George Voskovec
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George Voskovec was a Czech-American actor and playwright best known internationally for his role as Juror #11 in the classic courtroom drama film "12 Angry Men."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| George Voskovec canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12637046 — 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: George Voskovec Context triple: [12 Angry Men, starring, George Voskovec]
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A.
Josef Masopust
Josef Masopust was a legendary Czechoslovak midfielder, Ballon d'Or winner, and key figure in his country's run to the 1962 FIFA World Cup final.
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B.
Miloš Jakeš
Miloš Jakeš was a Czechoslovak communist politician who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in the late 1980s, during the final years of the socialist regime before the Velvet Revolution.
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C.
Viktor Kaplan
Viktor Kaplan was an Austrian engineer best known for inventing the Kaplan turbine, a highly efficient water turbine widely used in hydroelectric power plants.
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D.
Miroslav Tyrš
Miroslav Tyrš was a Czech art historian, philosopher, and nationalist who co-founded the Sokol movement, which combined physical education with cultural and patriotic ideals in the Czech lands.
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E.
Vladimír Dzurilla
Vladimír Dzurilla was a legendary Czechoslovak ice hockey goaltender, widely regarded as one of the best European goalies of his era and a key figure in international competitions during the 1960s and 1970s.
- 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: George Voskovec Target entity description: George Voskovec was a Czech-American actor and playwright best known internationally for his role as Juror #11 in the classic courtroom drama film "12 Angry Men."
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A.
Josef Masopust
Josef Masopust was a legendary Czechoslovak midfielder, Ballon d'Or winner, and key figure in his country's run to the 1962 FIFA World Cup final.
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B.
Miloš Jakeš
Miloš Jakeš was a Czechoslovak communist politician who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in the late 1980s, during the final years of the socialist regime before the Velvet Revolution.
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C.
Viktor Kaplan
Viktor Kaplan was an Austrian engineer best known for inventing the Kaplan turbine, a highly efficient water turbine widely used in hydroelectric power plants.
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D.
Miroslav Tyrš
Miroslav Tyrš was a Czech art historian, philosopher, and nationalist who co-founded the Sokol movement, which combined physical education with cultural and patriotic ideals in the Czech lands.
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E.
Vladimír Dzurilla
Vladimír Dzurilla was a legendary Czechoslovak ice hockey goaltender, widely regarded as one of the best European goalies of his era and a key figure in international competitions during the 1960s and 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Czech-American
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actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ playwright ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| birthName | Jiří Voskovec ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatus | emigrant from Czechoslovakia to the United States ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Jan Werich
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Jiří Trnka ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Czechoslovakia
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Czech ⓘ |
| familyName | Voskovec ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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drama ⓘ |
| givenName |
George
ⓘ
Jiří ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Czech
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
stage ⓘ television ⓘ |
| name | George Voskovec ⓘ |
| notableRole | Juror #11 in the film 12 Angry Men ⓘ |
| notableWork |
12 Angry Men
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Czech avant-garde theatre ⓘ Czech plays co-written with Jan Werich ⓘ theatre work with Jan Werich ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
director ⓘ playwright ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| partOf |
American film history
ⓘ
Czech cultural history ⓘ |
| residence |
France
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| role | Juror #11 in 12 Angry Men ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New York City
ⓘ
Prague ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: George Voskovec Description of subject: George Voskovec was a Czech-American actor and playwright best known internationally for his role as Juror #11 in the classic courtroom drama film "12 Angry Men."
Referenced by (4)
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