Harold Chasen
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Harold Chasen is the morbid, death-obsessed young protagonist of the dark romantic comedy film "Harold and Maude."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Harold Chasen canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2179340 — 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: Harold Chasen Context triple: [Harold and Maude, mainCharacter, Harold Chasen]
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A.
Jack Shulman
Jack Shulman is the son of American actress Anne Hathaway and her husband, actor and businessman Adam Shulman.
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B.
Stanley Saitowitz
Stanley Saitowitz is a South African-born American architect known for his minimalist, modernist designs and influential work in contemporary urban architecture.
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C.
Lowell Bergman
Lowell Bergman is an American investigative journalist and producer best known for his work on CBS's "60 Minutes" and for exposing major corporate and political scandals.
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D.
Bill Sackter
Bill Sackter was a developmentally disabled man whose life story of institutionalization, friendship, and late-in-life independence became widely known through the film "Bill" and helped change public perceptions of people with disabilities.
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E.
Douglas Shulman
Douglas Shulman is an American public official who served as the head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) during the late 2000s and early 2010s.
- 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: Harold Chasen Target entity description: Harold Chasen is the morbid, death-obsessed young protagonist of the dark romantic comedy film "Harold and Maude."
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A.
Jack Shulman
Jack Shulman is the son of American actress Anne Hathaway and her husband, actor and businessman Adam Shulman.
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B.
Stanley Saitowitz
Stanley Saitowitz is a South African-born American architect known for his minimalist, modernist designs and influential work in contemporary urban architecture.
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C.
Lowell Bergman
Lowell Bergman is an American investigative journalist and producer best known for his work on CBS's "60 Minutes" and for exposing major corporate and political scandals.
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D.
Bill Sackter
Bill Sackter was a developmentally disabled man whose life story of institutionalization, friendship, and late-in-life independence became widely known through the film "Bill" and helped change public perceptions of people with disabilities.
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E.
Douglas Shulman
Douglas Shulman is an American public official who served as the head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) during the late 2000s and early 2010s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| ageInWork | young adult ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Harold and Maude ⓘ |
| associatedWorkDirector | Hal Ashby ⓘ |
| associatedWorkWriter | Colin Higgins ⓘ |
| characterArc | transformation from death-obsessed to life-affirming outlook ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
alienated
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death-obsessed ⓘ emotionally detached ⓘ introverted ⓘ melancholic ⓘ morbid ⓘ sensitive ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| createdFor | Harold and Maude ⓘ |
| creator | Colin Higgins ⓘ |
| familyName | Chasen ⓘ |
| familyRelation | son of a wealthy, controlling mother ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
film Harold and Maude
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linked to:
Harold and Maude
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Harold ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| loveInterest |
Maude
ⓘ
linked to:
Maude Findlay
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| medium | film ⓘ |
| name | Harold Chasen ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
main character
ⓘ
protagonist of Harold and Maude ⓘ |
| notableFor |
obsession with death
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staging fake suicides ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Bud Cort ⓘ |
| relationship | romantic relationship with Maude ⓘ |
| settingOfCharacter | upper-class American environment ⓘ |
| thematicAssociation |
death
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existentialism ⓘ intergenerational romance ⓘ meaning of life ⓘ nonconformity ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
| workGenre |
black comedy
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dark comedy ⓘ romance film ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1971 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harold Chasen Description of subject: Harold Chasen is the morbid, death-obsessed young protagonist of the dark romantic comedy film "Harold and Maude."
Referenced by (7)
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