Karel Štěpánek
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Karel Štěpánek was a Czech-born character actor who built a prolific film and television career in Britain, often portraying European military and authority figures in mid-20th-century productions.
All labels observed (1)
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| Karel Štěpánek canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20090592 — 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: Karel Štěpánek Context triple: [Sink the Bismarck!, stars, Karel Štěpánek]
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A.
Karel Kramář
Karel Kramář was a Czech politician and statesman who played a key role in the creation of Czechoslovakia and became its first prime minister after World War I.
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B.
Karel Jílek
Karel Jílek is a pseudonym used by the Czech poet Jiří Orten, known for his lyrical and existential poetry written before his early death during World War II.
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C.
Karel Škorpil
Karel Škorpil was a Czech-Bulgarian archaeologist and historian regarded as a pioneer of Bulgarian archaeology and the systematic study of the country’s ancient heritage.
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D.
Karel Syrový
Karel Syrový was a Czechoslovak army general who briefly served as the country’s prime minister in the tense period leading up to World War II.
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E.
Karel Šimka
Karel Šimka is a Czech lawyer and judge who serves as the president of the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic.
- 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: Karel Štěpánek Target entity description: Karel Štěpánek was a Czech-born character actor who built a prolific film and television career in Britain, often portraying European military and authority figures in mid-20th-century productions.
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A.
Karel Kramář
Karel Kramář was a Czech politician and statesman who played a key role in the creation of Czechoslovakia and became its first prime minister after World War I.
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B.
Karel Jílek
Karel Jílek is a pseudonym used by the Czech poet Jiří Orten, known for his lyrical and existential poetry written before his early death during World War II.
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C.
Karel Škorpil
Karel Škorpil was a Czech-Bulgarian archaeologist and historian regarded as a pioneer of Bulgarian archaeology and the systematic study of the country’s ancient heritage.
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D.
Karel Syrový
Karel Syrový was a Czechoslovak army general who briefly served as the country’s prime minister in the tense period leading up to World War II.
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E.
Karel Šimka
Karel Šimka is a Czech lawyer and judge who serves as the president of the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.