Hauser
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Hauser is a central figure in the science fiction film "Total Recall," known as the enigmatic original identity of protagonist Douglas Quaid and a key player in the story’s conspiracy on Mars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hauser canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4440860 — 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: Hauser Context triple: [Total Recall, character, Hauser]
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A.
Haas House
Haas House is a postmodern commercial and office building in Vienna, Austria, renowned for its striking contemporary design and controversial contrast with the historic St. Stephen's Cathedral opposite it.
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B.
Löwenthal
Löwenthal is the maiden surname of Elsa Einstein, who was both the second wife and cousin of physicist Albert Einstein.
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C.
Keller
Keller is the surname of Helen Keller, the renowned American author and disability rights advocate who was both deaf and blind.
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D.
Kuppenheimer
Kuppenheimer was a prominent American men's clothing company best known for its high-quality suits and influential early 20th-century advertising campaigns.
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E.
Heissler
Heissler is a German-language surname most notably associated with the animated character Klaus Heissler from the television series "American Dad!".
- 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: Hauser Target entity description: Hauser is a central figure in the science fiction film "Total Recall," known as the enigmatic original identity of protagonist Douglas Quaid and a key player in the story’s conspiracy on Mars.
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A.
Haas House
Haas House is a postmodern commercial and office building in Vienna, Austria, renowned for its striking contemporary design and controversial contrast with the historic St. Stephen's Cathedral opposite it.
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B.
Löwenthal
Löwenthal is the maiden surname of Elsa Einstein, who was both the second wife and cousin of physicist Albert Einstein.
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C.
Keller
Keller is the surname of Helen Keller, the renowned American author and disability rights advocate who was both deaf and blind.
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D.
Kuppenheimer
Kuppenheimer was a prominent American men's clothing company best known for its high-quality suits and influential early 20th-century advertising campaigns.
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E.
Heissler
Heissler is a German-language surname most notably associated with the animated character Klaus Heissler from the television series "American Dad!".
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| affiliation | Vilos Cohaagen ⓘ |
| alignment | initially aligned with Cohaagen’s regime ⓘ |
| alternateIdentityOf | Hauser ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Total Recall (1990 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Total Recall
|
| associatedWithCharacter |
Kuato
ⓘ
Lori Quaid ⓘ Melina ⓘ Vilos Cohaagen ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation | Mars ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization | Cohaagen’s security apparatus ⓘ |
| characterType | double-identity protagonist ⓘ |
| cinematicUniverse |
Total Recall (1990 film continuity)
ⓘ
linked to:
Total Recall
|
| conflict | rebels on Mars ⓘ |
| contrastWith | more moral Douglas Quaid persona ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Philip K. Dick (conceptual origin via short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale")
ⓘ
linked to:
Philip K. Dick
|
| createdFor |
Total Recall (1990 film adaptation)
ⓘ
linked to:
Total Recall
|
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlias | Douglas Quaid ⓘ |
| homeworld | Earth ⓘ |
| inUniverseReputation | trusted operative of Cohaagen ⓘ |
| involvesTechnology | memory implantation ⓘ |
| keyThemeAssociation |
free will vs. control
ⓘ
identity ⓘ memory manipulation ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| memoryStatus |
memories overwritten as Douglas Quaid
ⓘ
original personality suppressed ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | drives mystery of protagonist’s true identity ⓘ |
| narrativeTwist | revelation that Quaid was originally Hauser ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | ruthless in original personality ⓘ |
| occupation | secret agent ⓘ |
| originalIdentityOf | Douglas Quaid ⓘ |
| partOf |
Total Recall franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
Total Recall
|
| plotDevice | amnesia ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Arnold Schwarzenegger ⓘ |
| relationshipWithProtagonist | true self of Douglas Quaid ⓘ |
| roleInPlot | central figure in Martian conspiracy ⓘ |
| setting | Mars colony ⓘ |
| storyArc | from loyal agent of Cohaagen to overwritten identity as Quaid ⓘ |
| temporalSetting | future ⓘ |
| worksFor | Vilos Cohaagen ⓘ |
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: Hauser Description of subject: Hauser is a central figure in the science fiction film "Total Recall," known as the enigmatic original identity of protagonist Douglas Quaid and a key player in the story’s conspiracy on Mars.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.