C. W. in That Thing You Do!
E1027686
C. W. in *That Thing You Do!* is a supporting character in the 1996 musical comedy film about a one-hit-wonder band in the 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| C. W. in That Thing You Do! canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13194586 — 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: C. W. in That Thing You Do! Context triple: [Ethan Embry, portrayedCharacter, C. W. in That Thing You Do!]
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A.
Guy Patterson in That Thing You Do!
Guy Patterson is the enthusiastic drummer who propels the fictional 1960s band The Wonders to fame in the film "That Thing You Do!".
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B.
Jimmy Mattingly in That Thing You Do!
Jimmy Mattingly in That Thing You Do! is the ambitious, perfectionist lead guitarist and primary songwriter of the fictional 1960s pop band The Wonders in the film.
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C.
John McGiver
John McGiver was an American character actor known for his distinctive, pompous demeanor and precise diction in numerous films and television shows of the 1950s and 1960s.
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D.
Karl in Mrs. Doubtfire
Karl in *Mrs. Doubtfire* is the flamboyant, quick-witted makeup artist and brother of Daniel Hillard who helps transform him into the elderly nanny persona.
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E.
Ray Looze
Ray Looze is a highly respected American swimming coach best known for leading Indiana University’s swim program to national prominence and developing numerous elite collegiate and international swimmers.
- 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: C. W. in That Thing You Do! Target entity description: C. W. in *That Thing You Do!* is a supporting character in the 1996 musical comedy film about a one-hit-wonder band in the 1960s.
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A.
Guy Patterson in That Thing You Do!
Guy Patterson is the enthusiastic drummer who propels the fictional 1960s band The Wonders to fame in the film "That Thing You Do!".
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B.
Jimmy Mattingly in That Thing You Do!
Jimmy Mattingly in That Thing You Do! is the ambitious, perfectionist lead guitarist and primary songwriter of the fictional 1960s pop band The Wonders in the film.
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C.
John McGiver
John McGiver was an American character actor known for his distinctive, pompous demeanor and precise diction in numerous films and television shows of the 1950s and 1960s.
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D.
Karl in Mrs. Doubtfire
Karl in *Mrs. Doubtfire* is the flamboyant, quick-witted makeup artist and brother of Daniel Hillard who helps transform him into the elderly nanny persona.
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E.
Ray Looze
Ray Looze is a highly respected American swimming coach best known for leading Indiana University’s swim program to national prominence and developing numerous elite collegiate and international swimmers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | That Thing You Do! ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWorkAppearedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | musical comedy film ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeUniverse |
That Thing You Do! (film universe)
ⓘ
linked to:
That Thing You Do!
|
| primaryLanguageOfWorkAppearedIn | English ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | supporting character ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriodOfWorkAppearedIn | 1960s ⓘ |
| workAppearedInDirector | Tom Hanks ⓘ |
| workAppearedInDistributor | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| workAppearedInProductionCompany |
Clavius Base
ⓘ
Skydance Productions ⓘ
linked to:
Skydance Media
|
| workAppearedInReleaseFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| workAppearedInSettingCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| workAppearedInTheme | one-hit wonder band ⓘ |
| workAppearedInWriter | Tom Hanks ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkAppearedInRelease | 1996 ⓘ |
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: C. W. in That Thing You Do! Description of subject: C. W. in *That Thing You Do!* is a supporting character in the 1996 musical comedy film about a one-hit-wonder band in the 1960s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.