Jaromil Jireš
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Jaromil Jireš was a Czech film director and key figure of the Czechoslovak New Wave, best known internationally for his surreal 1970 film "Valerie and Her Week of Wonders."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jaromil Jireš canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9846853 — 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: Jaromil Jireš Context triple: [Czech New Wave, notableDirector, Jaromil Jireš]
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A.
Jan Kotěra
Jan Kotěra was a pioneering Czech architect and key figure of early modern architecture in Central Europe, known for transitioning from Art Nouveau to functionalist and modernist styles.
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B.
Petr Zenkl
Petr Zenkl was a prominent Czech politician and anti-communist leader who served as mayor of Prague and later as a leading figure of the Czechoslovak government-in-exile.
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C.
Jan Syrový
Jan Syrový was a Czechoslovak army general and politician who briefly served as prime minister during the critical period following the Munich Agreement in 1938.
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D.
Jaromír Nohavica
Jaromír Nohavica is a renowned Czech singer-songwriter and poet known for his folk-inspired music and socially reflective lyrics.
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E.
Pavel Kohout
Pavel Kohout is a Czech writer and former dissident best known as a prominent playwright and novelist associated with the Prague Spring and the Charter 77 movement.
- 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: Jaromil Jireš Target entity description: Jaromil Jireš was a Czech film director and key figure of the Czechoslovak New Wave, best known internationally for his surreal 1970 film "Valerie and Her Week of Wonders."
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A.
Jan Kotěra
Jan Kotěra was a pioneering Czech architect and key figure of early modern architecture in Central Europe, known for transitioning from Art Nouveau to functionalist and modernist styles.
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B.
Petr Zenkl
Petr Zenkl was a prominent Czech politician and anti-communist leader who served as mayor of Prague and later as a leading figure of the Czechoslovak government-in-exile.
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C.
Jan Syrový
Jan Syrový was a Czechoslovak army general and politician who briefly served as prime minister during the critical period following the Munich Agreement in 1938.
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D.
Jaromír Nohavica
Jaromír Nohavica is a renowned Czech singer-songwriter and poet known for his folk-inspired music and socially reflective lyrics.
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E.
Pavel Kohout
Pavel Kohout is a Czech writer and former dissident best known as a prominent playwright and novelist associated with the Prague Spring and the Charter 77 movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Czech New Wave filmmaker
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film director ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | Czechoslovak Socialist Republic era ⓘ |
| adaptedWork | The Joke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| almaMater | FAMU NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Milan Kundera's novel "The Joke" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1935-12-10 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Bratislava NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Czech Republic
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Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Czech Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2001-10-24 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directed |
And Give My Love to the Swallows
NERFINISHED
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Helimadoe NERFINISHED ⓘ Labyrinth of Love NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cry NERFINISHED ⓘ The Door NERFINISHED ⓘ The Joke NERFINISHED ⓘ The Young Man and Moby Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ Valerie and Her Week of Wonders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Jireš NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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historical film ⓘ surrealist film ⓘ |
| givenName | Jaromil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a key figure of the Czechoslovak New Wave
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surreal film "Valerie and Her Week of Wonders" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Czech ⓘ |
| movement | Czechoslovak New Wave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Jaromil Jireš NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality |
Czech
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Czechoslovak ⓘ |
| notableWork |
And Give My Love to the Swallows
NERFINISHED
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The Cry NERFINISHED ⓘ The Joke NERFINISHED ⓘ Valerie and Her Week of Wonders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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screenwriter ⓘ |
| spouse | Zdena Jirásková NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedIn | film industry ⓘ |
| yearsActive |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jaromil Jireš Description of subject: Jaromil Jireš was a Czech film director and key figure of the Czechoslovak New Wave, best known internationally for his surreal 1970 film "Valerie and Her Week of Wonders."
Referenced by (1)
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