Roy Neary
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Roy Neary is the everyman electrical lineman whose obsessive encounter with a UFO drives the central narrative of the science fiction film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roy Neary canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2791771 — 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: Roy Neary Context triple: [Close Encounters of the Third Kind, mainCharacter, Roy Neary]
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A.
Leonard Bosack
Leonard Bosack is an American computer engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Cisco Systems, a pioneering company in computer networking and internet infrastructure.
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B.
Ken Olsen
Ken Olsen was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of Digital Equipment Corporation, a pioneering company in the minicomputer industry.
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C.
Tony Smith
Tony Smith was an influential American sculptor and architect best known for his large-scale minimalist geometric sculptures.
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D.
Ray Anderson
Ray Anderson is an American sports executive and former NFL vice president who has served as the athletic director at Arizona State University.
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E.
Charles Walters
Charles Walters was an American film director and choreographer best known for his work on classic MGM musicals in the mid-20th century.
- 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: Roy Neary Target entity description: Roy Neary is the everyman electrical lineman whose obsessive encounter with a UFO drives the central narrative of the science fiction film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
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A.
Leonard Bosack
Leonard Bosack is an American computer engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Cisco Systems, a pioneering company in computer networking and internet infrastructure.
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B.
Ken Olsen
Ken Olsen was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of Digital Equipment Corporation, a pioneering company in the minicomputer industry.
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C.
Tony Smith
Tony Smith was an influential American sculptor and architect best known for his large-scale minimalist geometric sculptures.
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D.
Ray Anderson
Ray Anderson is an American sports executive and former NFL vice president who has served as the athletic director at Arizona State University.
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E.
Charles Walters
Charles Walters was an American film director and choreographer best known for his work on classic MGM musicals in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film)
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surface form:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
|
| associatedWith |
Devils Tower National Monument
ⓘ
surface form:
Devils Tower
UFOs ⓘ extraterrestrials ⓘ |
| centralThemeInvolvement |
communication with extraterrestrials
ⓘ
obsession with UFOs ⓘ |
| characterArc | transformation from ordinary worker to UFO contactee ⓘ |
| conflictType | man versus unknown ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Steven Spielberg ⓘ |
| familyStatusAtEnd | separated from family ⓘ |
| familyStatusAtStart | married with children ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Close Encounters universe ⓘ |
| filmDirectorOfWork | Steven Spielberg ⓘ |
| filmStudioOfWork | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| finalFate | leaves Earth aboard a mothership ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Barry Neary
ⓘ
Brad Neary ⓘ Sylvia Neary ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Ronnie Neary ⓘ |
| introducedAs | working-class family man ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| musicAssociatedWith | five-note UFO motif ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
everyman
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| notableInteraction |
meets Jillian Guiler
ⓘ
participates in government-organized contact at Devils Tower ⓘ |
| notableScene | builds a model of Devils Tower in his living room ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
curious
ⓘ
obsessive ⓘ stubborn ⓘ |
| notableWork | UFO encounter ⓘ |
| occupation | electrical lineman ⓘ |
| partOf |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film)
ⓘ
surface form:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind franchise
|
| portrayedBy | Richard Dreyfuss ⓘ |
| primaryMotivation |
reaching the source of the signal at Devils Tower
ⓘ
understanding his UFO vision ⓘ |
| screenTimeImportance | central ⓘ |
| setIn |
Muncie
ⓘ
surface form:
Muncie, Indiana
|
| visualSymbol | mountain-shaped image of Devils Tower ⓘ |
| workLocation | Indiana ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1977 ⓘ |
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: Roy Neary Description of subject: Roy Neary is the everyman electrical lineman whose obsessive encounter with a UFO drives the central narrative of the science fiction film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
subject surface form:
Richard Dreyfuss