Richard Jay Potash
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Richard Jay Potash, better known as Ricky Jay, was an American magician, actor, writer, and historian renowned for his masterful sleight of hand and deep knowledge of conjuring history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richard Jay Potash canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10444977 — 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: Richard Jay Potash Context triple: [Ricky Jay, birthName, Richard Jay Potash]
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A.
Charlie Wolf Pechenik
Charlie Wolf Pechenik is the son of American actress and singer Zooey Deschanel and film producer Jacob Pechenik.
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B.
Richard F. Natonski
Richard F. Natonski is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general known for his leadership of Marine forces during major operations in the Iraq War, including the First Battle of Fallujah.
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C.
Paul Kellogg
Paul Kellogg was an American opera administrator and impresario best known for his influential leadership roles at major U.S. opera companies, where he championed innovative productions and contemporary works.
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D.
Robert J. Kern
Robert J. Kern was an American film editor active during Hollywood’s studio era, known for his work on numerous major MGM productions.
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E.
Richard C. Kratina
Richard C. Kratina was a cinematographer best known for his work on the 1977 horror film "The Sentinel."
- 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: Richard Jay Potash Target entity description: Richard Jay Potash, better known as Ricky Jay, was an American magician, actor, writer, and historian renowned for his masterful sleight of hand and deep knowledge of conjuring history.
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A.
Charlie Wolf Pechenik
Charlie Wolf Pechenik is the son of American actress and singer Zooey Deschanel and film producer Jacob Pechenik.
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B.
Richard F. Natonski
Richard F. Natonski is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general known for his leadership of Marine forces during major operations in the Iraq War, including the First Battle of Fallujah.
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C.
Paul Kellogg
Paul Kellogg was an American opera administrator and impresario best known for his influential leadership roles at major U.S. opera companies, where he championed innovative productions and contemporary works.
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D.
Robert J. Kern
Robert J. Kern was an American film editor active during Hollywood’s studio era, known for his work on numerous major MGM productions.
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E.
Richard C. Kratina
Richard C. Kratina was a cinematographer best known for his work on the 1977 horror film "The Sentinel."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
card magician
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human ⓘ magician ⓘ sleight-of-hand artist ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Boogie Nights
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Games NERFINISHED ⓘ Magnolia NERFINISHED ⓘ The Prestige NERFINISHED ⓘ Tomorrow Never Dies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy of Magical Arts Magician of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | David Mamet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1946-06-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2018-11-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Cornell University (attended, did not graduate) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
conjuring history
ⓘ
sleight of hand ⓘ |
| genre |
history of magic
ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasNotableSkill |
rapid-fire card throwing
ⓘ
sleight-of-hand with playing cards ⓘ |
| knownFor |
card throwing
ⓘ
expertise in sleight of hand ⓘ history of magic ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Academy of Magical Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Richard Jay Potash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Eddie Sawyer in the film "Boogie Nights"
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George Lang in the film "House of Games" ⓘ Henry Gupta in the film "Tomorrow Never Dies" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cards as Weapons
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay NERFINISHED ⓘ Jay’s Journal of Anomalies NERFINISHED ⓘ Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
author ⓘ historian of magic ⓘ magician ⓘ |
| performedWith | David Mamet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| specialization |
card magic
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close-up magic ⓘ |
| stageName | Ricky Jay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Richard Jay Potash Description of subject: Richard Jay Potash, better known as Ricky Jay, was an American magician, actor, writer, and historian renowned for his masterful sleight of hand and deep knowledge of conjuring history.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.