James Holden
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James Holden is the idealistic yet conflicted former Earth naval officer who becomes a central figure in interplanetary politics and conflict in the science fiction series *The Expanse*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Holden canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9385708 — 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: James Holden Context triple: [The Expanse, mainCharacter, James Holden]
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A.
Jon Hopkins
Jon Hopkins is a British electronic music producer and composer known for his richly textured, atmospheric soundscapes and acclaimed albums such as "Immunity" and "Singularity."
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B.
William Orbit
William Orbit is a British record producer and composer renowned for his innovative electronic soundscapes and influential collaborations with major pop artists, including his work on Madonna’s acclaimed album "Ray of Light."
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C.
Ben Lovett
Ben Lovett is a British musician best known as the keyboardist and backing vocalist of the folk-rock band Mumford & Sons.
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D.
Ben Howard
Ben Howard is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his introspective lyrics, intricate fingerstyle playing, and Mercury Prize–nominated debut album "Every Kingdom."
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E.
Graham Sleight
Graham Sleight is a British critic and editor best known for his work in science fiction and fantasy literature.
- 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: James Holden Target entity description: James Holden is the idealistic yet conflicted former Earth naval officer who becomes a central figure in interplanetary politics and conflict in the science fiction series *The Expanse*.
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A.
Jon Hopkins
Jon Hopkins is a British electronic music producer and composer known for his richly textured, atmospheric soundscapes and acclaimed albums such as "Immunity" and "Singularity."
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B.
William Orbit
William Orbit is a British record producer and composer renowned for his innovative electronic soundscapes and influential collaborations with major pop artists, including his work on Madonna’s acclaimed album "Ray of Light."
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C.
Ben Lovett
Ben Lovett is a British musician best known as the keyboardist and backing vocalist of the folk-rock band Mumford & Sons.
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D.
Ben Howard
Ben Howard is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his introspective lyrics, intricate fingerstyle playing, and Mercury Prize–nominated debut album "Every Kingdom."
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E.
Graham Sleight
Graham Sleight is a British critic and editor best known for his work in science fiction and fantasy literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Canterbury crew
ⓘ
Rocinante crew ⓘ United Nations Navy ⓘ
linked to:
UN naval forces
|
| allegiance |
Earth (former)
ⓘ
linked to:
Earth
Rocinante crew ⓘ
linked to:
Rocinante
|
| appearsIn |
The Expanse
ⓘ
The Expanse (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
The Expanse
The Expanse (novel series) ⓘ
linked to:
The Expanse
|
| basedOn | character from The Expanse novels ⓘ |
| citizenship | Earth ⓘ |
| creator | James S. A. Corey ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Leviathan Wakes
ⓘ
The Expanse, Season 1 ⓘ
linked to:
The Expanse
|
| formerEmployer | Pur'n'Kleen Water Company ⓘ |
| formerUnit |
UNN (United Nations Navy)
ⓘ
linked to:
UN naval forces
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| homePlanet | Earth ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Earth–Mars–Belt tensions
ⓘ
Ring gate events ⓘ protomolecule crisis ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
novel
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| militaryRank | lieutenant (former) ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central protagonist in The Expanse ⓘ |
| notableFor |
idealism
ⓘ
involvement in conflicts between Earth, Mars, and the Belt ⓘ moral conflict ⓘ role in interplanetary politics ⓘ |
| occupation |
ice hauler officer
ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ political figure ⓘ ship captain ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
conflicted
ⓘ
idealistic ⓘ principled ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Steven Strait ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
captain of the Rocinante
ⓘ
executive officer of the Canterbury ⓘ |
| species | human ⓘ |
| universe |
The Expanse universe
ⓘ
linked to:
The Expanse
|
| vehicle | Rocinante ⓘ |
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: James Holden Description of subject: James Holden is the idealistic yet conflicted former Earth naval officer who becomes a central figure in interplanetary politics and conflict in the science fiction series *The Expanse*.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.