Farmer in Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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Farmer in Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a minor character in Steven Spielberg’s 1977 science-fiction film, portrayed by actor Roberts Blossom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Farmer in Close Encounters of the Third Kind canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4297004 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Farmer in Close Encounters of the Third Kind Context triple: [Roberts Blossom, role, Farmer in Close Encounters of the Third Kind]
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg that follows ordinary people drawn to a mysterious encounter with extraterrestrial life.
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Space Seed
Space Seed is a classic Star Trek: The Original Series episode that introduces the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh, later central to the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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C.
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Day the Earth Stood Still is a classic 1951 science fiction film about an alien visitor and his powerful robot who come to Earth with an urgent warning for humanity.
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D.
V’Ger
V’Ger is the immensely powerful, evolved space probe that serves as the central enigmatic antagonist in the film "Star Trek: The Motion Picture."
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E.
Farmer
Farmer is a common English occupational surname originally given to people who worked in agriculture or collected taxes on farmed land.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Farmer in Close Encounters of the Third Kind Target entity description: Farmer in Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a minor character in Steven Spielberg’s 1977 science-fiction film, portrayed by actor Roberts Blossom.
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A.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg that follows ordinary people drawn to a mysterious encounter with extraterrestrial life.
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B.
Space Seed
Space Seed is a classic Star Trek: The Original Series episode that introduces the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh, later central to the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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C.
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Day the Earth Stood Still is a classic 1951 science fiction film about an alien visitor and his powerful robot who come to Earth with an urgent warning for humanity.
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D.
V’Ger
V’Ger is the immensely powerful, evolved space probe that serves as the central enigmatic antagonist in the film "Star Trek: The Motion Picture."
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E.
Farmer
Farmer is a common English occupational surname originally given to people who worked in agriculture or collected taxes on farmed land.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Close Encounters of the Third Kind ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Steven Spielberg ⓘ |
| directorOfWorkAppearedIn | Steven Spielberg ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | science fiction film ⓘ |
| hasRoleInNarrative | minor character ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkAppearedIn | English ⓘ |
| mediumOfAppearance | feature film ⓘ |
| occupationInFiction | farmer ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | Close Encounters of the Third Kind franchise ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Roberts Blossom ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfWorkAppearedIn | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfFirstAppearance | 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: Farmer in Close Encounters of the Third Kind Description of subject: Farmer in Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a minor character in Steven Spielberg’s 1977 science-fiction film, portrayed by actor Roberts Blossom.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.