Captain Dan Weaver
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Captain Dan Weaver is a central military leader in the science fiction television series "Falling Skies," known for commanding the 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment in humanity’s resistance against an alien invasion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Captain Dan Weaver canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7772978 — 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: Captain Dan Weaver Context triple: [Tom Mason, ally, Captain Dan Weaver]
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A.
Captain Daniel Gregg
Captain Daniel Gregg is the gruff yet charming sea captain whose ghost forms an unlikely, romantic bond with a young widow in the classic story "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir."
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B.
Captain Mike Yates
Captain Mike Yates is a UNIT officer and recurring ally of the Third Doctor in the classic British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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C.
Captain Ed Mercer
Captain Ed Mercer is the central human protagonist and commanding officer of the exploratory starship USS Orville in the science-fiction comedy-drama series "The Orville."
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D.
Captain Bill Owens
Captain Bill Owens is the skilled and level-headed submarine commander who leads the miniaturized crew on their perilous mission inside a human body in the science fiction film "Fantastic Voyage."
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E.
Captain Davenport
Captain Davenport is a principled Black Army officer in the film "A Soldier's Story" who investigates the murder of a fellow soldier amid racial tensions on a segregated World War II-era base.
- 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: Captain Dan Weaver Target entity description: Captain Dan Weaver is a central military leader in the science fiction television series "Falling Skies," known for commanding the 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment in humanity’s resistance against an alien invasion.
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A.
Captain Daniel Gregg
Captain Daniel Gregg is the gruff yet charming sea captain whose ghost forms an unlikely, romantic bond with a young widow in the classic story "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir."
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B.
Captain Mike Yates
Captain Mike Yates is a UNIT officer and recurring ally of the Third Doctor in the classic British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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C.
Captain Ed Mercer
Captain Ed Mercer is the central human protagonist and commanding officer of the exploratory starship USS Orville in the science-fiction comedy-drama series "The Orville."
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D.
Captain Bill Owens
Captain Bill Owens is the skilled and level-headed submarine commander who leads the miniaturized crew on their perilous mission inside a human body in the science fiction film "Fantastic Voyage."
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E.
Captain Davenport
Captain Davenport is a principled Black Army officer in the film "A Soldier's Story" who investigates the murder of a fellow soldier amid racial tensions on a segregated World War II-era base.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| affiliation |
2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment
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human resistance ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Falling Skies ⓘ |
| basedOn | original character for television ⓘ |
| characterType | human ⓘ |
| combatRole | ground forces commander ⓘ |
| commands | 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States (fictional setting) ⓘ |
| createdFor | TNT network ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Falling Skies universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Falling Skies
|
| firstAppearance |
Falling Skies Season 1
ⓘ
linked to:
Falling Skies
|
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAllegiance | surviving human civilians ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | television series ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Captain ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | supporting protagonist ⓘ |
| notableFor | leading human resistance against alien invasion ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Will Patton ⓘ |
| primaryConflict | war against alien invaders ⓘ |
| role | central military leader ⓘ |
| worksWith | Tom Mason ⓘ |
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: Captain Dan Weaver Description of subject: Captain Dan Weaver is a central military leader in the science fiction television series "Falling Skies," known for commanding the 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment in humanity’s resistance against an alien invasion.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.