Kramer
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Kramer is a common German-origin surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as film, music, sports, and academia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kramer canonical | 18 |
| Kramer injures himself by falling on the fusilli sculpture | 1 |
| Kramer returns to work at H&H Bagels after a 12-year strike | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7991372 — 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: Kramer Context triple: [Stanley Kramer, familyName, Kramer]
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A.
Alfred E. Neuman
Alfred E. Neuman is the gap-toothed, freckle-faced mascot of Mad magazine, known for his carefree grin and the catchphrase "What, me worry?"
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B.
Kermit Beahan
Kermit Beahan was a United States Army Air Forces bombardier best known for dropping the atomic bomb on Nagasaki during World War II.
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C.
Kermit Holmes
Kermit Holmes is an American former professional basketball player known for his standout college career at the University of Oklahoma and subsequent play in various international and minor leagues.
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D.
Cletus Klump
Cletus Klump is the jovial, gluttonous patriarch of the Klump family in the Nutty Professor film series, portrayed in heavy prosthetics by Eddie Murphy.
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E.
Rex Kramer
Rex Kramer is a tough, no-nonsense former fighter pilot and aviation expert who serves as a key authority figure in the parody disaster film "Airplane!".
- 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: Kramer Target entity description: Kramer is a common German-origin surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as film, music, sports, and academia.
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A.
Alfred E. Neuman
Alfred E. Neuman is the gap-toothed, freckle-faced mascot of Mad magazine, known for his carefree grin and the catchphrase "What, me worry?"
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B.
Kermit Beahan
Kermit Beahan was a United States Army Air Forces bombardier best known for dropping the atomic bomb on Nagasaki during World War II.
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C.
Kermit Holmes
Kermit Holmes is an American former professional basketball player known for his standout college career at the University of Oklahoma and subsequent play in various international and minor leagues.
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D.
Cletus Klump
Cletus Klump is the jovial, gluttonous patriarch of the Klump family in the Nutty Professor film series, portrayed in heavy prosthetics by Eddie Murphy.
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E.
Rex Kramer
Rex Kramer is a tough, no-nonsense former fighter pilot and aviation expert who serves as a key authority figure in the parody disaster film "Airplane!".
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | surname ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalOrigin | Middle High German ⓘ |
| hasFrequencyCategory | common surname ⓘ |
| hasGenderAssociation | unisex ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | German ⓘ |
| hasNameType | last name ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearersInField |
academia
ⓘ
film ⓘ literature ⓘ music ⓘ politics ⓘ science ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| hasOriginalMeaning |
merchant
ⓘ
peddler ⓘ shopkeeper ⓘ |
| hasRegionOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| hasScriptForm | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Cramer
ⓘ
Kraemer ⓘ
linked to:
Krämer
Krämer ⓘ |
| isOccupationalSurname | true ⓘ |
| isUsedInCountry |
Austria
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Germany ⓘ Israel ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| isUsedInLanguage |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ German ⓘ |
| sharesEtymologyWith |
Cramer
ⓘ
Kraemer ⓘ
linked to:
Krämer
Krämer ⓘ |
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: Kramer Description of subject: Kramer is a common German-origin surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as film, music, sports, and academia.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Lt. Joe Bookman in Seinfeld
linked to: Kramer
subject linked to:
"The Strike"
linked to: Kramer