Ira Parks
E678102
Ira Parks is the neurotic, good-hearted writer protagonist portrayed by Chevy Chase in the 1980 romantic comedy film "Seems Like Old Times."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ira Parks canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7354781 — 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: Ira Parks Context triple: [Seems Like Old Times, mainCharacter, Ira Parks]
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A.
Ira Bigelow
Ira Bigelow is a notable individual associated with the Bigelow family or namesake, recognized for contributions significant enough to be distinctly recorded.
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B.
Philip Garris
Philip Garris is an American artist best known for his iconic fantasy- and mythology-inspired album cover artwork, particularly for the Grateful Dead.
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C.
Ira Morgan
Ira Morgan was an American cinematographer best known for his work on classic early 20th-century films, including collaborations with Charlie Chaplin.
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D.
Don Reed
Don Reed is a musician known for contributing as a featured artist on the country album "Tomorrow’s Sounds Today."
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E.
Irving Townsend
Irving Townsend was an American record producer and Columbia Records executive best known for overseeing landmark jazz recordings, including Miles Davis’s "Kind of Blue."
- 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: Ira Parks Target entity description: Ira Parks is the neurotic, good-hearted writer protagonist portrayed by Chevy Chase in the 1980 romantic comedy film "Seems Like Old Times."
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A.
Ira Bigelow
Ira Bigelow is a notable individual associated with the Bigelow family or namesake, recognized for contributions significant enough to be distinctly recorded.
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B.
Philip Garris
Philip Garris is an American artist best known for his iconic fantasy- and mythology-inspired album cover artwork, particularly for the Grateful Dead.
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C.
Ira Morgan
Ira Morgan was an American cinematographer best known for his work on classic early 20th-century films, including collaborations with Charlie Chaplin.
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D.
Don Reed
Don Reed is a musician known for contributing as a featured artist on the country album "Tomorrow’s Sounds Today."
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E.
Irving Townsend
Irving Townsend was an American record producer and Columbia Records executive best known for overseeing landmark jazz recordings, including Miles Davis’s "Kind of Blue."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (17)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Seems Like Old Times ⓘ |
| countryOfWorkOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdForMedium | film ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Parks ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Ira ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
good-hearted
ⓘ
neurotic ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| occupation | writer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Chevy Chase ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | Seems Like Old Times ⓘ |
| workReleaseYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| workTitle | Seems Like Old Times ⓘ |
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: Ira Parks Description of subject: Ira Parks is the neurotic, good-hearted writer protagonist portrayed by Chevy Chase in the 1980 romantic comedy film "Seems Like Old Times."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.