Ted Kramer
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Ted Kramer is the work-obsessed advertising executive and father whose struggle to raise his young son alone after his wife leaves him forms the emotional core of the film "Kramer vs. Kramer."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ted Kramer canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2008783 — 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: Ted Kramer Context triple: [Kramer vs. Kramer, mainCharacter, Ted Kramer]
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A.
Fred Karger
Fred Karger was an American musician and vocal coach best known for his work at major Hollywood studios and his long, on-and-off marriage to actress Jane Wyman.
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B.
Bill Kramer
Bill Kramer is an American entrepreneur best known for establishing the iconic independent bookstore and café Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe in Washington, D.C.
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C.
Tom Leppert
Tom Leppert is an American businessman and politician who served as the mayor of Dallas, Texas, and later ran for the U.S. Senate.
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D.
Keith Kaseman
Keith Kaseman is an American architect best known as the co-designer of the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.
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E.
Mike Krieger
Mike Krieger is a Brazilian-American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as the co-founder and former CTO of the photo-sharing social media platform Instagram.
- 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: Ted Kramer Target entity description: Ted Kramer is the work-obsessed advertising executive and father whose struggle to raise his young son alone after his wife leaves him forms the emotional core of the film "Kramer vs. Kramer."
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A.
Fred Karger
Fred Karger was an American musician and vocal coach best known for his work at major Hollywood studios and his long, on-and-off marriage to actress Jane Wyman.
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B.
Bill Kramer
Bill Kramer is an American entrepreneur best known for establishing the iconic independent bookstore and café Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe in Washington, D.C.
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C.
Tom Leppert
Tom Leppert is an American businessman and politician who served as the mayor of Dallas, Texas, and later ran for the U.S. Senate.
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D.
Keith Kaseman
Keith Kaseman is an American architect best known as the co-designer of the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.
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E.
Mike Krieger
Mike Krieger is a Brazilian-American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as the co-founder and former CTO of the photo-sharing social media platform Instagram.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Kramer vs. Kramer ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from the novel Kramer vs. Kramer by Avery Corman ⓘ |
| characterArc | work-obsessed executive to devoted single father ⓘ |
| characterDevelopment | learns to prioritize family over career ⓘ |
| child | Billy Kramer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdFor |
Kramer vs. Kramer
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surface form:
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979 film)
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| employerIndustry | advertising industry ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYearContext | 1979 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Kramer vs. Kramer ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreContext | family drama ⓘ |
| legalIssue | child custody ⓘ |
| maritalStatusAtStartOfFilm | married ⓘ |
| maritalStatusDuringFilm | separated ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableRelationship |
Billy Kramer
ⓘ
Joanna Kramer ⓘ |
| occupation | advertising executive ⓘ |
| parentalStatusDuringFilm | single father ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Dustin Hoffman ⓘ |
| primaryConflict | custody battle for his son ⓘ |
| primaryThemeAssociation |
divorce
ⓘ
fatherhood ⓘ work–life balance ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse | Joanna Kramer ⓘ |
| storyFocus | adjusting to single parenthood ⓘ |
| workFocus | advertising ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ted Kramer Description of subject: Ted Kramer is the work-obsessed advertising executive and father whose struggle to raise his young son alone after his wife leaves him forms the emotional core of the film "Kramer vs. Kramer."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.