Walter Vale
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Walter Vale is a disillusioned, widowed college professor who undergoes a profound personal transformation after forming unexpected friendships with undocumented immigrants in the drama film "The Visitor."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walter Vale canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9735606 — 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: Walter Vale Context triple: [The Visitor (2007 film), mainCharacter, Walter Vale]
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A.
Frank Worthington
Frank Worthington was an English professional footballer best known as a flamboyant forward who played for clubs such as Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers during the 1970s and 1980s.
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B.
Walter Finch
Walter Finch is the elusive and morally ambiguous antagonist in the psychological thriller film "Insomnia" (2002), portrayed by Robin Williams.
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C.
Paul Wattson
Paul Wattson was an American Episcopal then Catholic priest best known for his pioneering work in promoting ecumenism and Christian unity in the early 20th century.
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D.
Reginald Venable
Reginald Venable was the husband of American stage and film actress Fay Bainter.
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E.
Walter Newman
Walter Newman was an American screenwriter known for his work on classic films such as "The Magnificent Seven" and "Cat Ballou."
- 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: Walter Vale Target entity description: Walter Vale is a disillusioned, widowed college professor who undergoes a profound personal transformation after forming unexpected friendships with undocumented immigrants in the drama film "The Visitor."
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A.
Frank Worthington
Frank Worthington was an English professional footballer best known as a flamboyant forward who played for clubs such as Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers during the 1970s and 1980s.
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B.
Walter Finch
Walter Finch is the elusive and morally ambiguous antagonist in the psychological thriller film "Insomnia" (2002), portrayed by Robin Williams.
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C.
Paul Wattson
Paul Wattson was an American Episcopal then Catholic priest best known for his pioneering work in promoting ecumenism and Christian unity in the early 20th century.
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D.
Reginald Venable
Reginald Venable was the husband of American stage and film actress Fay Bainter.
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E.
Walter Newman
Walter Newman was an American screenwriter known for his work on classic films such as "The Magnificent Seven" and "Cat Ballou."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| ageGroup | middle-aged ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Visitor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThemeInvolvement |
cross-cultural friendship
ⓘ
immigration ⓘ loneliness ⓘ |
| characterArc | from isolation to engagement with others ⓘ |
| createdBy | Tom McCarthy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emotion | disillusioned ⓘ |
| experiences |
emotional awakening
ⓘ
renewed sense of purpose ⓘ |
| featuredInGenre | drama film ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Visitor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formsFriendshipWith | undocumented immigrants ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasResidence |
Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | widowed ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | college professor ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Richard Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipWith |
Mouna Khalil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tarek Khalil NERFINISHED ⓘ Zainab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teachesAt | college in Connecticut ⓘ |
| undergoes | personal transformation ⓘ |
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: Walter Vale Description of subject: Walter Vale is a disillusioned, widowed college professor who undergoes a profound personal transformation after forming unexpected friendships with undocumented immigrants in the drama film "The Visitor."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Visitor (2007 film)