Ray Kinsella
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Ray Kinsella is the fictional Iowa farmer in the film "Field of Dreams" who hears a mysterious voice urging him to build a baseball field in his cornfield, setting the story’s magical events in motion.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ray Kinsella canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4884587 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ray Kinsella Context triple: [Field of Dreams, mainCharacter, Ray Kinsella]
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A.
Tom Langer
Tom Langer is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Langer, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
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B.
Bo Kimble
Bo Kimble is a former American college basketball star best known for leading Loyola Marymount University's high-scoring teams in the late 1980s and for his emotional tribute free throws shot left-handed in honor of teammate Hank Gathers.
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C.
Ray Blanton
Ray Blanton was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the late 1970s and became notorious for a clemency scandal involving the controversial pardoning of prisoners.
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D.
Don Stroud
Don Stroud is an American character actor and former surfer known for his tough-guy roles in numerous films and television series from the 1960s onward.
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George Keller
George Keller was a prominent late 19th- and early 20th-century American architect known for designing significant civic and commemorative structures, particularly in Hartford, Connecticut.
- 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: Ray Kinsella Target entity description: Ray Kinsella is the fictional Iowa farmer in the film "Field of Dreams" who hears a mysterious voice urging him to build a baseball field in his cornfield, setting the story’s magical events in motion.
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A.
Tom Langer
Tom Langer is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Langer, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
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B.
Bo Kimble
Bo Kimble is a former American college basketball star best known for leading Loyola Marymount University's high-scoring teams in the late 1980s and for his emotional tribute free throws shot left-handed in honor of teammate Hank Gathers.
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C.
Ray Blanton
Ray Blanton was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the late 1970s and became notorious for a clemency scandal involving the controversial pardoning of prisoners.
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D.
George Keller
George Keller was a prominent late 19th- and early 20th-century American architect known for designing significant civic and commemorative structures, particularly in Hartford, Connecticut.
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E.
Jim Stark
Jim Stark is the troubled, rebellious teenager portrayed by James Dean in the 1955 film "Rebel Without a Cause," emblematic of postwar American youth angst and alienation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
farmer
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fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Field of Dreams
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shoeless Joe (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chicago White Sox
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shoeless Joe Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ ghost baseball players ⓘ |
| basedOn | Ray Kinsella (novel character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builds |
baseball diamond in his cornfield
ⓘ
baseball field ⓘ |
| characterArc | overcomes skepticism to follow a mystical calling ⓘ |
| child | Karin Kinsella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
financial risk from building the field
ⓘ
strained relationship with his late father ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| createdBy |
Phil Alden Robinson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
W. P. Kinsella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDirectorContext | Phil Alden Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYearContext | 1989 ⓘ |
| filmTitleContext | Field of Dreams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Shoeless Joe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | fantasy drama film ⓘ |
| hasVisionOf | baseball field in his cornfield ⓘ |
| hears | mysterious voice ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | mysterious voice ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableQuoteContext | If you build it, he will come ⓘ |
| novelPublicationYearContext | 1982 ⓘ |
| novelTitleContext | Shoeless Joe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | farmer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Kevin Costner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | John Kinsella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resolution | reunites with the spirit of his father on the field ⓘ |
| setting | Iowa corn farm ⓘ |
| sportAssociatedWith | baseball ⓘ |
| spouse | Annie Kinsella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeInStory |
faith
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reconciliation with his father ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ray Kinsella Description of subject: Ray Kinsella is the fictional Iowa farmer in the film "Field of Dreams" who hears a mysterious voice urging him to build a baseball field in his cornfield, setting the story’s magical events in motion.
Referenced by (1)
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