Will Caster
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Will Caster is a brilliant artificial intelligence researcher whose consciousness is uploaded into a computer in the science fiction film "Transcendence."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Will Caster canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12996819 — 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: Will Caster Context triple: [Max Waters, hasFriend, Will Caster]
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A.
Alex Datcher
Alex Datcher is an American actress best known for her role as a flight attendant alongside Wesley Snipes in the 1992 action film "Passenger 57."
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B.
Tucker Crowe
Tucker Crowe is a reclusive, cult-favorite American singer-songwriter whose mysterious disappearance from the public eye drives the plot of Nick Hornby’s novel "Juliet, Naked."
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C.
Roman Bridger
Roman Bridger is the primary antagonist and Ghostface killer in the horror film "Scream 3," revealed as a vengeful film director connected to Sidney Prescott's past.
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D.
Casson Ferguson
Casson Ferguson was an American silent film actor active in the 1910s and early 1920s, known for his roles in romantic dramas and melodramas.
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E.
Will Teasle
Will Teasle is the small-town sheriff and primary antagonist in the film "First Blood," known for his escalating conflict with John Rambo.
- 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: Will Caster Target entity description: Will Caster is a brilliant artificial intelligence researcher whose consciousness is uploaded into a computer in the science fiction film "Transcendence."
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A.
Alex Datcher
Alex Datcher is an American actress best known for her role as a flight attendant alongside Wesley Snipes in the 1992 action film "Passenger 57."
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B.
Tucker Crowe
Tucker Crowe is a reclusive, cult-favorite American singer-songwriter whose mysterious disappearance from the public eye drives the plot of Nick Hornby’s novel "Juliet, Naked."
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C.
Roman Bridger
Roman Bridger is the primary antagonist and Ghostface killer in the horror film "Scream 3," revealed as a vengeful film director connected to Sidney Prescott's past.
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D.
Casson Ferguson
Casson Ferguson was an American silent film actor active in the 1910s and early 1920s, known for his roles in romantic dramas and melodramas.
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E.
Will Teasle
Will Teasle is the small-town sheriff and primary antagonist in the film "First Blood," known for his escalating conflict with John Rambo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| abilityAsAI |
access to global computer networks
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nanotechnology control ⓘ rapid self-improvement ⓘ surveillance at global scale ⓘ |
| alignmentQuestionedBy |
Evelyn Caster
ⓘ
Max Waters ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Transcendence
ⓘ
linked to:
Transcendence (2014 film)
|
| associatedTechnology |
global networked systems
ⓘ
nanotechnology ⓘ quantum computing ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | radiation poisoning ⓘ |
| colleague | Max Waters ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
FBI
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States government ⓘ anti-technology terrorists ⓘ |
| createdBy | Jack Paglen ⓘ |
| createdForWork |
Transcendence
ⓘ
linked to:
Transcendence (2014 film)
|
| event |
assassination attempt by extremists
ⓘ
radiation poisoning from polonium-laced bullet ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
artificial intelligence
ⓘ
consciousness research ⓘ machine learning ⓘ |
| finalOutcome | shutdown of networked AI presence ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | science fiction ⓘ |
| goal |
achieving technological transcendence
ⓘ
healing people using advanced technology ⓘ |
| hasConsciousnessUploadedTo | computer system ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| moralAmbiguity | questioned motives as AI ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableQuoteTheme | fear of AI versus potential benefits ⓘ |
| occupation | artificial intelligence researcher ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Johnny Depp ⓘ |
| posthumousState | digitized consciousness ⓘ |
| relationshipWith |
Evelyn Caster
ⓘ
Max Waters ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
creating sentient AI
ⓘ
transcendent machine intelligence ⓘ |
| spouse | Evelyn Caster ⓘ |
| targetOf | anti-technology extremist group ⓘ |
| themeInNarrative |
ethics of artificial intelligence
ⓘ
human consciousness and identity ⓘ technological singularity ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| yearOfWorkRelease | 2014 ⓘ |
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: Will Caster Description of subject: Will Caster is a brilliant artificial intelligence researcher whose consciousness is uploaded into a computer in the science fiction film "Transcendence."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.