Howard Bannister
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Howard Bannister is the mild-mannered, musicologist protagonist played by Ryan O'Neal in the screwball comedy film "What's Up, Doc?".
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Howard Bannister canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5433517 — 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: Howard Bannister Context triple: [What's Up, Doc?, hasCharacter, Howard Bannister]
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A.
Scott Banister
Scott Banister is an American entrepreneur and angel investor known for co-founding IronPort and early involvement with companies like PayPal and Facebook.
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B.
Charles Storrs
Charles Storrs was a benefactor and early supporter of the institution that became the University of Connecticut, for whom the town of Storrs is named.
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C.
Paul Wattson
Paul Wattson was an American Episcopal then Catholic priest best known for his pioneering work in promoting ecumenism and Christian unity in the early 20th century.
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D.
Harry Sanborn
Harry Sanborn is a wealthy, commitment-averse older music executive who undergoes an unexpected romantic and personal awakening in the romantic comedy film "Something's Gotta Give."
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E.
Christopher Benstead
Christopher Benstead is a British composer and music editor known for his film scores and sound work on major movies, including collaborations with director Guy Ritchie.
- 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: Howard Bannister Target entity description: Howard Bannister is the mild-mannered, musicologist protagonist played by Ryan O'Neal in the screwball comedy film "What's Up, Doc?".
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A.
Scott Banister
Scott Banister is an American entrepreneur and angel investor known for co-founding IronPort and early involvement with companies like PayPal and Facebook.
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B.
Charles Storrs
Charles Storrs was a benefactor and early supporter of the institution that became the University of Connecticut, for whom the town of Storrs is named.
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C.
Paul Wattson
Paul Wattson was an American Episcopal then Catholic priest best known for his pioneering work in promoting ecumenism and Christian unity in the early 20th century.
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D.
Harry Sanborn
Harry Sanborn is a wealthy, commitment-averse older music executive who undergoes an unexpected romantic and personal awakening in the romantic comedy film "Something's Gotta Give."
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E.
Christopher Benstead
Christopher Benstead is a British composer and music editor known for his film scores and sound work on major movies, including collaborations with director Guy Ritchie.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | What's Up, Doc? ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eunice Burns
ⓘ
Hugh Simon ⓘ Judy Maxwell ⓘ Mr. Larrabee ⓘ |
| characterType | mild-mannered ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdFor | What's Up, Doc? ⓘ |
| fianceeInStory | Eunice Burns ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | musicology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | screwball comedy ⓘ |
| hasFullNameInStory | Howard Bannister ⓘ |
| hasRole | romantic lead ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | source of comic confusion ⓘ |
| notableFor |
involvement in a luggage mix-up plot
ⓘ
relationship with Judy Maxwell ⓘ |
| occupation | musicologist ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
absent-minded
ⓘ
polite ⓘ timid ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ryan O'Neal ⓘ |
| specialization | rock formations and musical tones ⓘ |
| storySetting | San Francisco ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkRelease | 1972 ⓘ |
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: Howard Bannister Description of subject: Howard Bannister is the mild-mannered, musicologist protagonist played by Ryan O'Neal in the screwball comedy film "What's Up, Doc?".
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.