Professor David Pollock
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Professor David Pollock is the fictional protagonist of the 1966 spy comedy-thriller film "Arabesque," portrayed as an Oxford professor drawn into international intrigue.
All labels observed (1)
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| Professor David Pollock canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17177908 — 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: Professor David Pollock Context triple: [Arabesque (1966 film), leadCharacter, Professor David Pollock]
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A.
Professor Andrew Goudie
Professor Andrew Goudie is a distinguished British geographer and academic known for his influential research on desert geomorphology and environmental change.
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B.
Professor Robert Crawford
Professor Robert Crawford is a strict and skeptical English teacher in the film "Finding Forrester" who challenges the talents and integrity of the young protagonist, Jamal.
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C.
Professor Gordon Zellaby
Professor Gordon Zellaby is the central intellectual protagonist in the science fiction horror story "Village of the Damned," known for his analytical approach to the mysterious, supernaturally gifted children in his English village.
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D.
Professor Warren Rice
Professor Warren Rice is a scholarly character in H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos who helps investigate and confront the supernatural events in “The Dunwich Horror.”
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E.
Dr. Donald Westphall
Dr. Donald Westphall is a central fictional physician and hospital administrator character from the television drama "St. Elsewhere."
- 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: Professor David Pollock Target entity description: Professor David Pollock is the fictional protagonist of the 1966 spy comedy-thriller film "Arabesque," portrayed as an Oxford professor drawn into international intrigue.
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A.
Professor Andrew Goudie
Professor Andrew Goudie is a distinguished British geographer and academic known for his influential research on desert geomorphology and environmental change.
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B.
Professor Robert Crawford
Professor Robert Crawford is a strict and skeptical English teacher in the film "Finding Forrester" who challenges the talents and integrity of the young protagonist, Jamal.
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C.
Professor Gordon Zellaby
Professor Gordon Zellaby is the central intellectual protagonist in the science fiction horror story "Village of the Damned," known for his analytical approach to the mysterious, supernaturally gifted children in his English village.
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D.
Professor Warren Rice
Professor Warren Rice is a scholarly character in H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos who helps investigate and confront the supernatural events in “The Dunwich Horror.”
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E.
Dr. Donald Westphall
Dr. Donald Westphall is a central fictional physician and hospital administrator character from the television drama "St. Elsewhere."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Arabesque (1966 film)