contributions to film, particularly screenwriting, directing, and producing.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Kasdan family