David Kepesh
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David Kepesh is a recurring Philip Roth protagonist, a self-absorbed, aging intellectual and womanizer whose erotic obsessions and fear of mortality drive much of the psychological drama in Roth’s fiction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Kepesh canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14892575 — 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: David Kepesh Context triple: [The Dying Animal, mainCharacter, David Kepesh]
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A.
Donald Kaufman
Donald Kaufman is a fictional twin brother of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, created as a meta-character and co-protagonist in the film "Adaptation."
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B.
Steven Lutvak
Steven Lutvak is an American composer and lyricist best known for co-writing the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder."
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C.
Jerry Stahl
Jerry Stahl is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his darkly comic, autobiographical work, including the addiction memoir "Permanent Midnight."
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D.
Douglas Kenney
Douglas Kenney was an American comedy writer, actor, and co-founder of National Lampoon magazine who became influential in 1970s and 1980s film comedy.
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E.
Michael Lembeck
Michael Lembeck is an American director and actor best known for his work on family comedies and popular television series such as "Friends."
- 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: David Kepesh Target entity description: David Kepesh is a recurring Philip Roth protagonist, a self-absorbed, aging intellectual and womanizer whose erotic obsessions and fear of mortality drive much of the psychological drama in Roth’s fiction.
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A.
Donald Kaufman
Donald Kaufman is a fictional twin brother of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, created as a meta-character and co-protagonist in the film "Adaptation."
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B.
Steven Lutvak
Steven Lutvak is an American composer and lyricist best known for co-writing the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder."
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C.
Jerry Stahl
Jerry Stahl is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his darkly comic, autobiographical work, including the addiction memoir "Permanent Midnight."
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D.
Douglas Kenney
Douglas Kenney was an American comedy writer, actor, and co-founder of National Lampoon magazine who became influential in 1970s and 1980s film comedy.
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E.
Michael Lembeck
Michael Lembeck is an American director and actor best known for his work on family comedies and popular television series such as "Friends."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.