Zimbalist
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American actor
American actress
composer
economist
film producer
person
sports economist
surname
violinist
Zimbalist is a surname most prominently associated with American actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and his family of performers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zimbalist canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6028309 — 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: Zimbalist Context triple: [Efrem Zimbalist Jr., familyName, Zimbalist]
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A.
Mr. Holland's Opus
Mr. Holland's Opus is a 1995 drama film about a dedicated music teacher whose lifelong dream of composing is reshaped by the profound impact he has on his students.
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B.
Maestro
Maestro is a global debit card and electronic payment brand operated by Mastercard, commonly used for point-of-sale and ATM transactions.
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C.
Maestro
Maestro is a powerful, villainous future version of the Hulk who possesses Bruce Banner’s intellect combined with the Hulk’s immense strength and rules as a tyrant in a post-apocalyptic world.
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D.
Maestro
Maestro is a celebrated nickname for Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer, highlighting his graceful, masterful style of play.
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E.
Seven Lively Arts
Seven Lively Arts is a 1944 Broadway musical revue produced by Billy Rose, featuring music by Cole Porter and a series of high-style theatrical, musical, and dance performances.
- 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: Zimbalist Target entity description: Zimbalist is a surname most prominently associated with American actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and his family of performers.
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A.
Mr. Holland's Opus
Mr. Holland's Opus is a 1995 drama film about a dedicated music teacher whose lifelong dream of composing is reshaped by the profound impact he has on his students.
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B.
Maestro
Maestro is a powerful, villainous future version of the Hulk who possesses Bruce Banner’s intellect combined with the Hulk’s immense strength and rules as a tyrant in a post-apocalyptic world.
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C.
Maestro
Maestro is a celebrated nickname for Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer, highlighting his graceful, masterful style of play.
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D.
Maestro
Maestro is a global debit card and electronic payment brand operated by Mastercard, commonly used for point-of-sale and ATM transactions.
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E.
Seven Lively Arts
Seven Lively Arts is a 1944 Broadway musical revue produced by Billy Rose, featuring music by Cole Porter and a series of high-style theatrical, musical, and dance performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
American actress ⓘ composer ⓘ economist ⓘ film producer ⓘ person ⓘ sports economist ⓘ surname ⓘ violinist ⓘ |
| child |
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stephanie Zimbalist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth |
1889-04-21
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1901-03-31 ⓘ 1918-11-30 ⓘ 1947-10-16 ⓘ 1956-10-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath |
1958-11-04
ⓘ
1985-02-22 ⓘ 2014-05-02 ⓘ |
| father |
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Efrem Zimbalist Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Al Zimbalist
NERFINISHED
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Andrew Zimbalist NERFINISHED ⓘ Efrem Zimbalist Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Efrem Zimbalist Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Louise Zimbalist NERFINISHED ⓘ Mimi Zimbalist NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Zimbalist NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Zimbalist NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephanie Zimbalist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
Hebrew
ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ |
| mother | Alma Gluck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
77 Sunset Strip
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ben-Hur (1959 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Cat-Women of the Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ Remington Steele NERFINISHED ⓘ The F.B.I. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
director of the Curtis Institute of Music
ⓘ
professor at Smith College ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York City
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ New York City ⓘ Rostov-on-Don NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Reno, Nevada
NERFINISHED
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Rome ⓘ Solvang, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Alma Gluck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voicedCharacterIn | Batman: The Animated Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceRole | Alfred Pennyworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Zimbalist Description of subject: Zimbalist is a surname most prominently associated with American actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and his family of performers.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.