Eric Anderson as Cal
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Eric Anderson as Cal refers to the stage performance by actor Eric Anderson in the Broadway musical "Waitress," where he plays the gruff but soft-hearted diner manager Cal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eric Anderson as Cal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10007487 — 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: Eric Anderson as Cal Context triple: [Waitress (musical), rolePortrayed, Eric Anderson as Cal]
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A.
Charlie Anderson
Charlie Anderson is the stubborn yet principled Virginia farmer and widowed father at the center of the Civil War–era film "Shenandoah," portrayed by James Stewart.
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B.
Brian Kerwin as Hank Mitchell
Brian Kerwin as Hank Mitchell refers to the character of a heroic adventurer and love interest played by Brian Kerwin in the 1986 monster film "King Kong Lives."
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C.
Ashton Kutcher as Evan Treborn
Ashton Kutcher as Evan Treborn is the troubled protagonist of the psychological thriller "The Butterfly Effect," a young man who discovers he can revisit and alter his past with devastating consequences.
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D.
Nick Andros
Nick Andros is a deaf-mute drifter who becomes one of the central, morally grounded leaders in Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic novel "The Stand."
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E.
Ken Hutchison as Chela
Ken Hutchison as Chela is a supporting character portrayed by Scottish actor Ken Hutchison in the 1972 Western film "The Wrath of God."
- 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: Eric Anderson as Cal Target entity description: Eric Anderson as Cal refers to the stage performance by actor Eric Anderson in the Broadway musical "Waitress," where he plays the gruff but soft-hearted diner manager Cal.
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A.
Charlie Anderson
Charlie Anderson is the stubborn yet principled Virginia farmer and widowed father at the center of the Civil War–era film "Shenandoah," portrayed by James Stewart.
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B.
Brian Kerwin as Hank Mitchell
Brian Kerwin as Hank Mitchell refers to the character of a heroic adventurer and love interest played by Brian Kerwin in the 1986 monster film "King Kong Lives."
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C.
Ashton Kutcher as Evan Treborn
Ashton Kutcher as Evan Treborn is the troubled protagonist of the psychological thriller "The Butterfly Effect," a young man who discovers he can revisit and alter his past with devastating consequences.
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D.
Nick Andros
Nick Andros is a deaf-mute drifter who becomes one of the central, morally grounded leaders in Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic novel "The Stand."
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E.
Ken Hutchison as Chela
Ken Hutchison as Chela is a supporting character portrayed by Scottish actor Ken Hutchison in the 1972 Western film "The Wrath of God."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
stage performance
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theatrical role ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Waitress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Waitress (2007 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterFullName | Cal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterName | Cal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
gruff
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soft-hearted ⓘ |
| characterType | diner manager ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | stage musical ⓘ |
| notableFor | portraying a tough but caring boss in Waitress ⓘ |
| occupationInStory | restaurant manager ⓘ |
| performedBy | Eric Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysRelationship |
Cal and his employees
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Cal and other diner staff ⓘ |
| portraysTone |
comedic
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warm-hearted ⓘ |
| productionLocation | Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionType | Broadway musical ⓘ |
| setting | American diner ⓘ |
| workAuthorMusicAndLyrics | Sara Bareilles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workBookBy | Jessie Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workBroadwayOpeningDate | 2016 ⓘ |
| workChoreographer | Lorin Latarro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workDirector | Diane Paulus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPremiereCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPremiereCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPremiereVenue | Brooks Atkinson Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Eric Anderson as Cal Description of subject: Eric Anderson as Cal refers to the stage performance by actor Eric Anderson in the Broadway musical "Waitress," where he plays the gruff but soft-hearted diner manager Cal.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.