Korben Dallas
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Korben Dallas is the gruff yet heroic former special forces major-turned-taxi driver who becomes humanity’s reluctant savior in the sci-fi film "The Fifth Element."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Korben Dallas canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10226634 — 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: Korben Dallas Context triple: [The Fifth Element, mainCharacter, Korben Dallas]
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A.
Karras
Karras is a surname most notably associated with Alex Karras, an American football player, actor, and sports commentator.
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B.
Eric Draven
Eric Draven is the vengeful, resurrected rock musician and antihero from the dark fantasy film and comic series "The Crow."
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C.
Deckard Cain
Deckard Cain is a wise and elderly Horadric scholar from the Diablo video game series, known for identifying items and guiding heroes with his extensive knowledge of lore and demons.
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D.
John Matrix
John Matrix is the tough, resourceful former Special Forces colonel portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1985 action film "Commando."
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E.
Mickey Goldmill
Mickey Goldmill is the gruff, old-school boxing trainer and mentor of Rocky Balboa in the "Rocky" film series.
- 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: Korben Dallas Target entity description: Korben Dallas is the gruff yet heroic former special forces major-turned-taxi driver who becomes humanity’s reluctant savior in the sci-fi film "The Fifth Element."
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A.
Karras
Karras is a surname most notably associated with Alex Karras, an American football player, actor, and sports commentator.
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B.
Eric Draven
Eric Draven is the vengeful, resurrected rock musician and antihero from the dark fantasy film and comic series "The Crow."
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C.
Deckard Cain
Deckard Cain is a wise and elderly Horadric scholar from the Diablo video game series, known for identifying items and guiding heroes with his extensive knowledge of lore and demons.
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D.
John Matrix
John Matrix is the tough, resourceful former Special Forces colonel portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1985 action film "Commando."
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E.
Mickey Goldmill
Mickey Goldmill is the gruff, old-school boxing trainer and mentor of Rocky Balboa in the "Rocky" film series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| alignment | hero ⓘ |
| ally |
Father Vito Cornelius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leeloo NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruby Rhod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Fifth Element NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Fifth Element
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
four elemental stones ⓘ |
| combatSkill |
firearms proficiency
ⓘ
hand-to-hand combat ⓘ |
| creator | Luc Besson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | taxi company in New York City ⓘ |
| enemy |
Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mangalores NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext |
science fiction
ⓘ
space opera ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Fifth Element (1997 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerOccupation | special forces major ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hairColor | blond ⓘ |
| homeCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Leeloo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Federated Army Special Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAction |
protects the Fifth Element
ⓘ
saves humanity from the Great Evil ⓘ |
| notableScene |
assault on Fhloston Paradise
ⓘ
taxi chase through futuristic New York ⓘ |
| occupation | taxi driver ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
cynical
ⓘ
gruff ⓘ heroic ⓘ reluctant ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Bruce Willis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rank | Major ⓘ |
| residence | small apartment in a high-rise building ⓘ |
| role | protagonist ⓘ |
| servedUnder | General Munro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyFunction | reluctant savior archetype ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 23rd century ⓘ |
| trait | war veteran ⓘ |
| vehicle | flying taxicab ⓘ |
| weaponOfChoice |
assault rifle
ⓘ
handgun ⓘ |
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: Korben Dallas Description of subject: Korben Dallas is the gruff yet heroic former special forces major-turned-taxi driver who becomes humanity’s reluctant savior in the sci-fi film "The Fifth Element."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.