Vanderhof
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Vanderhof is the surname of the eccentric, free-spirited family at the center of the classic American play and film "You Can't Take It with You."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vanderhof canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11403991 — 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: Vanderhof Context triple: [Grandpa Vanderhof, familyName, Vanderhof]
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A.
Theaterama
Theaterama is a circular exhibition and performance space that formed part of the New York State Pavilion complex built for the 1964–65 New York World’s Fair in Queens.
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B.
The Playhouse
The Playhouse is a 1921 silent short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton, famous for its groundbreaking multiple-exposure effects that show Keaton playing nearly every role on screen.
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C.
Shawbost
Shawbost is a village on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, known for its Gaelic heritage and coastal scenery.
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D.
The Salesman
The Salesman is an acclaimed 2016 Iranian drama film directed by Asghar Farhadi that explores moral conflict and social tensions in contemporary Tehran.
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E.
Shaffer
Shaffer is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as literature, law, and the arts.
- 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: Vanderhof Target entity description: Vanderhof is the surname of the eccentric, free-spirited family at the center of the classic American play and film "You Can't Take It with You."
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A.
Theaterama
Theaterama is a circular exhibition and performance space that formed part of the New York State Pavilion complex built for the 1964–65 New York World’s Fair in Queens.
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B.
The Playhouse
The Playhouse is a 1921 silent short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton, famous for its groundbreaking multiple-exposure effects that show Keaton playing nearly every role on screen.
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C.
Shawbost
Shawbost is a village on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, known for its Gaelic heritage and coastal scenery.
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D.
The Salesman
The Salesman is an acclaimed 2016 Iranian drama film directed by Asghar Farhadi that explores moral conflict and social tensions in contemporary Tehran.
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E.
Shaffer
Shaffer is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as literature, law, and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional family name
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium |
film
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | You Can't Take It with You ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor |
George S. Kaufman
ⓘ
Moss Hart ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Martin Vanderhof ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
family life
ⓘ
individualism ⓘ nonconformity ⓘ pursuit of happiness ⓘ |
| centralToPlotOf |
You Can't Take It with You (film)
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linked to:
You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You (play) ⓘ
linked to:
You Can't Take It with You
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| describedAs |
eccentric
ⓘ
free-spirited ⓘ |
| familyNameOf | Vanderhof family ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | You Can't Take It with You universe ⓘ |
| hasGenreContext | American comedy ⓘ |
| hasNotableAdaptationContext |
You Can't Take It with You (1938 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You (stage revivals) ⓘ
linked to:
You Can't Take It with You
|
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | represents unconventional family values ⓘ |
| usedAs | family surname in fiction ⓘ |
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: Vanderhof Description of subject: Vanderhof is the surname of the eccentric, free-spirited family at the center of the classic American play and film "You Can't Take It with You."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.