Heywood Floyd
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Heywood Floyd is a fictional American scientist and space administrator who appears as a central character in Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey series, notably in the films 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequel 2010: The Year We Make Contact.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Heywood Floyd canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5188376 — 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: Heywood Floyd Context triple: [2010: The Year We Make Contact, featuresCharacter, Heywood Floyd]
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A.
Joseph Ashburn
Joseph Ashburn was the second husband of American upholsterer Betsy Ross, who is widely associated with sewing the first United States flag.
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B.
Roderick Taylor
Roderick Taylor is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work in film and television, including co-writing the crime thriller "The Brave One."
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C.
Kip Raines
Kip Raines is a young car thief and the younger brother of master booster Randall "Memphis" Raines in the action film "Gone in 60 Seconds" (2000).
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D.
Malcolm Ford
Malcolm Ford is an American musician and the son of actor Harrison Ford.
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E.
Leo Gordon
Leo Gordon was an American character actor and screenwriter known for his tough-guy roles in numerous Westerns and crime films from the 1950s through the 1970s.
- 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: Heywood Floyd Target entity description: Heywood Floyd is a fictional American scientist and space administrator who appears as a central character in Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey series, notably in the films 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequel 2010: The Year We Make Contact.
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A.
Joseph Ashburn
Joseph Ashburn was the second husband of American upholsterer Betsy Ross, who is widely associated with sewing the first United States flag.
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B.
Roderick Taylor
Roderick Taylor is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work in film and television, including co-writing the crime thriller "The Brave One."
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C.
Kip Raines
Kip Raines is a young car thief and the younger brother of master booster Randall "Memphis" Raines in the action film "Gone in 60 Seconds" (2000).
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D.
Malcolm Ford
Malcolm Ford is an American musician and the son of actor Harrison Ford.
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E.
Leo Gordon
Leo Gordon was an American character actor and screenwriter known for his tough-guy roles in numerous Westerns and crime films from the 1950s through the 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
scientist ⓘ space administrator ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
2001: A Space Odyssey (film)
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linked to:
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey (novel) ⓘ
linked to:
2001: A Space Odyssey
2010: Odyssey Two (novel) ⓘ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (film) ⓘ
linked to:
2010: The Year We Make Contact
2061: Odyssey Three (novel) ⓘ
linked to:
2061: Odyssey Three
3001: The Final Odyssey (novel) ⓘ
linked to:
3001: The Final Odyssey
|
| basedOn | Cold War-era American space officials ⓘ |
| characterIn |
Space Odyssey film series
ⓘ
linked to:
Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey universe
Space Odyssey literary series ⓘ
linked to:
Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey universe
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ |
| employer | National Council of Astronautics ⓘ |
| familyName | Floyd ⓘ |
| fictionalDateOfBirth | 20th century ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Space Odyssey series
ⓘ
linked to:
Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey universe
|
| fieldOfWork |
planetary science
ⓘ
space exploration policy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction character ⓘ |
| givenName | Heywood ⓘ |
| hasChild | daughter of Heywood Floyd ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Caroline Floyd ⓘ |
| hasRole |
central character in 2010: Odyssey Two (novel)
ⓘ
protagonist in 2001: A Space Odyssey (novel) ⓘ supporting character in 2061: Odyssey Three (novel) ⓘ supporting character in 3001: The Final Odyssey (novel) ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
cautious decision-maker
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experienced space traveler ⓘ politically astute bureaucrat ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
briefing about the Tycho Magnetic Anomaly-1 (TMA-1)
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inspection of the lunar monolith at Tycho crater ⓘ involvement in the Jupiter mission following the Discovery One incident ⓘ |
| notableWork | Discovery of the monolith on the Moon ⓘ |
| occupation |
scientist
ⓘ
space agency administrator ⓘ |
| partOf |
Space Odyssey mythos
ⓘ
linked to:
Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey universe
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| portrayedBy |
Roy Scheider
ⓘ
William Sylvester ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Chairman of the National Council of Astronautics ⓘ |
| residence |
Space Station 5 (during travel)
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| travelDestination |
Clavius Base on the Moon
ⓘ
Discovery Two mission to Jupiter (in 2010) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Heywood Floyd Description of subject: Heywood Floyd is a fictional American scientist and space administrator who appears as a central character in Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey series, notably in the films 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequel 2010: The Year We Make Contact.
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