Willis Davidge (initially)
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Willis Davidge is a human fighter pilot who becomes the reluctant companion and eventual friend of the alien Jeriba Shigan in the science fiction film "Enemy Mine."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Willis Davidge (initially) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6465010 — 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: Willis Davidge (initially) Context triple: [Jeriba Shigan, enemyOf, Willis Davidge (initially)]
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A.
John Willis
John Willis was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
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B.
Ted Willis
Ted Willis was a prominent British screenwriter and playwright known for his prolific work in film and television during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Guy Weadick
Guy Weadick was an American-born cowboy, promoter, and showman best known for creating the Calgary Stampede and helping popularize rodeo culture in Canada.
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D.
John Willock
John Willock was a 16th-century Scottish reformer and theologian who played a significant role in the Scottish Reformation and helped shape its doctrinal foundations.
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E.
Jeff Wells
Jeff Wells is the adventurous young protagonist of the science fiction series "The Norby Chronicles," known for his escapades with the quirky robot Norby.
- 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: Willis Davidge (initially) Target entity description: Willis Davidge is a human fighter pilot who becomes the reluctant companion and eventual friend of the alien Jeriba Shigan in the science fiction film "Enemy Mine."
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A.
John Willis
John Willis was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
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B.
Ted Willis
Ted Willis was a prominent British screenwriter and playwright known for his prolific work in film and television during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Guy Weadick
Guy Weadick was an American-born cowboy, promoter, and showman best known for creating the Calgary Stampede and helping popularize rodeo culture in Canada.
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D.
John Willock
John Willock was a 16th-century Scottish reformer and theologian who played a significant role in the Scottish Reformation and helped shape its doctrinal foundations.
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E.
Jeff Wells
Jeff Wells is the adventurous young protagonist of the science fiction series "The Norby Chronicles," known for his escapades with the quirky robot Norby.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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fighter pilot ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allyOf | Jeriba Shigan ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Enemy Mine ⓘ |
| caresFor | Zammis ⓘ |
| characterArc | transitions from prejudice to friendship with a Drac ⓘ |
| conflict | human–Drac war ⓘ |
| createdFor |
Enemy Mine (1985 film)
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linked to:
Enemy Mine
|
| enemySpecies | Drac ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Enemy Mine universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Enemy Mine
|
| friendOf | Jeriba Shigan ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| guardianOf | Zammis ⓘ |
| homeworld | Earth ⓘ |
| initiallyEnemyOf | Jeriba Shigan ⓘ |
| language | speaks English ⓘ |
| learnsFrom | Jeriba Shigan ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| militaryAffiliation | human space forces ⓘ |
| notableEvent | stranded on an alien planet with Jeriba Shigan ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
courageous
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resourceful ⓘ stubborn ⓘ |
| occupation | fighter pilot ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Dennis Quaid ⓘ |
| species | human ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
cross-species friendship
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overcoming xenophobia ⓘ |
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: Willis Davidge (initially) Description of subject: Willis Davidge is a human fighter pilot who becomes the reluctant companion and eventual friend of the alien Jeriba Shigan in the science fiction film "Enemy Mine."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Jeriba Shigan in Enemy Mine