Alex Kerner
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Alex Kerner is the idealistic young protagonist of the German film "Good Bye, Lenin!", who stages an elaborate ruse to protect his fragile mother from learning about the fall of East Germany.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alex Kerner canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10126933 — 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: Alex Kerner Context triple: [Daniel Brühl, portrayedCharacter, Alex Kerner]
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A.
Jon Kern
Jon Kern is a software engineer and consultant best known as one of the original co-authors of the Agile Manifesto, helping to shape modern agile software development practices.
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B.
Eric Pohlmann
Eric Pohlmann was an Austrian-born character actor best known for providing the original voice of the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the early James Bond films.
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C.
Alex Kintner
Alex Kintner is a young boy whose fatal shark attack at Amity Island becomes a pivotal and haunting event in the film "Jaws."
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D.
Kerry Killinger
Kerry Killinger is an American banker best known for leading Washington Mutual as its CEO during its aggressive expansion and subsequent collapse in the 2008 financial crisis.
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E.
Chris Sievernich
Chris Sievernich is a German film producer best known for his work on acclaimed art-house and independent films, including Wim Wenders’ "Paris, Texas."
- 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: Alex Kerner Target entity description: Alex Kerner is the idealistic young protagonist of the German film "Good Bye, Lenin!", who stages an elaborate ruse to protect his fragile mother from learning about the fall of East Germany.
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A.
Jon Kern
Jon Kern is a software engineer and consultant best known as one of the original co-authors of the Agile Manifesto, helping to shape modern agile software development practices.
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B.
Eric Pohlmann
Eric Pohlmann was an Austrian-born character actor best known for providing the original voice of the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the early James Bond films.
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C.
Alex Kintner
Alex Kintner is a young boy whose fatal shark attack at Amity Island becomes a pivotal and haunting event in the film "Jaws."
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D.
Kerry Killinger
Kerry Killinger is an American banker best known for leading Washington Mutual as its CEO during its aggressive expansion and subsequent collapse in the 2008 financial crisis.
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E.
Chris Sievernich
Chris Sievernich is a German film producer best known for his work on acclaimed art-house and independent films, including Wim Wenders’ "Paris, Texas."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Good Bye, Lenin!
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linked to:
Good Bye, Lenin! (2003 film)
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| associatedWith |
Ostalgie
ⓘ
socialism ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
idealistic
ⓘ
nostalgic ⓘ protective ⓘ resourceful ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Democratic Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
East Germany
|
| createdBy |
Bernd Lichtenberg
ⓘ
Wolfgang Becker ⓘ |
| familyName | Kerner ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext |
drama
ⓘ
tragicomedy ⓘ |
| filmLanguage | German ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Good Bye, Lenin! (2003 film) ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Alex ⓘ |
| goal | protect his mother from shock ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfRelationship |
brother-sister relationship with Ariane Kerner
ⓘ
son-mother relationship with Christiane Kerner ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | German ⓘ |
| majorEventWitnessed |
collapse of the GDR
ⓘ
fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ |
| method |
recreating GDR-era apartment environment
ⓘ
staging fake GDR news broadcasts ⓘ |
| mother | Christiane Kerner ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | East German ⓘ |
| notableWork | elaborate ruse to hide fall of GDR from his mother ⓘ |
| occupation |
satellite dish installer
ⓘ
television repairman ⓘ |
| partOf | Good Bye, Lenin! narrative ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
German Democratic Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
East Germany
reunification of Germany ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Daniel Brühl ⓘ |
| residence |
Berlin
ⓘ
East Berlin ⓘ |
| romanticPartner | Lara ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
early 1990s
ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ |
| sibling | Ariane Kerner ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
family loyalty
ⓘ
memory and identity ⓘ political change ⓘ truth and deception ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alex Kerner Description of subject: Alex Kerner is the idealistic young protagonist of the German film "Good Bye, Lenin!", who stages an elaborate ruse to protect his fragile mother from learning about the fall of East Germany.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.