Steiger
E943776
Steiger is the surname of Rod Steiger, the American actor renowned for his intense, character-driven performances in films such as "On the Waterfront" and "In the Heat of the Night."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Steiger canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11760417 — 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: Steiger Context triple: [Rod Steiger, familyName, Steiger]
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A.
Mack
Mack is a given name commonly used as a masculine first name or nickname in English-speaking countries.
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B.
The Mack
The Mack is a 1973 blaxploitation crime film centered on a charismatic pimp navigating power struggles in Oakland’s criminal underworld.
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C.
Oshkosh Racey
Oshkosh Racey is a celebrated American racing greyhound renowned for his exceptional track performance and status as one of the sport’s notable champions.
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D.
Couper
Couper is a surname and variant spelling of Cooper, used by various individuals and families, particularly in English-speaking regions.
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E.
Power Wagon
The Power Wagon is a heavy-duty off-road–focused pickup truck variant known for its rugged capability, factory lift, locking differentials, and integrated winch.
- 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: Steiger Target entity description: Steiger is the surname of Rod Steiger, the American actor renowned for his intense, character-driven performances in films such as "On the Waterfront" and "In the Heat of the Night."
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A.
Mack
Mack is a given name commonly used as a masculine first name or nickname in English-speaking countries.
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B.
The Mack
The Mack is a 1973 blaxploitation crime film centered on a charismatic pimp navigating power struggles in Oakland’s criminal underworld.
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C.
Oshkosh Racey
Oshkosh Racey is a celebrated American racing greyhound renowned for his exceptional track performance and status as one of the sport’s notable champions.
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D.
Couper
Couper is a surname and variant spelling of Cooper, used by various individuals and families, particularly in English-speaking regions.
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E.
Power Wagon
The Power Wagon is a heavy-duty off-road–focused pickup truck variant known for its rugged capability, factory lift, locking differentials, and integrated winch.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Actor
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Golden Globe Award ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Steiger ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| givenName | Rodney ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | intense character-driven performances ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Fistful of Dynamite
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Doctor Zhivago ⓘ Duck, You Sucker! ⓘ In the Heat of the Night ⓘ In the Heat of the Night (1967 film) ⓘ
linked to:
In the Heat of the Night
On the Waterfront ⓘ On the Waterfront (1954 film) ⓘ
linked to:
On the Waterfront
The Illustrated Man ⓘ
linked to:
The Illustrated Man (1969 film)
The Pawnbroker ⓘ Waterloo ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hollywood cinema
ⓘ
linked to:
American cinema
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Hollywood ⓘ |
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: Steiger Description of subject: Steiger is the surname of Rod Steiger, the American actor renowned for his intense, character-driven performances in films such as "On the Waterfront" and "In the Heat of the Night."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.