Dr. Ira Kane
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Dr. Ira Kane is the witty, disgraced former government scientist-turned-college professor played by David Duchovny in the sci-fi comedy film "Evolution."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dr. Ira Kane canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14552171 — 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: Dr. Ira Kane Context triple: [David Duchovny, characterRole, Dr. Ira Kane]
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A.
Dr. Maxwell Stanton
Dr. Maxwell Stanton is a fictional character appearing in the television drama series "In the House."
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B.
Dr. Cadman
Dr. Cadman is a sinister surgeon in the 1956 horror film "The Black Sleep," known for conducting macabre brain experiments on unwilling subjects.
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C.
Dr. Ned Darrell
Dr. Ned Darrell is a central character in Eugene O’Neill’s play "Strange Interlude," a conflicted physician entangled in a complex love triangle and burdened by moral and psychological turmoil.
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D.
Dr. Benjamin Canfield
Dr. Benjamin Canfield is a senior physician and mentor figure who supervises the prodigious teenage doctor in the television series "Doogie Howser, M.D."
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E.
Dr. Louis Judd
Dr. Louis Judd is a psychiatrist character in the 1942 horror film "Cat People," known for his skeptical, analytical approach to the film’s supernatural events.
- 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: Dr. Ira Kane Target entity description: Dr. Ira Kane is the witty, disgraced former government scientist-turned-college professor played by David Duchovny in the sci-fi comedy film "Evolution."
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A.
Dr. Maxwell Stanton
Dr. Maxwell Stanton is a fictional character appearing in the television drama series "In the House."
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B.
Dr. Cadman
Dr. Cadman is a sinister surgeon in the 1956 horror film "The Black Sleep," known for conducting macabre brain experiments on unwilling subjects.
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C.
Dr. Ned Darrell
Dr. Ned Darrell is a central character in Eugene O’Neill’s play "Strange Interlude," a conflicted physician entangled in a complex love triangle and burdened by moral and psychological turmoil.
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D.
Dr. Benjamin Canfield
Dr. Benjamin Canfield is a senior physician and mentor figure who supervises the prodigious teenage doctor in the television series "Doogie Howser, M.D."
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E.
Dr. Louis Judd
Dr. Louis Judd is a psychiatrist character in the 1942 horror film "Cat People," known for his skeptical, analytical approach to the film’s supernatural events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.