Wexler
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Wexler is a surname most prominently associated with acclaimed American cinematographer and filmmaker Haskell Wexler.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wexler canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3819685 — 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: Wexler Context triple: [Haskell Wexler, familyName, Wexler]
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A.
Nick Wechsler
Nick Wechsler is an American actor best known for his television roles, including playing Jack Porter on the drama series "Revenge."
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B.
Nick Wechsler
Nick Wechsler is an American film producer known for backing acclaimed independent and studio features, including the drama "North Country."
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C.
Zaslofsky
Zaslofsky is a surname most notably associated with Max Zaslofsky, an early star guard in the National Basketball Association.
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D.
Nathan Waks
Nathan Waks is an Australian cellist, composer, and music producer known for his work on film scores and classical music projects.
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E.
Rothkowitz
Rothkowitz is the original family surname of the abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko, reflecting his Eastern European Jewish heritage.
- 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: Wexler Target entity description: Wexler is a surname most prominently associated with acclaimed American cinematographer and filmmaker Haskell Wexler.
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A.
Nick Wechsler
Nick Wechsler is an American actor best known for his television roles, including playing Jack Porter on the drama series "Revenge."
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B.
Nick Wechsler
Nick Wechsler is an American film producer known for backing acclaimed independent and studio features, including the drama "North Country."
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C.
Zaslofsky
Zaslofsky is a surname most notably associated with Max Zaslofsky, an early star guard in the National Basketball Association.
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D.
Nathan Waks
Nathan Waks is an Australian cellist, composer, and music producer known for his work on film scores and classical music projects.
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E.
Rothkowitz
Rothkowitz is the original family surname of the abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko, reflecting his Eastern European Jewish heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cinematographer
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family name ⓘ film director ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
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Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) ⓘ
linked to:
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-02-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2015-12-27 ⓘ |
| genre | documentary film ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Don Wexler
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Glen Wexler ⓘ Haskell Wexler ⓘ Jerry Wexler ⓘ Leslie Wexler ⓘ Sarah Wexler ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
German
ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ |
| notableFor | mid-century modern architecture in Palm Springs ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Medium Cool
ⓘ
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (cinematography) ⓘ
linked to:
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film score)
work with Aretha Franklin ⓘ work with Ray Charles ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
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cinematographer ⓘ film director ⓘ music journalist ⓘ music producer ⓘ photo illustrator ⓘ photographer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
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: Wexler Description of subject: Wexler is a surname most prominently associated with acclaimed American cinematographer and filmmaker Haskell Wexler.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.