Peter McCallister in Home Alone
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Peter McCallister is the well-meaning but often frazzled father of Kevin McCallister in the "Home Alone" films, known for accidentally leaving his son behind during family holiday trips.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peter McCallister in Home Alone canonical | 1 |
| Peter McCallister in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9780710 — 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 McCallister in Home Alone Context triple: [John Heard, role, Peter McCallister in Home Alone]
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A.
Gus Polinski in Home Alone
Gus Polinski in *Home Alone* is a jovial polka band leader who helps Kate McCallister get back to her son by offering her a ride in his van.
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B.
Karl in Mrs. Doubtfire
Karl in *Mrs. Doubtfire* is the flamboyant, quick-witted makeup artist and brother of Daniel Hillard who helps transform him into the elderly nanny persona.
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C.
Kevin McCallister
Kevin McCallister is the resourceful young boy who famously defends his home from burglars after being accidentally left behind by his family in the Christmas comedy film "Home Alone."
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D.
Macaulay Culkin
Macaulay Culkin is an American actor best known for his childhood role as Kevin McCallister in the hit "Home Alone" film series.
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E.
Nick Harper in My Family
Nick Harper in *My Family* is the dim-witted yet charming and eccentric eldest son of the Harper family in the British sitcom.
- 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 McCallister in Home Alone Target entity description: Peter McCallister is the well-meaning but often frazzled father of Kevin McCallister in the "Home Alone" films, known for accidentally leaving his son behind during family holiday trips.
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A.
Gus Polinski in Home Alone
Gus Polinski in *Home Alone* is a jovial polka band leader who helps Kate McCallister get back to her son by offering her a ride in his van.
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B.
Karl in Mrs. Doubtfire
Karl in *Mrs. Doubtfire* is the flamboyant, quick-witted makeup artist and brother of Daniel Hillard who helps transform him into the elderly nanny persona.
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C.
Kevin McCallister
Kevin McCallister is the resourceful young boy who famously defends his home from burglars after being accidentally left behind by his family in the Christmas comedy film "Home Alone."
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D.
Macaulay Culkin
Macaulay Culkin is an American actor best known for his childhood role as Kevin McCallister in the hit "Home Alone" film series.
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E.
Nick Harper in My Family
Nick Harper in *My Family* is the dim-witted yet charming and eccentric eldest son of the Harper family in the British sitcom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Home Alone
NERFINISHED
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
often frazzled
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stressed parent ⓘ well-meaning ⓘ |
| child |
Buzz McCallister
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fuller McCallister NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff McCallister NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin McCallister NERFINISHED ⓘ Linnie McCallister NERFINISHED ⓘ Megan McCallister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalCitizenship | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | John Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | McCallister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Home Alone franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmSeries | Home Alone series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Home Alone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | family comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| householdRole | father ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
forgetting his son Kevin at home during a Christmas trip to Paris
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losing track of Kevin again during a family trip to Florida ⓘ |
| occupation | businessman ⓘ |
| onScreenDebutYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| parentOfProtagonist | Kevin McCallister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | John Heard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Brooke McCallister
NERFINISHED
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Frank McCallister NERFINISHED ⓘ Heather McCallister NERFINISHED ⓘ Leslie McCallister NERFINISHED ⓘ Rod McCallister NERFINISHED ⓘ Sondra McCallister NERFINISHED ⓘ Steffan McCallister NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracy McCallister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Chicago
NERFINISHED
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suburban Chicago house ⓘ |
| sequelAppearanceYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| spouse | Kate McCallister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Peter McCallister in Home Alone Description of subject: Peter McCallister is the well-meaning but often frazzled father of Kevin McCallister in the "Home Alone" films, known for accidentally leaving his son behind during family holiday trips.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Peter McCallister in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York