Freeman Lowell
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Freeman Lowell is the idealistic botanist and spaceship crewman in the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running," who rebels to save Earth's last surviving forests preserved in space.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Freeman Lowell canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3757445 — 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: Freeman Lowell Context triple: [Silent Running, character, Freeman Lowell]
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A.
Charles Lowell
Charles Lowell was a prominent early 19th-century American Unitarian minister and the father of poet and critic James Russell Lowell.
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B.
William Irwin
William Irwin was a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of California from 1875 to 1880.
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C.
Arthur Winslow
Arthur Winslow is the principled Edwardian father in Terence Rattigan’s play "The Winslow Boy," who risks his family’s security to clear his son’s name.
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D.
Edward Fielding
Edward Fielding was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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E.
Horace Newton Allen
Horace Newton Allen was an American medical missionary and diplomat who played a key role in introducing Western medicine to Korea in the late 19th 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: Freeman Lowell Target entity description: Freeman Lowell is the idealistic botanist and spaceship crewman in the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running," who rebels to save Earth's last surviving forests preserved in space.
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A.
Charles Lowell
Charles Lowell was a prominent early 19th-century American Unitarian minister and the father of poet and critic James Russell Lowell.
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B.
William Irwin
William Irwin was a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of California from 1875 to 1880.
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C.
Arthur Winslow
Arthur Winslow is the principled Edwardian father in Terence Rattigan’s play "The Winslow Boy," who risks his family’s security to clear his son’s name.
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D.
Edward Fielding
Edward Fielding was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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E.
Horace Newton Allen
Horace Newton Allen was an American medical missionary and diplomat who played a key role in introducing Western medicine to Korea in the late 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| affiliation | Valley Forge spaceship ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Silent Running ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | science fiction film ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | feature film ⓘ |
| associatedWith | American Airlines Space Freighter Valley Forge ⓘ |
| commands |
service drone Dewey
ⓘ
robot drones Huey, Dewey, and Louie ⓘ
surface form:
service drone Huey
robot drones Huey, Dewey, and Louie ⓘ
surface form:
service drone Louie
|
| conflictWith |
American Airlines Space Fleet command
ⓘ
his fellow crewmen on Valley Forge ⓘ |
| creator |
Deric Washburn
ⓘ
Michael Cimino ⓘ Steven Bochco ⓘ |
| describedAs |
environmentalist
ⓘ
idealistic ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Silent Running
ⓘ
surface form:
Silent Running universe
|
| filmDirectedBy | Douglas Trumbull ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| legacy | leaves Dewey tending the last forest dome ⓘ |
| mission | preserve Earth’s remaining plant life in space domes ⓘ |
| moralChoice | chooses forests over human orders ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
ecological concern
ⓘ
love of nature ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| notableAction |
jettisons and preserves one forest dome
ⓘ
kills his fellow crewmen to save the forests ⓘ |
| notableFor | one of the earliest eco-activist protagonists in science fiction cinema ⓘ |
| occupation |
botanist
ⓘ
spaceship crewman ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Bruce Dern ⓘ |
| rebelsAgainst | orders to destroy the forest domes ⓘ |
| relationshipWith | caretaker of drones Huey, Dewey, and Louie ⓘ |
| role | caretaker of Earth’s last forests ⓘ |
| setting | Saturn’s orbit ⓘ |
| shipName |
Valley Forge National Historical Park
ⓘ
surface form:
Valley Forge
|
| themeAssociatedWith |
ecocide
ⓘ
environmentalism ⓘ isolation in space ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| ultimateFate | dies aboard Valley Forge ⓘ |
| worksToProtect | Earth’s last surviving forests ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1972 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Freeman Lowell Description of subject: Freeman Lowell is the idealistic botanist and spaceship crewman in the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running," who rebels to save Earth's last surviving forests preserved in space.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Huey, Dewey, and Louie