Major William Cage

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fictional character film character

Major William Cage is the protagonist of the science fiction film "Edge of Tomorrow," a military public affairs officer who becomes caught in a time loop while fighting an alien invasion.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Major William Cage canonical	8
Tom Cruise as Major William Cage	1
William Cage is the film counterpart of Keiji Kiriya	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5751191 — 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: Major William Cage
Context triple: [William Cage, fullName, Major William Cage]

A. Agent Tom Colby
Agent Tom Colby is a fictional Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who serves as a central protagonist in the crime drama series "The F.B.I."
B. Captain Weaver
Captain Weaver is a hardened, pragmatic military leader who commands the 2nd Massachusetts resistance regiment in the post-apocalyptic sci‑fi TV series "Falling Skies."
C. Hank Mann
Hank Mann was a prolific silent film comedian and character actor, best known as one of the original Keystone Cops and for his numerous supporting roles in early Hollywood comedies.
D. Napoleon Solo
Napoleon Solo is a suave, resourceful American CIA agent who teams up with a KGB counterpart to thwart international threats in the 1960s-set spy adventure "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
E. Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway is a hard-nosed, skeptical police detective who relentlessly pursues the mysterious vigilante created by the magical mask in "The Mask" franchise.
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: Major William Cage
Target entity description: Major William Cage is the protagonist of the science fiction film "Edge of Tomorrow," a military public affairs officer who becomes caught in a time loop while fighting an alien invasion.

A. Agent Tom Colby
Agent Tom Colby is a fictional Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who serves as a central protagonist in the crime drama series "The F.B.I."
B. Captain Weaver
Captain Weaver is a hardened, pragmatic military leader who commands the 2nd Massachusetts resistance regiment in the post-apocalyptic sci‑fi TV series "Falling Skies."
C. Hank Mann
Hank Mann was a prolific silent film comedian and character actor, best known as one of the original Keystone Cops and for his numerous supporting roles in early Hollywood comedies.
D. Napoleon Solo
Napoleon Solo is a suave, resourceful American CIA agent who teams up with a KGB counterpart to thwart international threats in the 1960s-set spy adventure "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
E. Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway is a hard-nosed, skeptical police detective who relentlessly pursues the mysterious vigilante created by the magical mask in "The Mask" franchise.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ
adaptedBy	Christopher McQuarrie ⓘ Jez Butterworth ⓘ John-Henry Butterworth ⓘ
affiliation	United Defense Force ⓘ
ally	J Squad ⓘ linked to: J-Squad Master Sergeant Farell ⓘ Rita Vrataski ⓘ
appearsIn	Edge of Tomorrow ⓘ Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow (home media title) ⓘ linked to: Live Die Repeat
basedOn	Keiji Kiriya ⓘ
basedOnWork	All You Need Is Kill ⓘ
characterArc	cowardly officer becomes skilled frontline soldier ⓘ self-centered survivor becomes self-sacrificing hero ⓘ
conflict	Mimic invasion of Earth ⓘ
createdBy	Hiroshi Sakurazaka ⓘ
directorOfWork	Doug Liman ⓘ
enemy	Alpha Mimic ⓘ linked to: Omega Mimic Mimics ⓘ Omega Mimic ⓘ
filmGenre	action ⓘ science fiction ⓘ
firstAppearance	Edge of Tomorrow (2014 film) ⓘ linked to: Edge of Tomorrow
gainsPowerFrom	Mimic alpha blood ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
goal	defeat the Omega Mimic ⓘ end the time loop ⓘ
hasAbility	retains memories across time loops ⓘ time loop reset upon death ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
militaryRank	Major ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableEvent	dies repeatedly and resets the day ⓘ participates in the Battle of Verdun (future battle) ⓘ
notableTrait	dark humor in face of repeated deaths ⓘ initial inexperience in combat ⓘ rapid learning through repeated timelines ⓘ
occupation	military public affairs officer ⓘ
portrayedBy	Tom Cruise ⓘ
relationship	comrade of Rita Vrataski ⓘ
setting	future Europe ⓘ
trainedBy	Rita Vrataski ⓘ
usesEquipment	combat exosuit ⓘ
usesWeapon	automatic rifle ⓘ melee weapon ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Cage → fullName → Major William Cage ⓘ

Forward Operating Base Heathrow → associatedWithCharacter → Major William Cage ⓘ

Sergeant Rita Vrataski → associatedWith → Major William Cage ⓘ

Sergeant Rita Vrataski → trains → Major William Cage ⓘ

Live Die Repeat → featuresCharacter → Major William Cage ⓘ

Live Die Repeat → leadActorRole → Tom Cruise as Major William Cage ⓘ

linked to: Major William Cage

United Defense Force → notableMember → Major William Cage ⓘ

Master Sergeant Farell → interactsWith → Major William Cage ⓘ

subject linked to: Master Sergeant Farell in Edge of Tomorrow

Master Sergeant Farell → notableInteractionWith → Major William Cage ⓘ

Keiji Kiriya → adaptationRelationship → William Cage is the film counterpart of Keiji Kiriya ⓘ