David Norris
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David Norris is a charismatic New York politician whose fate is mysteriously manipulated by a secretive organization in the science-fiction film "The Adjustment Bureau."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Norris canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1211252 — 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: David Norris Context triple: [The Adjustment Bureau, mainCharacter, David Norris]
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A.
Edward Norris
Edward Norris was an American film and television actor active primarily in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his supporting roles in Hollywood dramas and crime films.
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B.
John Norris
John Norris was an English Elizabethan soldier and general noted for his campaigns in Ireland and on the Continent, and for leading the failed 1589 English Armada against Spain.
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C.
David Drumlin
David Drumlin is a high-ranking government science advisor and political figure in the science fiction film "Contact," often serving as a skeptical foil to the protagonist Ellie Arroway.
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D.
Marc Ewing
Marc Ewing is an American software engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the open-source software company Red Hat.
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E.
Andrew D. Martin
Andrew D. Martin is an American political scientist and academic administrator who serves as the chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.
- 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: David Norris Target entity description: David Norris is a charismatic New York politician whose fate is mysteriously manipulated by a secretive organization in the science-fiction film "The Adjustment Bureau."
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A.
Edward Norris
Edward Norris was an American film and television actor active primarily in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his supporting roles in Hollywood dramas and crime films.
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B.
John Norris
John Norris was an English Elizabethan soldier and general noted for his campaigns in Ireland and on the Continent, and for leading the failed 1589 English Armada against Spain.
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C.
David Drumlin
David Drumlin is a high-ranking government science advisor and political figure in the science fiction film "Contact," often serving as a skeptical foil to the protagonist Ellie Arroway.
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D.
Marc Ewing
Marc Ewing is an American software engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the open-source software company Red Hat.
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E.
Andrew D. Martin
Andrew D. Martin is an American political scientist and academic administrator who serves as the chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| antagonistOrganization | The Adjustment Bureau ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Adjustment Bureau ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | feature film ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
United States Senate elections
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Senate campaign
meeting Elise in a men’s restroom before a concession speech ⓘ |
| basedOn | Adjustment Team ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
The Chairman’s plan
ⓘ
predetermined fate ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | George Nolfi ⓘ |
| filmDirectorOfWorkAppearedIn | George Nolfi ⓘ |
| filmDistributorOfWorkAppearedIn | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | science fiction film ⓘ |
| guidedBy | Harry Mitchell ⓘ |
| hasRomanticInterest | Elise Sellas ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
idealistic
ⓘ
impulsive ⓘ resourceful ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defying the Adjustment Bureau’s plan
ⓘ
risking his career for love ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| makes | impromptu concession speech that boosts his popularity ⓘ |
| narrativeOutcome | earns the right to choose his own path with Elise ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
ambitious
ⓘ
charismatic ⓘ |
| occupation | politician ⓘ |
| opposes | manipulation of free will ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse |
The Adjustment Bureau
ⓘ
surface form:
The Adjustment Bureau universe
|
| portrayedBy | Matt Damon ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
New York Congressman
ⓘ
U.S. Representative ⓘ
surface form:
United States Congressman
|
| primaryGoal |
to be with Elise Sellas
ⓘ
to pursue a successful political career ⓘ |
| pursuedBy | Adjustment agents ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| storyArc | from compliant politician to active challenger of fate ⓘ |
| themeInvolving | free will versus determinism ⓘ |
| workOfFiction | The Adjustment Bureau ⓘ |
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: David Norris Description of subject: David Norris is a charismatic New York politician whose fate is mysteriously manipulated by a secretive organization in the science-fiction film "The Adjustment Bureau."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.