David Klein
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David Klein is the central character in James Ellroy's crime novel "White Jazz," navigating the corrupt and violent underworld of 1950s Los Angeles as a morally compromised police officer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Klein canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23196195 — 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: David Klein Context triple: [White Jazz, protagonist, David Klein]
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A.
David Klein
David Klein is an American cinematographer best known for his frequent collaborations with filmmaker Kevin Smith and his work on independent films and television series.
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B.
Jonathan Klein
Jonathan Klein is a British businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of the global stock photography and media company Getty Images.
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C.
Dan Klein
Dan Klein is a prominent computer scientist and professor at UC Berkeley known for his influential research in natural language processing and machine learning.
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D.
Michael Klein
Michael Klein is the father of Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein.
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E.
Michael R. Klein
Michael R. Klein is an American lawyer, philanthropist, and political reform advocate best known for co-founding the nonpartisan transparency organization the Sunlight Foundation.
- 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: David Klein Target entity description: David Klein is the central character in James Ellroy's crime novel "White Jazz," navigating the corrupt and violent underworld of 1950s Los Angeles as a morally compromised police officer.
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A.
David Klein
David Klein is an American cinematographer best known for his frequent collaborations with filmmaker Kevin Smith and his work on independent films and television series.
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B.
Jonathan Klein
Jonathan Klein is a British businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of the global stock photography and media company Getty Images.
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C.
Dan Klein
Dan Klein is a prominent computer scientist and professor at UC Berkeley known for his influential research in natural language processing and machine learning.
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D.
Michael Klein
Michael Klein is the father of Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein.
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E.
Michael R. Klein
Michael R. Klein is an American lawyer, philanthropist, and political reform advocate best known for co-founding the nonpartisan transparency organization the Sunlight Foundation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.