Phil Silvers as Herb Blake
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Phil Silvers as Herb Blake is a comic supporting character in the 1950 musical film "Summer Stock," showcasing Silvers’ trademark fast-talking, wisecracking style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Phil Silvers as Herb Blake canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T984392 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Phil Silvers as Herb Blake Context triple: [Summer Stock, portraysCharacter, Phil Silvers as Herb Blake]
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A.
C. K. Dexter-Haven
C. K. Dexter-Haven is the charming, witty ex-husband of socialite Tracy Lord in the musical film "High Society," famously portrayed by Bing Crosby.
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B.
Felix Unger
Felix Unger is a fictional, fastidious and neurotic neat-freak character best known as one of the mismatched roommates in Neil Simon’s play and subsequent adaptations of "The Odd Couple."
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C.
Felix Unger
Felix Unger is an Austrian cardiac surgeon and academic known for co-founding and leading the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
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D.
Mr. McFeely
Mr. McFeely is the speedy, friendly delivery man on the children's television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," known for his catchphrase "Speedy Delivery!"
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E.
Eddie Sawyer
Eddie Sawyer was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Philadelphia Phillies' "Whiz Kids" to the 1950 National League pennant.
- 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: Phil Silvers as Herb Blake Target entity description: Phil Silvers as Herb Blake is a comic supporting character in the 1950 musical film "Summer Stock," showcasing Silvers’ trademark fast-talking, wisecracking style.
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A.
C. K. Dexter-Haven
C. K. Dexter-Haven is the charming, witty ex-husband of socialite Tracy Lord in the musical film "High Society," famously portrayed by Bing Crosby.
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B.
Felix Unger
Felix Unger is a fictional, fastidious and neurotic neat-freak character best known as one of the mismatched roommates in Neil Simon’s play and subsequent adaptations of "The Odd Couple."
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C.
Felix Unger
Felix Unger is an Austrian cardiac surgeon and academic known for co-founding and leading the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
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D.
Mr. McFeely
Mr. McFeely is the speedy, friendly delivery man on the children's television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," known for his catchphrase "Speedy Delivery!"
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E.
Eddie Sawyer
Eddie Sawyer was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Philadelphia Phillies' "Whiz Kids" to the 1950 National League pennant.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film character
ⓘ
supporting character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Summer Stock ⓘ |
| basedOnPerformerPersona | Phil Silvers’ stage and screen comedy style ⓘ |
| characterType | comic supporting character ⓘ |
| comicRelief | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
musical film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| notableFor | showcasing Phil Silvers’ trademark comic style ⓘ |
| partOfCastEnsemble | Summer Stock ensemble cast ⓘ |
| performanceStyle |
fast-talking
ⓘ
wisecracking ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Phil Silvers ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| setInWorkContext | backstage musical setting ⓘ |
| workDirector | Charles Walters ⓘ |
| workFormat | feature film ⓘ |
| workStarring |
Gene Kelly
ⓘ
Judy Garland ⓘ |
| workTitle | Summer Stock ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1950 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Phil Silvers as Herb Blake Description of subject: Phil Silvers as Herb Blake is a comic supporting character in the 1950 musical film "Summer Stock," showcasing Silvers’ trademark fast-talking, wisecracking style.
Referenced by (1)
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