Peter Gibbons in Office Space
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Peter Gibbons is the disillusioned, laid-back software engineer in the cult comedy film "Office Space" who rebels against his soul-crushing corporate job and inadvertently sparks a scheme against his company.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter Gibbons in Office Space canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8725408 — 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)
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Target entity: Peter Gibbons in Office Space Context triple: [Ron Livingston, characterRole, Peter Gibbons in Office Space]
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A.
Steve Carell as Brick Tamland
Steve Carell as Brick Tamland refers to Carell’s portrayal of the dim-witted yet endearing weatherman of the Channel 4 News Team in the Anchorman comedy films.
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B.
Bill Murray as Carl Spackler
Bill Murray as Carl Spackler is the eccentric, mumbling, gopher-obsessed groundskeeper whose absurd antics and improvised monologues became the comedic highlight of the film.
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C.
Ted Baxter
Ted Baxter is a vain, bumbling, and egotistical TV news anchor who serves as a major comic figure on the classic sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."
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D.
Will Ferrell as Nick Halsey
Will Ferrell as Nick Halsey is the down-on-his-luck, recently fired and separated suburban salesman at the center of the dramedy "Everything Must Go," whose life unravels as he holds a yard sale on his front lawn.
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E.
Lieutenant Scotty McAllister
Lieutenant Scotty McAllister is a supporting U.S. Army officer character in the 1966 Western film "Duel at Diablo," involved in the tense frontier conflict central to the story.
- 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: Peter Gibbons in Office Space Target entity description: Peter Gibbons is the disillusioned, laid-back software engineer in the cult comedy film "Office Space" who rebels against his soul-crushing corporate job and inadvertently sparks a scheme against his company.
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A.
Steve Carell as Brick Tamland
Steve Carell as Brick Tamland refers to Carell’s portrayal of the dim-witted yet endearing weatherman of the Channel 4 News Team in the Anchorman comedy films.
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B.
Bill Murray as Carl Spackler
Bill Murray as Carl Spackler is the eccentric, mumbling, gopher-obsessed groundskeeper whose absurd antics and improvised monologues became the comedic highlight of the film.
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C.
Ted Baxter
Ted Baxter is a vain, bumbling, and egotistical TV news anchor who serves as a major comic figure on the classic sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."
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D.
Will Ferrell as Nick Halsey
Will Ferrell as Nick Halsey is the down-on-his-luck, recently fired and separated suburban salesman at the center of the dramedy "Everything Must Go," whose life unravels as he holds a yard sale on his front lawn.
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E.
Lieutenant Scotty McAllister
Lieutenant Scotty McAllister is a supporting U.S. Army officer character in the 1966 Western film "Duel at Diablo," involved in the tense frontier conflict central to the story.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Office Space NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedObject |
TPS reports
ⓘ
red Swingline stapler (indirectly via Milton) ⓘ |
| boss | Bill Lumbergh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterArc | from burned-out employee to more content manual laborer ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Mike Judge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employerType | software company ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext |
comedy
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Office Space (1999 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| friend |
Michael Bolton (Office Space)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samir Nagheenanajar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasDialogueTrait | deadpan humor ⓘ |
| hasMotive |
escape soul-crushing office job
ⓘ
get revenge on Initech ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
apathetic
ⓘ
disillusioned ⓘ laid-back ⓘ rebellious ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Mike Judge’s Milton animated shorts (universe) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn | embezzlement scheme against Initech ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| laterOccupation | construction worker ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Joanna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainActivity | rebels against corporate job ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| neighbor | Lawrence (Office Space) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAction |
admits to taking company money
ⓘ
confesses scheme to Initech executives ⓘ stops caring about work after hypnotherapy ⓘ |
| occupation | software engineer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ron Livingston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipStatus | dating Joanna by end of film ⓘ |
| screenTimeImportance | central ⓘ |
| setting | suburban Texas ⓘ |
| targetOf | corporate downsizing ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
anti-corporate rebellion
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corporate burnout ⓘ workplace alienation ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | late 1990s ⓘ |
| worksFor | Initech NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Peter Gibbons in Office Space Description of subject: Peter Gibbons is the disillusioned, laid-back software engineer in the cult comedy film "Office Space" who rebels against his soul-crushing corporate job and inadvertently sparks a scheme against his company.
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