Louis Tully
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Louis Tully is a nerdy, well-meaning accountant and neighbor of Dana Barrett who becomes a comedic, possessed pawn of Gozer in the Ghostbusters films.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Louis Tully canonical | 4 |
| Louis Tully Accounting | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3672662 — 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: Louis Tully Context triple: [Ghostbusters, character, Louis Tully]
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A.
Sylvester Keliher
Sylvester Keliher was a prominent labor leader associated with the American Railway Union, an influential early industrial union in the United States.
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B.
Eugene Maurice
Eugene Maurice was a 17th-century French nobleman and military commander who held the title of Count of Soissons.
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C.
Frank Fay
Frank Fay was an American stage and film actor and vaudeville comedian, noted as an early master of stand-up comedy and for his tumultuous marriage to actress Barbara Stanwyck.
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D.
William Lanteau
William Lanteau was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in film and television, including a notable appearance in the drama "On Golden Pond."
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E.
Charles Rettig
Charles Rettig is an American tax attorney who served as the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 2018 to 2022.
- 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: Louis Tully Target entity description: Louis Tully is a nerdy, well-meaning accountant and neighbor of Dana Barrett who becomes a comedic, possessed pawn of Gozer in the Ghostbusters films.
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A.
Sylvester Keliher
Sylvester Keliher was a prominent labor leader associated with the American Railway Union, an influential early industrial union in the United States.
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B.
Eugene Maurice
Eugene Maurice was a 17th-century French nobleman and military commander who held the title of Count of Soissons.
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C.
Frank Fay
Frank Fay was an American stage and film actor and vaudeville comedian, noted as an early master of stand-up comedy and for his tumultuous marriage to actress Barbara Stanwyck.
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D.
William Lanteau
William Lanteau was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in film and television, including a notable appearance in the drama "On Golden Pond."
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E.
Charles Rettig
Charles Rettig is an American tax attorney who served as the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 2018 to 2022.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
accountant
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ human male ⓘ |
| allyOf | Ghostbusters ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Ghostbusters
ⓘ
Ghostbusters II ⓘ The Real Ghostbusters ⓘ
surface form:
The Real Ghostbusters (animated series)
|
| associatedWith |
Ghostbusters, Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Ghostbusters team
Gozer ⓘ
surface form:
Gozer the Gozerian
|
| becomesPossessedBy | Vinz Clortho ⓘ |
| buildingNeighborOf | Dana Barrett ⓘ |
| cityOfResidence | New York City ⓘ |
| comedicElement | misinterprets supernatural events as parties or social opportunities ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Dan Aykroyd
ⓘ
Harold Ramis ⓘ |
| employer |
Louis Tully
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Louis Tully Accounting
|
| fictionalUniverse |
Ghostbusters franchise
ⓘ
surface form:
Ghostbusters universe
|
| firstAppearance |
Ghostbusters
ⓘ
surface form:
Ghostbusters (1984 film)
|
| franchise | Ghostbusters ⓘ |
| friendOf |
Dana Barrett
ⓘ
Dr. Egon Spengler ⓘ
surface form:
Egon Spengler
Peter Venkman ⓘ Ray Stantz ⓘ Winston Zeddemore ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | supernatural comedy ⓘ |
| helpsWith | legal defense of the Ghostbusters ⓘ |
| laterOccupation | lawyer for the Ghostbusters ⓘ |
| medium |
animated television
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| neighborOf | Dana Barrett ⓘ |
| notableEvent | possessed during Gozer’s attempted return ⓘ |
| notableTrait | obsessed with tax and accounting details ⓘ |
| occupation | accountant ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
awkward
ⓘ
nerdy ⓘ well-meaning ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Rick Moranis ⓘ |
| relationshipToGozer | servant via Vinz Clortho possession ⓘ |
| residence | 550 Central Park West ⓘ |
| roleInStory |
comic relief
ⓘ
possessed pawn of Gozer ⓘ |
| romanticInterestIn | Dana Barrett ⓘ |
| servesAs | Keymaster of Gozer ⓘ |
| species | human ⓘ |
| voiceActor |
Dave Coulier
ⓘ
Rodger Bumpass ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Louis Tully Description of subject: Louis Tully is a nerdy, well-meaning accountant and neighbor of Dana Barrett who becomes a comedic, possessed pawn of Gozer in the Ghostbusters films.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Louis Tully Accounting