Jerome Silberman
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Jerome Silberman, better known by his stage name Gene Wilder, was an American actor, screenwriter, and director famed for his comedic roles in films such as Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and his collaborations with Mel Brooks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jerome Silberman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9825832 — 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: Jerome Silberman Context triple: [Gene Wilder, fullName, Jerome Silberman]
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A.
Jerome Charles Weintraub
Jerome Charles "Jerry" Weintraub was a prominent American film producer, talent manager, and concert promoter known for backing major entertainers and producing hit films such as the "Ocean's" series.
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B.
Serge Silberman
Serge Silberman was a prominent French film producer best known for his collaborations with director Luis Buñuel on several landmark surrealist films.
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C.
Leo Salkin
Leo Salkin was an American animator, writer, and storyboard artist known for his work on mid-20th-century animated films and shorts.
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D.
Steven Fierberg
Steven Fierberg is an American cinematographer known for his work on feature films and television series, including the romantic drama "Love & Other Drugs."
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E.
Guy Rothblum
Guy Rothblum is a theoretical computer scientist known for his work in cryptography and complexity theory.
- 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: Jerome Silberman Target entity description: Jerome Silberman, better known by his stage name Gene Wilder, was an American actor, screenwriter, and director famed for his comedic roles in films such as Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and his collaborations with Mel Brooks.
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A.
Jerome Charles Weintraub
Jerome Charles "Jerry" Weintraub was a prominent American film producer, talent manager, and concert promoter known for backing major entertainers and producing hit films such as the "Ocean's" series.
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B.
Serge Silberman
Serge Silberman was a prominent French film producer best known for his collaborations with director Luis Buñuel on several landmark surrealist films.
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C.
Leo Salkin
Leo Salkin was an American animator, writer, and storyboard artist known for his work on mid-20th-century animated films and shorts.
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D.
Steven Fierberg
Steven Fierberg is an American cinematographer known for his work on feature films and television series, including the romantic drama "Love & Other Drugs."
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E.
Guy Rothblum
Guy Rothblum is a theoretical computer scientist known for his work in cryptography and complexity theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Jew
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comedian ⓘ film actor ⓘ film director ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsInCareer | 1961–2013 ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Jerome Silberman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications of Alzheimer’s disease ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1933-06-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-08-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
NERFINISHED
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University of Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ashkenazi Jewish ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Blazing Saddles
NERFINISHED
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Haunted Honeymoon NERFINISHED ⓘ See No Evil, Hear No Evil NERFINISHED ⓘ Silver Streak NERFINISHED ⓘ Stir Crazy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Producers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Woman in Red NERFINISHED ⓘ Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ Young Frankenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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author ⓘ film director ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Stamford, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Jordan Walker-Pearlman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Gilda Radner
NERFINISHED
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Karen Boyer NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Joan Schutz NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Mercier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Gene Wilder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote |
Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art
NERFINISHED
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My French Whore NERFINISHED ⓘ The Woman Who Wouldn’t 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: Jerome Silberman Description of subject: Jerome Silberman, better known by his stage name Gene Wilder, was an American actor, screenwriter, and director famed for his comedic roles in films such as Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and his collaborations with Mel Brooks.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.