David Basner
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David Basner is the ambitious young advertising executive, played by Tom Hanks, who struggles to balance his career with caring for his aging, recently separated parents in the 1986 comedy-drama film "Nothing in Common."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Basner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16445078 — 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 Basner Context triple: [Nothing in Common, mainCharacter, David Basner]
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A.
Ken Daurio
Ken Daurio is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular animated films such as Despicable Me, The Lorax, and The Secret Life of Pets.
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B.
Ben Margulies
Ben Margulies is an American songwriter and producer best known for co-writing several early hits with Mariah Carey, including her debut single "Vision of Love."
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C.
Josh Baskin
Josh Baskin is the young boy who magically becomes an adult overnight and navigates the adult world with childlike innocence in the film "Big."
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D.
Chris Dabaldo
Chris Dabaldo is a musician best known as a guitarist for the American rock band Saliva.
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E.
Mark Dacascos
Mark Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist known for his roles in action films and television, as well as for serving as the Chairman on the TV show "Iron Chef America."
- 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 Basner Target entity description: David Basner is the ambitious young advertising executive, played by Tom Hanks, who struggles to balance his career with caring for his aging, recently separated parents in the 1986 comedy-drama film "Nothing in Common."
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A.
Ken Daurio
Ken Daurio is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular animated films such as Despicable Me, The Lorax, and The Secret Life of Pets.
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B.
Ben Margulies
Ben Margulies is an American songwriter and producer best known for co-writing several early hits with Mariah Carey, including her debut single "Vision of Love."
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C.
Josh Baskin
Josh Baskin is the young boy who magically becomes an adult overnight and navigates the adult world with childlike innocence in the film "Big."
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D.
Chris Dabaldo
Chris Dabaldo is a musician best known as a guitarist for the American rock band Saliva.
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E.
Mark Dacascos
Mark Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist known for his roles in action films and television, as well as for serving as the Chairman on the TV show "Iron Chef America."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.