Palmer in The Thing
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Palmer in The Thing is a crew member of the Antarctic research station who becomes one of the secretly assimilated, shape-shifting alien impostors in John Carpenter’s 1982 horror film.
All labels observed (1)
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| Palmer in The Thing canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23052957 — 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: Palmer in The Thing Context triple: [David Clennon, notableRole, Palmer in The Thing]
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A.
R.J. MacReady
R.J. MacReady is the rugged, resourceful helicopter pilot and reluctant hero who leads the fight against a shape-shifting alien in John Carpenter’s 1982 horror film "The Thing."
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B.
Ben Ripley
Ben Ripley is a fictional character best known as the awkward but resourceful middle-school spy-in-training protagonist of Stuart Gibbs’s “Spy School” book series.
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C.
Jeremiah Denton
Jeremiah Denton was a U.S. Navy rear admiral and Vietnam War pilot who became famous for enduring years of torture as a prisoner of war and later serving as a U.S. senator from Alabama.
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D.
Joe Denton
Joe Denton is the disgraced ex-cop protagonist of the crime novel and film "Small Crimes," whose attempts at redemption spiral into deeper violence and corruption.
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E.
Dr. Scott
Dr. Scott is a supporting character in the 2021 science fiction drama film "Swan Song," involved in the ethical and emotional dilemmas surrounding human cloning and end-of-life decisions.
- 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: Palmer in The Thing Target entity description: Palmer in The Thing is a crew member of the Antarctic research station who becomes one of the secretly assimilated, shape-shifting alien impostors in John Carpenter’s 1982 horror film.
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A.
R.J. MacReady
R.J. MacReady is the rugged, resourceful helicopter pilot and reluctant hero who leads the fight against a shape-shifting alien in John Carpenter’s 1982 horror film "The Thing."
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B.
Ben Ripley
Ben Ripley is a fictional character best known as the awkward but resourceful middle-school spy-in-training protagonist of Stuart Gibbs’s “Spy School” book series.
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C.
Jeremiah Denton
Jeremiah Denton was a U.S. Navy rear admiral and Vietnam War pilot who became famous for enduring years of torture as a prisoner of war and later serving as a U.S. senator from Alabama.
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D.
Joe Denton
Joe Denton is the disgraced ex-cop protagonist of the crime novel and film "Small Crimes," whose attempts at redemption spiral into deeper violence and corruption.
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E.
Dr. Scott
Dr. Scott is a supporting character in the 2021 science fiction drama film "Swan Song," involved in the ethical and emotional dilemmas surrounding human cloning and end-of-life decisions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.