Colonel Weber
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Colonel Weber is a high-ranking U.S. Army officer in the science fiction film "Arrival," responsible for overseeing the military response to the alien visitation and coordinating with linguist Louise Banks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colonel Weber canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6975660 — 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: Colonel Weber Context triple: [Arrival, character, Colonel Weber]
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A.
Colonel McCormick
Colonel McCormick was a powerful American newspaper publisher and longtime editor and owner of the Chicago Tribune, known for his conservative political influence in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Colonel Bobi
Colonel Bobi is a ruthless and power-hungry military officer who becomes the central figure in a coup plot in Frederick Forsyth’s novel "The Dogs of War."
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C.
Colonel Osborne
Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
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D.
Colonel Howard
Colonel Howard is a fictional military officer character featured in the film "The Pilot."
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E.
Colonel Noel Wild
Colonel Noel Wild was a British Army officer who played a key leadership role in the Allied deception efforts surrounding Operation Bodyguard during World War II.
- 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: Colonel Weber Target entity description: Colonel Weber is a high-ranking U.S. Army officer in the science fiction film "Arrival," responsible for overseeing the military response to the alien visitation and coordinating with linguist Louise Banks.
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A.
Colonel McCormick
Colonel McCormick was a powerful American newspaper publisher and longtime editor and owner of the Chicago Tribune, known for his conservative political influence in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Colonel Bobi
Colonel Bobi is a ruthless and power-hungry military officer who becomes the central figure in a coup plot in Frederick Forsyth’s novel "The Dogs of War."
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C.
Colonel Osborne
Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
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D.
Colonel Howard
Colonel Howard is a fictional military officer character featured in the film "The Pilot."
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E.
Colonel Noel Wild
Colonel Noel Wild was a British Army officer who played a key leadership role in the Allied deception efforts surrounding Operation Bodyguard during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Arrival ⓘ |
| basedOn | military colonel in the short story "Story of Your Life" (loosely) ⓘ |
| branchOfService | United States Army ⓘ |
| commandRole | oversees operations around the alien spacecraft in Montana ⓘ |
| concern | national security during the alien visitation ⓘ |
| countryOfService |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdFor |
the film "Arrival"
ⓘ
linked to:
Arrival
|
| decisionMakingRole | authorizes Louise Banks to attempt communication with the aliens ⓘ |
| employer |
U.S. military
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Armed Forces
|
| filmDirectorOfWork | Denis Villeneuve ⓘ |
| genreContext | first-contact narrative ⓘ |
| hasFullName | Colonel G. T. Weber ⓘ |
| hasRoleInPlot | military commander at the Montana landing site ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
Ian Donnelly
ⓘ
Louise Banks ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Colonel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | liaison between the military and civilian experts ⓘ |
| occupation | U.S. Army officer ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse |
Arrival film universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Arrival
|
| portrayedBy | Forest Whitaker ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
coordinating with linguist Louise Banks
ⓘ
overseeing the U.S. military response to the alien visitation ⓘ |
| workOfFictionGenre | science fiction film ⓘ |
| worksWith | scientists and linguists to interpret alien language ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkRelease | 2016 ⓘ |
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: Colonel Weber Description of subject: Colonel Weber is a high-ranking U.S. Army officer in the science fiction film "Arrival," responsible for overseeing the military response to the alien visitation and coordinating with linguist Louise Banks.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.