Matt Damon as Benjamin Mee
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Matt Damon as Benjamin Mee is the central character in the film "We Bought a Zoo," portraying a recently widowed father who buys and restores a struggling zoo as a way to rebuild his family’s life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Matt Damon as Benjamin Mee canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7497857 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matt Damon as Benjamin Mee Context triple: [We Bought a Zoo, leadActorRole, Matt Damon as Benjamin Mee]
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Oscar Isaac as Nathan Bateman
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Bradley Cooper as Adam Jones
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Owen Wilson as Ken Hutchinson
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Ryan Gosling as Jacob Palmer
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matt Damon as Benjamin Mee Target entity description: Matt Damon as Benjamin Mee is the central character in the film "We Bought a Zoo," portraying a recently widowed father who buys and restores a struggling zoo as a way to rebuild his family’s life.
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A.
Ryan Gosling as Stephen Meyers
Ryan Gosling as Stephen Meyers portrays an idealistic yet increasingly compromised young political strategist navigating moral ambiguity in the film "The Ides of March."
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B.
Oscar Isaac as Nathan Bateman
Oscar Isaac as Nathan Bateman is the intense, reclusive tech billionaire and AI visionary he portrays in the science fiction film "Ex Machina."
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C.
Bradley Cooper as Adam Jones
Bradley Cooper as Adam Jones portrays a brilliant but volatile chef seeking redemption and a third Michelin star in the culinary drama film "Burnt."
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D.
Owen Wilson as Ken Hutchinson
Owen Wilson as Ken Hutchinson is the comedic portrayal of the laid-back, blond detective "Hutch" in the 2004 film adaptation of the classic buddy-cop TV series Starsky & Hutch.
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E.
Ryan Gosling as Jacob Palmer
Ryan Gosling as Jacob Palmer is a suave, charismatic ladies’ man whose mentorship of a recently divorced man becomes central to the romantic comedy’s blend of humor and emotional growth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalCharacter
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filmCharacter ⓘ |
| animalCareResponsibility |
big cats
ⓘ
exotic animals ⓘ |
| appearsIn | We Bought a Zoo ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
drama film
ⓘ
family film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Benjamin Mee ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
We Bought a Zoo (book)
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linked to:
We Bought a Zoo
|
| characterArc |
learns to move on from his wife’s death
ⓘ
reconnects with his children ⓘ |
| characterName | Benjamin Mee ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Dylan Mee ⓘ |
| createdBy | Cameron Crowe ⓘ |
| familyRole |
father
ⓘ
single parent ⓘ |
| filmProductionCompany | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| genreContext | inspirational drama ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Dylan Mee
ⓘ
Rosie Mee ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Kelly Foster ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | widower ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | grief over his wife’s death ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableQuote | Sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage. ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
journalist ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Matt Damon ⓘ |
| primaryGoal |
rebuild his family’s life
ⓘ
restore the zoo ⓘ |
| purchases |
Rosemoor Wildlife Park
ⓘ
struggling zoo ⓘ |
| screenWriter | Cameron Crowe ⓘ |
| setting |
Southern California (fictionalized setting)
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linked to:
Southern California
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| sourceMaterialType | memoir adaptation ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
coping with loss
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family bonding ⓘ second chances ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Kelly Foster
ⓘ
zoo staff ⓘ |
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Subject: Matt Damon as Benjamin Mee Description of subject: Matt Damon as Benjamin Mee is the central character in the film "We Bought a Zoo," portraying a recently widowed father who buys and restores a struggling zoo as a way to rebuild his family’s life.
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