Edward Lasker
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Edward Lasker was an American film producer and studio executive active in Hollywood during the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edward Lasker canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10931973 — 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: Edward Lasker Context triple: [Jane Greer, spouse, Edward Lasker]
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A.
Emanuel Lasker
Emanuel Lasker was a German mathematician and the second World Chess Champion, renowned for holding the title for a record 27 years from 1894 to 1921.
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B.
Reuben Lasker
Reuben Lasker was a prominent American fisheries biologist known for his influential research on fish larvae and marine ecosystems.
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C.
Richard Steinitz
Richard Steinitz is a British musicologist and arts administrator best known for founding and directing the influential Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, a leading platform for new and experimental music.
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D.
Robert Fisher
Robert Fisher is an artist and designer best known for creating the iconic cover art for Nirvana’s album "In Utero."
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E.
Arthur Schoenfeld
Arthur Schoenfeld was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary during the mid-20th century.
- 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: Edward Lasker Target entity description: Edward Lasker was an American film producer and studio executive active in Hollywood during the mid-20th century.
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A.
Emanuel Lasker
Emanuel Lasker was a German mathematician and the second World Chess Champion, renowned for holding the title for a record 27 years from 1894 to 1921.
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B.
Reuben Lasker
Reuben Lasker was a prominent American fisheries biologist known for his influential research on fish larvae and marine ecosystems.
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C.
Richard Steinitz
Richard Steinitz is a British musicologist and arts administrator best known for founding and directing the influential Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, a leading platform for new and experimental music.
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D.
Robert Fisher
Robert Fisher is an artist and designer best known for creating the iconic cover art for Nirvana’s album "In Utero."
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E.
Arthur Schoenfeld
Arthur Schoenfeld was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
film producer ⓘ human ⓘ studio executive ⓘ |
| activePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1912-09-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1997-12-26 ⓘ |
| employer |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
ⓘ
independent production companies ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Lasker ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
ⓘ
biographical film ⓘ drama film ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| industry |
Hollywood film industry
ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableAward | Academy Award nomination (producer, associated films) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ransom!
ⓘ
The Great Caruso ⓘ The Light in the Forest ⓘ The Magnificent Yankee ⓘ The Naked Spur ⓘ The Power and the Prize ⓘ The Wreck of the Mary Deare ⓘ
linked to:
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (novel)
|
| occupation |
film producer
ⓘ
studio executive ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| relative | Albert Lasker ⓘ |
| residence | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Hollywood ⓘ |
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: Edward Lasker Description of subject: Edward Lasker was an American film producer and studio executive active in Hollywood during the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Bettejane Greer