Larry Kaplan (game designer)
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Larry Kaplan is an American video game designer best known as one of the original programmers at Atari and a co-founder of Activision, where he helped pioneer the early home console game industry.
All labels observed (1)
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| Larry Kaplan (game designer) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14577643 — 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)
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Target entity: Larry Kaplan (game designer) Context triple: [Larry Kaplan, alsoKnownAs, Larry Kaplan (game designer)]
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A.
Joel Schiffman
Joel Schiffman is an American financier and investment professional best known as the longtime former partner of television journalist Hoda Kotb.
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B.
Steve Jackson
Steve Jackson is a fictional character from the 1974 comedy film "Uptown Saturday Night," portrayed as one of the central figures in the movie's caper-driven storyline.
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C.
Steve Jackson
Steve Jackson is a British game designer and entrepreneur best known for co-founding Games Workshop and pioneering role-playing and tabletop gaming in the UK.
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D.
Dave Lebling
Dave Lebling is an American game designer and programmer best known as one of the co-creators of the pioneering text adventure game Zork and a founding member of the interactive fiction company Infocom.
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E.
Jordan Mechner
Jordan Mechner is an American video game designer, programmer, and writer best known as the creator of the Prince of Persia series.
- 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: Larry Kaplan (game designer) Target entity description: Larry Kaplan is an American video game designer best known as one of the original programmers at Atari and a co-founder of Activision, where he helped pioneer the early home console game industry.
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A.
Joel Schiffman
Joel Schiffman is an American financier and investment professional best known as the longtime former partner of television journalist Hoda Kotb.
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B.
Steve Jackson
Steve Jackson is a British game designer and entrepreneur best known for co-founding Games Workshop and pioneering role-playing and tabletop gaming in the UK.
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C.
Steve Jackson
Steve Jackson is a fictional character from the 1974 comedy film "Uptown Saturday Night," portrayed as one of the central figures in the movie's caper-driven storyline.
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D.
Dave Lebling
Dave Lebling is an American game designer and programmer best known as one of the co-creators of the pioneering text adventure game Zork and a founding member of the interactive fiction company Infocom.
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E.
Jordan Mechner
Jordan Mechner is an American video game designer, programmer, and writer best known as the creator of the Prince of Persia series.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.