Hollis Mason
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Hollis Mason is the original Nite Owl, a retired costumed vigilante and former police officer from the Watchmen universe who later chronicles his experiences in a memoir.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hollis Mason canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9340655 — 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: Hollis Mason Context triple: [Nite Owl II, predecessorRealName, Hollis Mason]
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A.
Hollis Barton
Hollis Barton is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the apocalyptic Christian thriller film "The Omega Code."
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B.
Hollis
Hollis is a residential neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Queens.
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C.
Hollis
Hollis is a given name used as the middle name of American politician John H. Bankhead.
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D.
Hollis
Hollis is the surname of American hip-hop producer and rapper Hit-Boy, known for crafting chart-topping tracks for major artists across the genre.
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E.
Dill Harris
Dill Harris is a curious and imaginative friend of Scout and Jem Finch in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," symbolizing childhood innocence and fascination with the mysterious Boo Radley.
- 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: Hollis Mason Target entity description: Hollis Mason is the original Nite Owl, a retired costumed vigilante and former police officer from the Watchmen universe who later chronicles his experiences in a memoir.
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A.
Hollis Barton
Hollis Barton is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the apocalyptic Christian thriller film "The Omega Code."
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B.
Hollis
Hollis is a residential neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Queens.
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C.
Hollis
Hollis is a given name used as the middle name of American politician John H. Bankhead.
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D.
Hollis
Hollis is the surname of American hip-hop producer and rapper Hit-Boy, known for crafting chart-topping tracks for major artists across the genre.
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E.
Dill Harris
Dill Harris is a curious and imaginative friend of Scout and Jem Finch in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," symbolizing childhood innocence and fascination with the mysterious Boo Radley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
costumed vigilante
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ memoirist ⓘ police officer ⓘ retired superhero ⓘ superhero ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Watchmen (HBO television series)
ⓘ
linked to:
Watchmen (TV series)
Watchmen (comic series) ⓘ
linked to:
Watchmen (graphic novel)
Watchmen (film adaptation) ⓘ
linked to:
Watchmen
|
| baseOfOperations | New York City ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | beating ⓘ |
| closeFriendOf |
Dan Dreiberg
ⓘ
linked to:
Daniel Dreiberg
|
| costumeTheme | owl ⓘ |
| createdByArtist | Dave Gibbons ⓘ |
| createdByWriter | Alan Moore ⓘ |
| eraOfActivity |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Watchmen
ⓘ
linked to:
Watchmen (graphic novel)
|
| firstAppearance | Watchmen #1 ⓘ |
| formerAffiliation | New York City Police Department ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasPet | dog ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Action comics superheroes
ⓘ
Superman (in-universe comics) ⓘ
linked to:
Superman
|
| killedBy | Knot-Tops gang ⓘ |
| maskType | owl-themed cowl ⓘ |
| memberOfGroup |
Crimebusters (early meetings, retroactively)
ⓘ
linked to:
Crimebusters
|
| mentorOf |
Dan Dreiberg
ⓘ
linked to:
Daniel Dreiberg
|
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
idealistic
ⓘ
morally principled ⓘ physically strong ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
auto mechanic ⓘ garage owner ⓘ police officer ⓘ vigilante ⓘ |
| petName | Sheba ⓘ |
| publisher | DC Comics ⓘ |
| realName | Hollis Mason ⓘ |
| retiredFromVigilantism | 1960s ⓘ |
| successorAsNiteOwl |
Dan Dreiberg
ⓘ
linked to:
Daniel Dreiberg
|
| superheroAlias |
Nite Owl
ⓘ
linked to:
Nite Owl II
Nite Owl I ⓘ |
| teamAffiliation | Minutemen ⓘ |
| weaponOfChoice | hand-to-hand combat ⓘ |
| workType | memoir ⓘ |
| writesWork | Under the Hood ⓘ |
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: Hollis Mason Description of subject: Hollis Mason is the original Nite Owl, a retired costumed vigilante and former police officer from the Watchmen universe who later chronicles his experiences in a memoir.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.