Chris Cooper as Phil Woodward
E452264
Chris Cooper as Phil Woodward is a portrayal of a seasoned, high-ranking corporate executive whose life unravels after a layoff in the drama film "The Company Men."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chris Cooper as Phil Woodward canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4559768 — 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: Chris Cooper as Phil Woodward Context triple: [The Company Men, portraysCharacter, Chris Cooper as Phil Woodward]
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A.
Fred Ward as John Anglin
Fred Ward as John Anglin is the actor’s portrayal of one of the real-life inmate escapees in the 1979 prison drama film "Escape from Alcatraz."
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B.
Joe Foster
Joe Foster is a British entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the global sportswear brand Reebok.
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C.
Tom Ewell as Richard Sherman
Tom Ewell as Richard Sherman is the comedic portrayal of a middle-aged Manhattan publishing executive whose wandering eye and vivid fantasies are tested by temptation in the classic film "The Seven Year Itch."
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D.
Frank Nugent in The Negotiator
Frank Nugent in *The Negotiator* is a supporting character portrayed by David Morse in the 1998 action-thriller film about a police hostage negotiator framed for corruption.
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E.
George Cooper
George Cooper was an American character actor active in the silent and early sound film era, known for his supporting roles in numerous 1920s motion pictures.
- 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: Chris Cooper as Phil Woodward Target entity description: Chris Cooper as Phil Woodward is a portrayal of a seasoned, high-ranking corporate executive whose life unravels after a layoff in the drama film "The Company Men."
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A.
Fred Ward as John Anglin
Fred Ward as John Anglin is the actor’s portrayal of one of the real-life inmate escapees in the 1979 prison drama film "Escape from Alcatraz."
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B.
Joe Foster
Joe Foster is a British entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the global sportswear brand Reebok.
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C.
Tom Ewell as Richard Sherman
Tom Ewell as Richard Sherman is the comedic portrayal of a middle-aged Manhattan publishing executive whose wandering eye and vivid fantasies are tested by temptation in the classic film "The Seven Year Itch."
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D.
Frank Nugent in The Negotiator
Frank Nugent in *The Negotiator* is a supporting character portrayed by David Morse in the 1998 action-thriller film about a police hostage negotiator framed for corruption.
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E.
George Cooper
George Cooper is the fictional husband character in the classic radio and television sitcom "My Favorite Husband," known for his humorous domestic adventures with his wife Liz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalCharacterPortrayal
ⓘ
filmCharacter ⓘ |
| actorNationality | American ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Company Men ⓘ |
| associatedWithCompany | GTX ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
corporateDownsizing
ⓘ
jobLoss ⓘ midlifeCrisis ⓘ |
| characterName | Phil Woodward ⓘ |
| depictsCareerStage | seasonedExecutive ⓘ |
| depictsOccupation | corporateExecutive ⓘ |
| depictsRank | highRankingExecutive ⓘ |
| employerInStory | GTX ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
corporateCulture
ⓘ
economicRecession ⓘ lossOfStatus ⓘ personalIdentity ⓘ |
| filmCountryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| filmDirector | John Wells ⓘ |
| filmLanguage | English ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| medium | featureFilm ⓘ |
| narrativeArc | lifeUnravelsAfterLayoff ⓘ |
| plotEvent | laidOffFromCompany ⓘ |
| portrayalType | liveActionPerformance ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Chris Cooper ⓘ |
| relatedCharacter |
Bobby Walker
ⓘ
Gene McClary ⓘ |
| workType | dramaFilm ⓘ |
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: Chris Cooper as Phil Woodward Description of subject: Chris Cooper as Phil Woodward is a portrayal of a seasoned, high-ranking corporate executive whose life unravels after a layoff in the drama film "The Company Men."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.