Samuel Faulkner
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Samuel Faulkner is the commitment-phobic child psychologist protagonist of the romantic comedy film "Nine Months," whose life is upended when his girlfriend becomes pregnant.
All labels observed (1)
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| Samuel Faulkner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8155720 — 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: Samuel Faulkner Context triple: [Nine Months, character, Samuel Faulkner]
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A.
William Faulkner
William Faulkner was a Nobel Prize–winning American novelist and short-story writer renowned for his complex narratives and pioneering use of stream of consciousness, particularly in works set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
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B.
Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner
Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner was a Northern Irish politician who served as the last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland before the government’s suspension in 1972.
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C.
Hamlin Garland
Hamlin Garland was an American author best known for his realistic portrayals of Midwestern farm life and his influential role in the development of regionalist, or local color, fiction.
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D.
Almanzo Wilder
Almanzo Wilder was an American farmer and the husband of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, whose frontier life inspired the "Little House" books.
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E.
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Walter Van Tilburg Clark was an American author best known for his classic Western novel "The Ox-Bow Incident," which explores themes of mob justice and moral responsibility.
- 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: Samuel Faulkner Target entity description: Samuel Faulkner is the commitment-phobic child psychologist protagonist of the romantic comedy film "Nine Months," whose life is upended when his girlfriend becomes pregnant.
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A.
William Faulkner
William Faulkner was a Nobel Prize–winning American novelist and short-story writer renowned for his complex narratives and pioneering use of stream of consciousness, particularly in works set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
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B.
Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner
Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner was a Northern Irish politician who served as the last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland before the government’s suspension in 1972.
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C.
Hamlin Garland
Hamlin Garland was an American author best known for his realistic portrayals of Midwestern farm life and his influential role in the development of regionalist, or local color, fiction.
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D.
Almanzo Wilder
Almanzo Wilder was an American farmer and the husband of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, whose frontier life inspired the "Little House" books.
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E.
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Walter Van Tilburg Clark was an American author best known for his classic Western novel "The Ox-Bow Incident," which explores themes of mob justice and moral responsibility.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Nine Months NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
maturity
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parenthood ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ |
| belongsToFictionalUniverse | Nine Months universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterArc | overcomes fear of commitment ⓘ |
| commitmentPhobic | true ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Chris Columbus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdForWork | Nine Months NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Nine Months NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| girlfriend | Rebecca Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipType | heterosexual romantic relationship ⓘ |
| hasRomanticPartner | Rebecca Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
anxious about parenthood
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fear of commitment ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| lifeEvent |
faces impending fatherhood
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girlfriend becomes pregnant ⓘ |
| mainCharacterIn | Nine Months NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | drives plot through reaction to pregnancy ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| occupation | child psychologist ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Hugh Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| professionSpecialty | children ⓘ |
| storySetting | San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workGenre | romantic comedy film ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Samuel Faulkner Description of subject: Samuel Faulkner is the commitment-phobic child psychologist protagonist of the romantic comedy film "Nine Months," whose life is upended when his girlfriend becomes pregnant.
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