George and Gracie (humpback whales)
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George and Gracie are the pair of humpback whales central to the plot of *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home*, whose rescue from 20th-century Earth is crucial to saving the future.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| George and Gracie (humpback whales) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20716053 — 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: George and Gracie (humpback whales) Context triple: [HMS Bounty (Klingon Bird-of-Prey), usedToTransport, George and Gracie (humpback whales)]
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A.
Tokitae (orca)
Tokitae (also known as Lolita) was a captive female orca who lived for decades at the Miami Seaquarium and became a prominent symbol in debates over marine mammal captivity and welfare.
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B.
Walnut Whales
Walnut Whales is an early self-released demo album by singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom that showcases her distinctive harp-based folk style before her official debut.
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C.
Gisk’aast (Killer Whale)
Gisk’aast (Killer Whale) is one of the principal matrilineal clans of the Nisga’a people, traditionally associated with the killer whale crest and its related histories, rights, and territories.
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D.
Eden’s whale
Eden’s whale is a little-known baleen whale species in the rorqual family Balaenopteridae, closely related to Bryde’s whales and found in warm, coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific.
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E.
Willie the Whale
Willie the Whale is a fictional singing whale from the Disney short "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met," known for his operatic voice and tragic, whimsical story.
- 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: George and Gracie (humpback whales) Target entity description: George and Gracie are the pair of humpback whales central to the plot of *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home*, whose rescue from 20th-century Earth is crucial to saving the future.
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A.
Tokitae (orca)
Tokitae (also known as Lolita) was a captive female orca who lived for decades at the Miami Seaquarium and became a prominent symbol in debates over marine mammal captivity and welfare.
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B.
Walnut Whales
Walnut Whales is an early self-released demo album by singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom that showcases her distinctive harp-based folk style before her official debut.
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C.
Gisk’aast (Killer Whale)
Gisk’aast (Killer Whale) is one of the principal matrilineal clans of the Nisga’a people, traditionally associated with the killer whale crest and its related histories, rights, and territories.
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D.
Eden’s whale
Eden’s whale is a little-known baleen whale species in the rorqual family Balaenopteridae, closely related to Bryde’s whales and found in warm, coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific.
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E.
Willie the Whale
Willie the Whale is a fictional singing whale from the Disney short "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met," known for his operatic voice and tragic, whimsical story.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.