Richard Phillips
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Richard Phillips is an American merchant mariner and former captain of the MV Maersk Alabama, best known for his 2009 hijacking ordeal by Somali pirates that inspired the film "Captain Phillips."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richard Phillips canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1749371 — 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: Richard Phillips Context triple: [Captain Phillips, basedOnAuthor, Richard Phillips]
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A.
Robert Tor Russell
Robert Tor Russell was a British architect and town planner known for his prominent work in colonial-era New Delhi, India.
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B.
William Lawrence
William Lawrence was a key figure in public health history, recognized as one of the founders of what became the American Cancer Society, a leading organization dedicated to cancer research, education, and patient support.
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C.
William Lawrence
William Lawrence was an American public official who served as the U.S. Comptroller of the Treasury, overseeing federal financial accounts and fiscal administration.
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D.
John Hays Hammond Jr.
John Hays Hammond Jr. was an American inventor and pioneer in radio control and remote guidance technologies, often called the "father of radio control."
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E.
John R. Pierce
John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
- 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: Richard Phillips Target entity description: Richard Phillips is an American merchant mariner and former captain of the MV Maersk Alabama, best known for his 2009 hijacking ordeal by Somali pirates that inspired the film "Captain Phillips."
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A.
Robert Tor Russell
Robert Tor Russell was a British architect and town planner known for his prominent work in colonial-era New Delhi, India.
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B.
William Lawrence
William Lawrence was a key figure in public health history, recognized as one of the founders of what became the American Cancer Society, a leading organization dedicated to cancer research, education, and patient support.
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C.
William Lawrence
William Lawrence was an American public official who served as the U.S. Comptroller of the Treasury, overseeing federal financial accounts and fiscal administration.
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D.
John Hays Hammond Jr.
John Hays Hammond Jr. was an American inventor and pioneer in radio control and remote guidance technologies, often called the "father of radio control."
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E.
John R. Pierce
John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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merchant mariner ⓘ ship captain ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Maritime valor and recognition awards (post-hijacking) ⓘ |
| basedOn | real events of the Maersk Alabama hijacking ⓘ |
| causeOfFame | piracy incident off the coast of Somalia in 2009 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Massachusetts Maritime Academy ⓘ |
| employer |
A.P. Møller – Mærsk
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surface form:
Maersk Line
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| event | Maersk Alabama hijacking ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | maritime transport ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | memoir ⓘ |
| hasChild | two children ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasRole |
hostage
ⓘ
ship master ⓘ |
| industry | shipping industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
2009 hijacking of MV Maersk Alabama
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being held hostage by Somali pirates ⓘ inspiration for the film "Captain Phillips" ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Captain Phillips
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surface form:
"A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea"
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| occupation |
merchant mariner
ⓘ
sea captain ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Maersk Alabama hijacking
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hostage rescue operation by U.S. Navy SEALs ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Tom Hanks ⓘ |
| positionHeld | captain of MV Maersk Alabama ⓘ |
| rescueBy | United States Navy ⓘ |
| spouse | Andrea Phillips ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
book "A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea"
ⓘ
Captain Phillips ⓘ
surface form:
film "Captain Phillips"
|
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: Richard Phillips Description of subject: Richard Phillips is an American merchant mariner and former captain of the MV Maersk Alabama, best known for his 2009 hijacking ordeal by Somali pirates that inspired the film "Captain Phillips."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.