Irwin Kershner
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Irwin Kershner was an American film director best known for directing "Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Irwin Kershner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5382887 — 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: Irwin Kershner Context triple: [Irwin, hasNotableBearer, Irwin Kershner]
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A.
Jacob Kershner
Jacob Kershner was the first husband of anarchist activist and writer Emma Goldman, known primarily through his brief and troubled marriage to her in the late 19th century.
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B.
Tom Benedek
Tom Benedek is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the science fiction film "Cocoon."
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C.
Jon Avnet
Jon Avnet is an American film and television producer and director known for works such as "Fried Green Tomatoes," "Up Close & Personal," and "Boiler Room."
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D.
Richard Langer
Richard Langer is a relatively obscure individual whose specific public notability is not clearly established from the available information.
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E.
Bert I. Gordon
Bert I. Gordon was an American filmmaker best known for his low-budget 1950s–60s science fiction and horror movies featuring giant creatures, earning him the nickname "Mr. B.I.G."
- 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: Irwin Kershner Target entity description: Irwin Kershner was an American film director best known for directing "Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back."
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A.
Jacob Kershner
Jacob Kershner was the first husband of anarchist activist and writer Emma Goldman, known primarily through his brief and troubled marriage to her in the late 19th century.
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B.
Tom Benedek
Tom Benedek is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the science fiction film "Cocoon."
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C.
Jon Avnet
Jon Avnet is an American film and television producer and director known for works such as "Fried Green Tomatoes," "Up Close & Personal," and "Boiler Room."
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D.
Richard Langer
Richard Langer is a relatively obscure individual whose specific public notability is not clearly established from the available information.
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E.
Bert I. Gordon
Bert I. Gordon was an American filmmaker best known for his low-budget 1950s–60s science fiction and horror movies featuring giant creatures, earning him the nickname "Mr. B.I.G."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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human ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| birthName | Irvin Kershner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1923-04-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2010-11-27 ⓘ |
| directed |
A Fine Madness
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hoodlum Priest NERFINISHED ⓘ Never Say Never Again NERFINISHED ⓘ Raid on Entebbe NERFINISHED ⓘ RoboCop 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ S*P*Y*S NERFINISHED ⓘ Stakeout on Dope Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back NERFINISHED ⓘ The Eyes of Laura Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ The Flim-Flam Man NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of a Man Called Horse NERFINISHED ⓘ Up the Sandbox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Temple University
NERFINISHED
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USC School of Cinematic Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Southern California ⓘ |
| familyName | Kershner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | cinema ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
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science fiction film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| givenName | Irvin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | directing "Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back" ⓘ |
| name | Irvin Kershner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Never Say Never Again
NERFINISHED
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RoboCop 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 1 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film director ⓘ producer ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
|
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| servedIn | United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Maureen Kershner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtAt | USC School of Cinematic Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Carrie Fisher
NERFINISHED
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George Lucas NERFINISHED ⓘ Harrison Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ Lawrence Kasdan NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Hamill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Irwin Kershner Description of subject: Irwin Kershner was an American film director best known for directing "Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.