Belafonte
E1022132
Belafonte is the quirky research vessel featured in Wes Anderson’s film "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou," serving as the main setting for the crew’s oceanic adventures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Belafonte canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13135992 — 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: Belafonte Context triple: [Steve Zissou, ship, Belafonte]
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A.
Belafonte
Belafonte is a surname most prominently associated with the American singer, actor, and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte and his family.
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B.
David Belafonte
David Belafonte is an American producer and entertainment industry professional, best known as the son of legendary singer, actor, and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte.
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C.
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist renowned as the "King of Calypso" and a prominent voice in social justice movements.
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D.
Don Cornelius
Don Cornelius was an American television host and producer best known for creating and hosting the influential music and dance show "Soul Train," which showcased Black music and culture.
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E.
Adrienne Belafonte
Adrienne Belafonte is a daughter of the legendary American singer, actor, and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte.
- 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: Belafonte Target entity description: Belafonte is the quirky research vessel featured in Wes Anderson’s film "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou," serving as the main setting for the crew’s oceanic adventures.
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A.
Belafonte
Belafonte is a surname most prominently associated with the American singer, actor, and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte and his family.
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B.
David Belafonte
David Belafonte is an American producer and entertainment industry professional, best known as the son of legendary singer, actor, and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte.
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C.
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist renowned as the "King of Calypso" and a prominent voice in social justice movements.
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D.
Don Cornelius
Don Cornelius was an American television host and producer best known for creating and hosting the influential music and dance show "Soul Train," which showcased Black music and culture.
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E.
Adrienne Belafonte
Adrienne Belafonte is a daughter of the legendary American singer, actor, and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional ship
ⓘ
research vessel ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| captainInStory | Steve Zissou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorPalette | muted pastels ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewIncludesCharacter |
Anne-Marie Sakowitz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eleanor Zissou NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Winslett-Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ Klaus Daimler NERFINISHED ⓘ Ned Plimpton NERFINISHED ⓘ Pelé dos Santos NERFINISHED ⓘ Vikram Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorOfWorkItAppearsIn | Wes Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredInWork | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Life Aquatic universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkItAppearsIn |
adventure film
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comedy-drama film ⓘ |
| hasDeck |
bridge deck
ⓘ
engine room level ⓘ main deck ⓘ |
| hasDistinctiveStyle |
Wes Anderson production design
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cross-section set ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
laboratory
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observation deck ⓘ onboard editing room ⓘ submarine bay ⓘ |
| hasRoom |
Steve Zissou’s cabin
ⓘ
editing suite ⓘ galley ⓘ gym ⓘ laboratory ⓘ mess hall ⓘ observation bubble ⓘ sauna ⓘ |
| hasTender |
dinghy
ⓘ
submarine Deep Search NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inUniverseFunction | base for Team Zissou ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Harry Belafonte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
primary setting
ⓘ
research base ⓘ |
| operatedByFictionalCharacter | Steve Zissou GENERATED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
nostalgic adventure
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romanticized exploration ⓘ |
| usedFor |
documentary filmmaking
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marine exploration ⓘ oceanographic research ⓘ |
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: Belafonte Description of subject: Belafonte is the quirky research vessel featured in Wes Anderson’s film "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou," serving as the main setting for the crew’s oceanic adventures.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.