Keiko
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Keiko was a famous captive orca best known for starring in the film "Free Willy" and later becoming the focus of a high-profile rehabilitation and release effort.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Keiko canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9983359 — 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: Keiko Context triple: [Free Willy, orcaPortrayedBy, Keiko]
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A.
Kyoko
Kyoko is a mysterious, mostly silent android in the science fiction film "Ex Machina," serving as both assistant and unsettling presence within the reclusive inventor Nathan's isolated research facility.
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B.
Takako
Takako is a Japanese feminine given name borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and entertainment.
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C.
Chikako
Chikako is a Japanese feminine given name that can be written with various kanji characters and is borne by several notable women in Japan.
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D.
Yuriko
Yuriko is the given name of Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, known for her roles in films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim."
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E.
Kyoko Sakura
Kyoko Sakura is a spear-wielding, food-loving magical girl known for her brash attitude and tragic past in the anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
- 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: Keiko Target entity description: Keiko was a famous captive orca best known for starring in the film "Free Willy" and later becoming the focus of a high-profile rehabilitation and release effort.
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A.
Kyoko
Kyoko is a mysterious, mostly silent android in the science fiction film "Ex Machina," serving as both assistant and unsettling presence within the reclusive inventor Nathan's isolated research facility.
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B.
Takako
Takako is a Japanese feminine given name borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and entertainment.
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C.
Chikako
Chikako is a Japanese feminine given name that can be written with various kanji characters and is borne by several notable women in Japan.
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D.
Yuriko
Yuriko is the given name of Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, known for her roles in films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim."
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E.
Kyoko Sakura
Kyoko Sakura is a spear-wielding, food-loving magical girl known for her brash attitude and tragic past in the anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
captive whale
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film animal actor ⓘ orca ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | about 27 years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siggi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1976-09-24 ⓘ |
| birthLocationType | wild ⓘ |
| birthPlace | near Iceland ⓘ |
| captured | 1979 ⓘ |
| captureLocation | near Iceland ⓘ |
| caredForBy |
Ocean Futures Society team
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oregon Coast Aquarium staff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| countryOfCaptivity |
Canada
NERFINISHED
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Iceland NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2003-12-12 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Taknes Bay, near Arasvikfjord, Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| earlyCaptivityLocation | Icelandic aquarium ⓘ |
| filmReleaseAssociated | 1993 ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
Free Willy–Keiko Foundation
NERFINISHED
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Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ public donations ⓘ |
| healthIssue |
papilloma-like skin lesions
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poor physical condition in captivity ⓘ |
| legacy |
increased public awareness of captive orca welfare
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influenced debates on marine mammal captivity ⓘ |
| length | approximately 7 meters ⓘ |
| notableWork | Free Willy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Reino Aventura (during Free Willy filming) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedCharacter | Willy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rehabilitationLocation | Oregon Coast Aquarium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rehabilitationStart | 1996 ⓘ |
| releaseLocation | Klettsvik Bay, Iceland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseProgram | Keiko Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseToOpenOcean | 2002 ⓘ |
| releaseType | soft release with human support ⓘ |
| relocatedTo |
Klettsvik Bay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marineland of Niagara Falls NERFINISHED ⓘ Oregon Coast Aquarium NERFINISHED ⓘ Reino Aventura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Klettsvik Bay, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
NERFINISHED
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Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ Reino Aventura, Mexico City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sex | male ⓘ |
| soldTo | Marineland of Niagara Falls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredIn | Free Willy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Keiko: The Untold Story
NERFINISHED
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The Free Willy Story: Keiko’s Journey Home NERFINISHED ⓘ numerous documentaries ⓘ |
| taxon | Orcinus orca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportEvent |
airlift from Mexico to Oregon in 1996
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airlift from Oregon to Iceland in 1998 ⓘ |
| weight | approximately 3,600 kilograms ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Keiko Description of subject: Keiko was a famous captive orca best known for starring in the film "Free Willy" and later becoming the focus of a high-profile rehabilitation and release effort.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.