Kasdan
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American screenwriter
family name
film director
film producer
person
screenwriter
surname
television producer
Kasdan is a surname most notably associated with American screenwriter, director, and producer Lawrence Kasdan, known for his work on major films such as "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kasdan canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T992357 — 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: Kasdan Context triple: [Lawrence Kasdan, familyName, Kasdan]
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A.
Kadan
Kadan was a Mongol prince and military commander who played a key role in the Mongol invasions of Central and Eastern Europe in the 13th century.
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B.
Yunaska
Yunaska is the maiden surname of Lara Trump, who is married to Eric Trump, son of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
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C.
Konerko
Konerko is the surname of Paul Konerko, a former Major League Baseball first baseman best known for his long tenure and leadership with the Chicago White Sox.
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D.
Krakhuna
Krakhuna is a Georgian white grape variety from the Imereti region, known for producing aromatic, full-bodied wines with pronounced acidity.
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E.
Khashuri
Khashuri is a town in central Georgia that serves as an important regional transport hub and gateway between eastern and western parts of the country.
- 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: Kasdan Target entity description: Kasdan is a surname most notably associated with American screenwriter, director, and producer Lawrence Kasdan, known for his work on major films such as "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
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A.
Kadan
Kadan was a Mongol prince and military commander who played a key role in the Mongol invasions of Central and Eastern Europe in the 13th century.
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B.
Yunaska
Yunaska is the maiden surname of Lara Trump, who is married to Eric Trump, son of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
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C.
Konerko
Konerko is the surname of Paul Konerko, a former Major League Baseball first baseman best known for his long tenure and leadership with the Chicago White Sox.
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D.
Krakhuna
Krakhuna is a Georgian white grape variety from the Imereti region, known for producing aromatic, full-bodied wines with pronounced acidity.
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E.
Khashuri
Khashuri is a town in central Georgia that serves as an important regional transport hub and gateway between eastern and western parts of the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American screenwriter
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family name ⓘ film director ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ surname ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| familyName |
Kasdan
ⓘ
Kasdan ⓘ Kasdan ⓘ |
| father | Lawrence Kasdan ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | cinema ⓘ |
| genre | film ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| notableBearer |
Jake Kasdan
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Lawrence Kasdan ⓘ Meg Kasdan ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Body Heat
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Grand Canyon ⓘ Jumanji: The Next Level ⓘ Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ⓘ Raiders of the Lost Ark ⓘ Return of the Jedi ⓘ
linked to:
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
Silverado ⓘ Star Wars: The Force Awakens ⓘ The Accidental Tourist ⓘ The Accidental Tourist ⓘ The Big Chill ⓘ The Empire Strikes Back ⓘ Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
ⓘ
film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| spouse | Lawrence Kasdan ⓘ |
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: Kasdan Description of subject: Kasdan is a surname most notably associated with American screenwriter, director, and producer Lawrence Kasdan, known for his work on major films such as "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.