Colonel Weber in Arrival
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Colonel Weber in *Arrival* is a high-ranking U.S. Army officer who oversees the military’s response to the alien arrival and serves as the primary liaison between linguist Louise Banks and the government.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colonel Weber in Arrival canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1416448 — 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: Colonel Weber in Arrival Context triple: [Forest Whitaker, role, Colonel Weber in Arrival]
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A.
Ellie Arroway
Ellie Arroway is a brilliant and determined radio astronomer who becomes the central figure in humanity’s first confirmed contact with extraterrestrial intelligence in Carl Sagan’s science fiction story "Contact."
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B.
Ripley
Ripley is a small town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England, known historically for its role in the region’s coal mining and industrial development.
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C.
Rita Vrataski in Edge of Tomorrow
Rita Vrataski in Edge of Tomorrow is a legendary, battle-hardened soldier and war hero famed for her pivotal role in humanity’s fight against an alien invasion.
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D.
Commander Judd
Commander Judd is a powerful and fanatical high-ranking official of Gilead’s theocratic regime in Margaret Atwood’s novel *The Testaments*.
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E.
Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Roy Neary is the everyman electrical lineman whose obsessive pursuit of a mysterious UFO encounter drives the central narrative of Steven Spielberg’s film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
- 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: Colonel Weber in Arrival Target entity description: Colonel Weber in *Arrival* is a high-ranking U.S. Army officer who oversees the military’s response to the alien arrival and serves as the primary liaison between linguist Louise Banks and the government.
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A.
Ellie Arroway
Ellie Arroway is a brilliant and determined radio astronomer who becomes the central figure in humanity’s first confirmed contact with extraterrestrial intelligence in Carl Sagan’s science fiction story "Contact."
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B.
Ripley
Ripley is a small town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England, known historically for its role in the region’s coal mining and industrial development.
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C.
Rita Vrataski in Edge of Tomorrow
Rita Vrataski in Edge of Tomorrow is a legendary, battle-hardened soldier and war hero famed for her pivotal role in humanity’s fight against an alien invasion.
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D.
Commander Judd
Commander Judd is a powerful and fanatical high-ranking official of Gilead’s theocratic regime in Margaret Atwood’s novel *The Testaments*.
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E.
Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Roy Neary is the everyman electrical lineman whose obsessive pursuit of a mysterious UFO encounter drives the central narrative of Steven Spielberg’s film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| alignment | supports cooperation with the aliens once convinced by linguistic evidence ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Arrival
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surface form:
Arrival (2016 film)
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| authorityScope | commands U.S. military personnel at the Montana landing site ⓘ |
| basedOn | character created for the film adaptation of Ted Chiang’s story "Story of Your Life" ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
authoritative
ⓘ
duty-driven ⓘ pragmatic ⓘ |
| communicationRole |
conveys government and military concerns to Louise Banks
ⓘ
relays Louise Banks’s findings to military and political leadership ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | Eric Heisserer ⓘ |
| decisionMakingRole |
authorizes Louise Banks’s access to the alien spacecraft
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controls security and information flow around the alien encounter ⓘ |
| employer | United States Army ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| genreContext | science fiction film ⓘ |
| initialAttitude | cautious and security-focused toward the alien arrival ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Colonel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | represents the military perspective on the alien contact ⓘ |
| notableScene |
interviews Louise Banks at the university to recruit her for the alien translation effort
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participates in briefings inside the Montana military camp near the alien ship ⓘ questions Louise Banks about her translation methodology using Farsi as an example ⓘ |
| occupation | U.S. Army officer ⓘ |
| partOf | Arrival (film) cast of main supporting characters ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Forest Whitaker ⓘ |
| reportsTo |
United States government
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surface form:
U.S. government
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| roleInPlot |
oversees the U.S. military response to the alien arrival
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serves as primary liaison between Louise Banks and the U.S. government ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Ian Donnelly
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Louise Banks ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Colonel Weber in Arrival Description of subject: Colonel Weber in *Arrival* is a high-ranking U.S. Army officer who oversees the military’s response to the alien arrival and serves as the primary liaison between linguist Louise Banks and the government.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.