Benjie Weiss
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Benjie Weiss is a troubled teen movie star in David Cronenberg’s film "Maps to the Stars," embodying the dark side of Hollywood child celebrity culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Benjie Weiss canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12869561 — 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)
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Target entity: Benjie Weiss Context triple: [Maps to the Stars, character, Benjie Weiss]
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A.
Andrew Weiss
Andrew Weiss is a notable individual whose specific prominence or field of recognition is not clearly identifiable from the given information alone.
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B.
Eric Weiss
Eric Weiss is a loyal and resourceful CIA agent and close friend of the protagonist in the television series "Alias."
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C.
Eric Weiss
Eric Weiss is an actor known for his role in the film adaptation of the young adult novel "Alan & Naomi."
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D.
Joshua Sternin
Joshua Sternin is an American television writer and producer known for his work on animated and live-action series, including co-creating the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV adaptation.
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E.
Mikey Schaefer
Mikey Schaefer is an American adventure photographer and cinematographer known for his work on climbing and outdoor films, including the acclaimed documentary "Free Solo."
- 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: Benjie Weiss Target entity description: Benjie Weiss is a troubled teen movie star in David Cronenberg’s film "Maps to the Stars," embodying the dark side of Hollywood child celebrity culture.
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A.
Andrew Weiss
Andrew Weiss is a notable individual whose specific prominence or field of recognition is not clearly identifiable from the given information alone.
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B.
Eric Weiss
Eric Weiss is a loyal and resourceful CIA agent and close friend of the protagonist in the television series "Alias."
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C.
Eric Weiss
Eric Weiss is an actor known for his role in the film adaptation of the young adult novel "Alan & Naomi."
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D.
Joshua Sternin
Joshua Sternin is an American television writer and producer known for his work on animated and live-action series, including co-creating the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV adaptation.
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E.
Mikey Schaefer
Mikey Schaefer is an American adventure photographer and cinematographer known for his work on climbing and outdoor films, including the acclaimed documentary "Free Solo."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Maps to the Stars ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | satirical drama ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Hollywood culture
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addiction ⓘ child stardom ⓘ dysfunctional family ⓘ fame ⓘ mental illness ⓘ |
| characterAge | teenager ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalUniverse |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | David Cronenberg ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation | Hollywood ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Maps to the Stars ⓘ |
| genre | drama film character ⓘ |
| hasFamilyRelation |
Havana Segrand
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Stafford Weiss ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central character ⓘ |
| notableFor |
embodying the dark side of Hollywood child celebrity culture
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troubled teen celebrity behavior ⓘ |
| occupation |
child actor
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movie star ⓘ |
| partOf | Maps to the Stars cast of characters ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Evan Bird ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfFirstAppearance | 2014 ⓘ |
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: Benjie Weiss Description of subject: Benjie Weiss is a troubled teen movie star in David Cronenberg’s film "Maps to the Stars," embodying the dark side of Hollywood child celebrity culture.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.