Michael Kaplan
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Michael Kaplan is an American costume designer known for his influential work on films such as "Flashdance," "Blade Runner," and multiple "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" installments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael Kaplan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16229548 — 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: Michael Kaplan Context triple: [Flashdance, costumeDesigner, Michael Kaplan]
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A.
Michael Kaplan
Michael Kaplan is a composer and musician known for creating the music for the film "Burlesque."
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B.
David Heitner
David Heitner is a film editor known for his work on the South African musical drama film "Sarafina!".
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C.
Jonathan Rothberg
Jonathan Rothberg is an American scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur best known for pioneering next-generation DNA sequencing technologies and founding multiple genomics companies.
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D.
David Levien
David Levien is an American screenwriter, novelist, and producer best known for co-writing crime and heist films as well as co-creating the television series "Billions."
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E.
David Weinberg
David Weinberg is a name shared by multiple notable individuals, including professionals in fields such as science, academia, and the arts.
- 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: Michael Kaplan Target entity description: Michael Kaplan is an American costume designer known for his influential work on films such as "Flashdance," "Blade Runner," and multiple "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" installments.
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A.
Michael Kaplan
Michael Kaplan is a composer and musician known for creating the music for the film "Burlesque."
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B.
David Heitner
David Heitner is a film editor known for his work on the South African musical drama film "Sarafina!".
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C.
Jonathan Rothberg
Jonathan Rothberg is an American scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur best known for pioneering next-generation DNA sequencing technologies and founding multiple genomics companies.
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D.
David Levien
David Levien is an American screenwriter, novelist, and producer best known for co-writing crime and heist films as well as co-creating the television series "Billions."
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E.
David Weinberg
David Weinberg is a name shared by multiple notable individuals, including professionals in fields such as science, academia, and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.