Professor Jerry Hathaway
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Professor Jerry Hathaway is a fictional, arrogant and ethically dubious college professor and antagonist from the 1985 comedy film "Real Genius."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Professor Jerry Hathaway canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17504893 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Professor Jerry Hathaway Context triple: [William Atherton, portrayed, Professor Jerry Hathaway]
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Dr. Ross Jennings
Dr. Ross Jennings is the small-town physician and protagonist of the 1990 horror-comedy film "Arachnophobia," who must confront his intense fear of spiders when deadly arachnids invade his community.
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Dr. Jerry Xavier
Dr. Jerry Xavier is a fictional character associated with the persona of Doctor X, likely serving as an alter ego or key figure within that narrative universe.
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C.
Dr. Jack Harper
Dr. Jack Harper is the central protagonist of the medical thriller film "Awake," around whom the story’s suspenseful surgical and psychological drama revolves.
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D.
Dr. Jack Griffin
Dr. Jack Griffin is the brilliant but unhinged scientist who becomes the titular invisible man in the classic 1933 horror film "The Invisible Man."
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E.
Dr. Gregory Pratt
Dr. Gregory Pratt is a fictional emergency medicine physician and central character on the television series "ER," known for his confident, sometimes brash demeanor and significant personal and professional growth throughout the show.
- 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: Professor Jerry Hathaway Target entity description: Professor Jerry Hathaway is a fictional, arrogant and ethically dubious college professor and antagonist from the 1985 comedy film "Real Genius."
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A.
Dr. Ross Jennings
Dr. Ross Jennings is the small-town physician and protagonist of the 1990 horror-comedy film "Arachnophobia," who must confront his intense fear of spiders when deadly arachnids invade his community.
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B.
Dr. Jerry Xavier
Dr. Jerry Xavier is a fictional character associated with the persona of Doctor X, likely serving as an alter ego or key figure within that narrative universe.
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C.
Dr. Jack Harper
Dr. Jack Harper is the central protagonist of the medical thriller film "Awake," around whom the story’s suspenseful surgical and psychological drama revolves.
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D.
Dr. Jack Griffin
Dr. Jack Griffin is the brilliant but unhinged scientist who becomes the titular invisible man in the classic 1933 horror film "The Invisible Man."
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E.
Dr. Gregory Pratt
Dr. Gregory Pratt is a fictional emergency medicine physician and central character on the television series "ER," known for his confident, sometimes brash demeanor and significant personal and professional growth throughout the show.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.