Frank Ramsey – Gene Hackman
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Frank Ramsey is the hardline, by-the-book commanding officer of the nuclear submarine USS Alabama, portrayed by Gene Hackman in the thriller film "Crimson Tide."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Frank Ramsey – Gene Hackman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13507725 — 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: Frank Ramsey – Gene Hackman Context triple: [Crimson Tide, characterPortrayedBy, Frank Ramsey – Gene Hackman]
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A.
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle – Gene Hackman
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle – Gene Hackman is the tough, obsessive New York City narcotics detective famously portrayed by Gene Hackman in the crime thriller film "The French Connection."
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B.
Burt Gurney
Burt Gurney is a fictional 1950s Hollywood song-and-dance star and secretly communist actor portrayed by Channing Tatum in the Coen brothers’ film "Hail, Caesar!".
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C.
Irwin Keyes
Irwin Keyes was an American character actor best known for his imposing physique and roles in films and TV shows such as "The Jeffersons" and various horror and comedy movies.
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D.
Jack Henry Robbins
Jack Henry Robbins is an American filmmaker and director known for his work on independent films and for being the son of actor Tim Robbins and actress Susan Sarandon.
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E.
Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell
Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell is the intense, idealistic botanist-astronaut protagonist of the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running," known for his solitary struggle to preserve Earth's last remaining forests in space.
- 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: Frank Ramsey – Gene Hackman Target entity description: Frank Ramsey is the hardline, by-the-book commanding officer of the nuclear submarine USS Alabama, portrayed by Gene Hackman in the thriller film "Crimson Tide."
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A.
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle – Gene Hackman
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle – Gene Hackman is the tough, obsessive New York City narcotics detective famously portrayed by Gene Hackman in the crime thriller film "The French Connection."
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B.
Burt Gurney
Burt Gurney is a fictional 1950s Hollywood song-and-dance star and secretly communist actor portrayed by Channing Tatum in the Coen brothers’ film "Hail, Caesar!".
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C.
Irwin Keyes
Irwin Keyes was an American character actor best known for his imposing physique and roles in films and TV shows such as "The Jeffersons" and various horror and comedy movies.
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D.
Jack Henry Robbins
Jack Henry Robbins is an American filmmaker and director known for his work on independent films and for being the son of actor Tim Robbins and actress Susan Sarandon.
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E.
Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell
Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell is the intense, idealistic botanist-astronaut protagonist of the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running," known for his solitary struggle to preserve Earth's last remaining forests in space.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States Navy ⓘ |
| appearanceType | feature film ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Crimson Tide ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
authoritarian
ⓘ
by-the-book ⓘ hardline ⓘ |
| command | USS Alabama ⓘ |
| conflictsWith | Ron Hunter ⓘ |
| conflictType | command authority dispute ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdFor | film Crimson Tide ⓘ |
| familyName | Ramsey ⓘ |
| fullName | Frank Ramsey ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
military thriller film
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submarine film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| givenName | Frank ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Captain ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | commanding officer of USS Alabama ⓘ |
| occupation | submarine commander ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Gene Hackman ⓘ |
| setDuring | post-Cold War era ⓘ |
| setIn | United States Navy nuclear submarine ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
ethics of nuclear warfare
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military chain of command ⓘ nuclear launch decision ⓘ |
| vesselType | nuclear submarine ⓘ |
| workDirector | Tony Scott ⓘ |
| workProducer | Jerry Bruckheimer ⓘ |
| workWriter | Michael Schiffer ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkRelease | 1995 ⓘ |
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: Frank Ramsey – Gene Hackman Description of subject: Frank Ramsey is the hardline, by-the-book commanding officer of the nuclear submarine USS Alabama, portrayed by Gene Hackman in the thriller film "Crimson Tide."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.