Harrison Ford as Dr. Norman Spencer
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Harrison Ford as Dr. Norman Spencer is the seemingly devoted husband and successful scientist whose dark secrets drive the psychological and supernatural tension in the thriller film "What Lies Beneath."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harrison Ford as Dr. Norman Spencer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10845072 — 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: Harrison Ford as Dr. Norman Spencer Context triple: [What Lies Beneath, leadActorCharacter, Harrison Ford as Dr. Norman Spencer]
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Dr. Mann
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- 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: Harrison Ford as Dr. Norman Spencer Target entity description: Harrison Ford as Dr. Norman Spencer is the seemingly devoted husband and successful scientist whose dark secrets drive the psychological and supernatural tension in the thriller film "What Lies Beneath."
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A.
Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo
Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo refers to the actor’s portrayal of a young Han Solo, the iconic smuggler later played by Harrison Ford, in the Star Wars prequel film "Solo: A Star Wars Story."
-
B.
Billy Dee Williams
Billy Dee Williams is an American actor best known for his charismatic roles in films such as "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi," where he portrayed Lando Calrissian.
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C.
Captain Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Captain Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the conflicted Starfleet commander of the USS Reliant who falls under Khan’s mind control, embodying the film’s themes of duty, manipulation, and sacrifice.
-
D.
Albert Finney as Kilgore Trout
Albert Finney as Kilgore Trout refers to the acclaimed British actor’s portrayal of Kurt Vonnegut’s eccentric, down-on-his-luck science fiction writer Kilgore Trout in the film adaptation of "Breakfast of Champions."
-
E.
Dr. Mann
Dr. Mann is a renowned but ultimately deceptive scientist and astronaut in the film "Interstellar," whose actions critically impact the fate of the main characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalCharacterPortrayal
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filmCharacter ⓘ |
| appearsIn | What Lies Beneath ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
deceptionInMarriage
ⓘ
guiltAndHaunting ⓘ hiddenCrimes ⓘ |
| characterArc |
revealOfDarkSecrets
ⓘ
transformationFromSupportiveToThreatening ⓘ |
| characterName | Dr. Norman Spencer ⓘ |
| cinematographyByInWork | Don Burgess ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Claire Spencer ⓘ |
| coreTrait |
controlling
ⓘ
manipulative ⓘ secretive ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| directorOfWork | Robert Zemeckis ⓘ |
| fieldInStory | researchScientist ⓘ |
| genre |
psychologicalThrillerFilm
ⓘ
supernaturalThrillerFilm ⓘ |
| hauntedBy | spiritOfHisFormerLover ⓘ |
| initialPersona |
devotedHusband
ⓘ
successfulProfessional ⓘ |
| keyStoryElement |
attemptedMurderOfSpouse
ⓘ
coverUpOfCrime ⓘ extramaritalAffair ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| musicByInWork | Alan Silvestri ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
antagonist
ⓘ
primaryVillain ⓘ |
| notableSceneContext |
bathtubDrowningAttempt
ⓘ
confrontationDuringStorm ⓘ |
| occupationInStory | scientist ⓘ |
| plotFunction |
sourceOfPsychologicalTension
ⓘ
sourceOfSupernaturalTension ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Harrison Ford ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfWork | ImageMovers ⓘ |
| releaseDateUSOfWork | 2000-07-21 ⓘ |
| releaseYearOfWork | 2000 ⓘ |
| screenwriterOfWork | Clark Gregg ⓘ |
| settingOfWork | VermontLakeHouse ⓘ |
| spouseInStory | Claire Spencer ⓘ |
| spousePortrayedBy | Michelle Pfeiffer ⓘ |
| studioOfWork |
DreamWorksPictures
ⓘ
linked to:
DreamWorks Pictures
|
| workType | featureFilm ⓘ |
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: Harrison Ford as Dr. Norman Spencer Description of subject: Harrison Ford as Dr. Norman Spencer is the seemingly devoted husband and successful scientist whose dark secrets drive the psychological and supernatural tension in the thriller film "What Lies Beneath."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.