Alec Walker
E622406
Alec Walker is a central romantic lead character in the 1939 drama film "In Name Only," portrayed by Cary Grant.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alec Walker canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6812901 — 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: Alec Walker Context triple: [In Name Only, featuresCharacter, Alec Walker]
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A.
Liam Mellows
Liam Mellows was an Irish republican leader and revolutionary who played a prominent role in both the Easter Rising of 1916 and the Irish Civil War.
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B.
Angus Wall
Angus Wall is an American film editor best known for his acclaimed work on major films such as "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and collaborations with director David Fincher.
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C.
Macaulay Connor
Macaulay Connor is the fictional cynical reporter and love interest in Philip Barry’s play "The Philadelphia Story," later portrayed by James Stewart in the classic 1940 film adaptation.
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D.
Alec Sharp
Alec Sharp is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre.
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E.
Alec John Such
Alec John Such was an American bassist best known as a founding member of the rock band Bon Jovi during the 1980s and early 1990s.
- 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: Alec Walker Target entity description: Alec Walker is a central romantic lead character in the 1939 drama film "In Name Only," portrayed by Cary Grant.
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A.
Liam Mellows
Liam Mellows was an Irish republican leader and revolutionary who played a prominent role in both the Easter Rising of 1916 and the Irish Civil War.
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B.
Angus Wall
Angus Wall is an American film editor best known for his acclaimed work on major films such as "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and collaborations with director David Fincher.
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C.
Macaulay Connor
Macaulay Connor is the fictional cynical reporter and love interest in Philip Barry’s play "The Philadelphia Story," later portrayed by James Stewart in the classic 1940 film adaptation.
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D.
Alec Sharp
Alec Sharp is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre.
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E.
Alec John Such
Alec John Such was an American bassist best known as a founding member of the rock band Bon Jovi during the 1980s and early 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | In Name Only ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
divorce
ⓘ
marital conflict ⓘ romantic love ⓘ social class differences ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | screenwriter Richard Sherman ⓘ |
| createdFor | In Name Only ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | romantic drama film ⓘ |
| hasCharacterTrait |
emotionally conflicted
ⓘ
romantic ⓘ wealthy ⓘ |
| hasSpouseInStory | Maida Walker ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Julie Eden ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central romantic lead
ⓘ
male protagonist ⓘ |
| occupation | businessman ⓘ |
| partOfCastWith |
Julie Eden
ⓘ
Maida Walker ⓘ Mr. Walker (his father) ⓘ Mrs. Walker (his mother) ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Cary Grant ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfWork | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| setIn |
New York (fictional setting in film)
ⓘ
linked to:
New York (fictional representation)
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| yearOfWork | 1939 ⓘ |
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: Alec Walker Description of subject: Alec Walker is a central romantic lead character in the 1939 drama film "In Name Only," portrayed by Cary Grant.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.