Kilmer
E427788
Kilmer is the surname of American actor Val Kilmer, known for his roles in films such as "Top Gun," "The Doors," and "Batman Forever."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kilmer canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4286237 — 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: Kilmer Context triple: [Val Kilmer, familyName, Kilmer]
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A.
Chaville
Chaville is a suburban commune in the western outskirts of Paris, located in the Hauts-de-Seine department of France.
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B.
Crawford
Crawford is a Scottish-origin surname borne by numerous notable figures across politics, sports, arts, and entertainment.
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C.
Scott Pass
Scott Pass is a mountain pass located within Oregon’s Three Sisters Wilderness, known as a route for backcountry hiking amid volcanic peaks and alpine scenery.
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D.
Pierce
Pierce is a surname most prominently associated with Paul Pierce, the Hall of Fame former NBA star of the Boston Celtics.
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E.
Leland
Leland is a masculine given name of English origin, historically associated with figures such as American industrialist and Stanford University founder Leland Stanford.
- 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: Kilmer Target entity description: Kilmer is the surname of American actor Val Kilmer, known for his roles in films such as "Top Gun," "The Doors," and "Batman Forever."
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A.
Chaville
Chaville is a suburban commune in the western outskirts of Paris, located in the Hauts-de-Seine department of France.
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B.
Crawford
Crawford is a Scottish-origin surname borne by numerous notable figures across politics, sports, arts, and entertainment.
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C.
Scott Pass
Scott Pass is a mountain pass located within Oregon’s Three Sisters Wilderness, known as a route for backcountry hiking amid volcanic peaks and alpine scenery.
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D.
Pierce
Pierce is a surname most prominently associated with Paul Pierce, the Hall of Fame former NBA star of the Boston Celtics.
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E.
Leland
Leland is a masculine given name of English origin, historically associated with figures such as American industrialist and Stanford University founder Leland Stanford.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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biographical film ⓘ family name ⓘ fictional character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ film ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ superhero film ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| alterEgoOf | Batman ⓘ |
| basedOn | DC Comics character Batman ⓘ |
| castMember | Val Kilmer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| creator |
Bill Finger
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Bob Kane ⓘ |
| genre | action film ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Val Kilmer ⓘ |
| memberOf | The Doors ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Batman in Batman Forever
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Iceman in Top Gun ⓘ
linked to:
Top Gun
Jim Morrison in The Doors ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Batman Forever
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The Doors ⓘ Top Gun ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ singer ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| portrayed |
Batman
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Bruce Wayne ⓘ Jim Morrison ⓘ |
| usedIn | English language ⓘ |
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: Kilmer Description of subject: Kilmer is the surname of American actor Val Kilmer, known for his roles in films such as "Top Gun," "The Doors," and "Batman Forever."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.