Winston the Ogre in Time Bandits
E694414
Winston the Ogre in *Time Bandits* is a comically gruff, seafaring giant who, along with his wife, encounters the time-traveling protagonists while suffering from chronic back pain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Winston the Ogre in Time Bandits canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7806744 — 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: Winston the Ogre in Time Bandits Context triple: [Peter Vaughan, role, Winston the Ogre in Time Bandits]
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A.
Mr. Croup
Mr. Croup is a sadistic, eloquent, and cunning assassin from Neil Gaiman’s urban fantasy novel "Neverwhere," known for his grotesque manners and partnership with the brutish Mr. Vandemar.
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B.
Rowlf the Dog
Rowlf the Dog is a laid-back, piano-playing Muppet known for his dry humor and loyal, easygoing personality.
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C.
Pogo Poole
Pogo Poole is the charming, witty, and free-spirited protagonist of the play and film "The Pleasure of His Company," known for disrupting his daughter's orderly life when he reenters her world.
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D.
Bustopher Jones
Bustopher Jones is a distinguished, portly cat from T. S. Eliot’s *Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats*, known for his impeccable manners, formal attire, and fondness for gentlemen’s clubs.
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E.
Pete Hogwallop
Pete Hogwallop is a dim-witted yet loyal escaped convict and companion to Ulysses Everett McGill in the Coen brothers’ film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?".
- 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: Winston the Ogre in Time Bandits Target entity description: Winston the Ogre in *Time Bandits* is a comically gruff, seafaring giant who, along with his wife, encounters the time-traveling protagonists while suffering from chronic back pain.
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A.
Mr. Croup
Mr. Croup is a sadistic, eloquent, and cunning assassin from Neil Gaiman’s urban fantasy novel "Neverwhere," known for his grotesque manners and partnership with the brutish Mr. Vandemar.
-
B.
Rowlf the Dog
Rowlf the Dog is a laid-back, piano-playing Muppet known for his dry humor and loyal, easygoing personality.
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C.
Pogo Poole
Pogo Poole is the charming, witty, and free-spirited protagonist of the play and film "The Pleasure of His Company," known for disrupting his daughter's orderly life when he reenters her world.
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D.
Bustopher Jones
Bustopher Jones is a distinguished, portly cat from T. S. Eliot’s *Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats*, known for his impeccable manners, formal attire, and fondness for gentlemen’s clubs.
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E.
Pete Hogwallop
Pete Hogwallop is a dim-witted yet loyal escaped convict and companion to Ulysses Everett McGill in the Coen brothers’ film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?".
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
giant ⓘ ogre ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Time Bandits ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm | Time Bandits ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
Time Bandits (1981 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Time Bandits
|
| characterTrait |
comical
ⓘ
gruff ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator |
Michael Palin
ⓘ
Terry Gilliam ⓘ |
| encounters | time-traveling protagonists ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
adventure film
ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Mrs. Ogre ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport | ship ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
comic relief
ⓘ
supporting character ⓘ |
| occupation |
sailor
ⓘ
seafarer ⓘ |
| physicalCondition | chronic back pain ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | live-action film ⓘ |
| settingOfAppearance | sea ⓘ |
| size | giant ⓘ |
| species | ogre ⓘ |
| spouseInFilm | ogre’s wife in Time Bandits ⓘ |
| suffersFrom | back pain ⓘ |
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: Winston the Ogre in Time Bandits Description of subject: Winston the Ogre in *Time Bandits* is a comically gruff, seafaring giant who, along with his wife, encounters the time-traveling protagonists while suffering from chronic back pain.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.