Gary Supernova
E1021503
Gary Supernova is the cautious, brainy mission control commander who becomes the unlikely hero in the animated sci-fi comedy film "Escape from Planet Earth."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gary Supernova canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13109429 — 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: Gary Supernova Context triple: [Escape from Planet Earth, mainCharacter, Gary Supernova]
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A.
Michael Kube-McDowell
Michael Kube-McDowell is an American science fiction author known for his novels, short stories, and contributions to major franchises such as Star Wars.
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B.
Ben York Jones
Ben York Jones is an American screenwriter and actor best known for co-writing the acclaimed romantic drama film "Like Crazy."
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C.
David Holden
David Holden is a film editor known for his work on the movie "The Warriors."
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D.
Keenan Wynn
Keenan Wynn was an American character actor known for his prolific film and television career from the 1940s through the 1970s, often playing gruff, comedic, or villainous supporting roles.
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E.
Michael Ontkean
Michael Ontkean is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in the cult ice hockey film "Slap Shot" and the television series "Twin Peaks."
- 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: Gary Supernova Target entity description: Gary Supernova is the cautious, brainy mission control commander who becomes the unlikely hero in the animated sci-fi comedy film "Escape from Planet Earth."
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A.
Michael Kube-McDowell
Michael Kube-McDowell is an American science fiction author known for his novels, short stories, and contributions to major franchises such as Star Wars.
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B.
Ben York Jones
Ben York Jones is an American screenwriter and actor best known for co-writing the acclaimed romantic drama film "Like Crazy."
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C.
David Holden
David Holden is a film editor known for his work on the movie "The Warriors."
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D.
Keenan Wynn
Keenan Wynn was an American character actor known for his prolific film and television career from the 1940s through the 1970s, often playing gruff, comedic, or villainous supporting roles.
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E.
Michael Ontkean
Michael Ontkean is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in the cult ice hockey film "Slap Shot" and the television series "Twin Peaks."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animated film character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Escape from Planet Earth ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
comedy
ⓘ
family film ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization | BASA ⓘ |
| characterArc | transitions from cautious controller to active hero ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdFor | Escape from Planet Earth ⓘ |
| familyRelation | brother of Scorch Supernova ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Escape from Planet Earth ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | animated science fiction comedy film ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Scorch Supernova ⓘ |
| homePlanet | Baab ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | drives rescue mission plot ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | unlikely hero ⓘ |
| occupation | mission control commander ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
brainy
ⓘ
cautious ⓘ |
| responsibility | mission control operations ⓘ |
| role | protagonist ⓘ |
| species | alien ⓘ |
| worksAt | BASA ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 2013 ⓘ |
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: Gary Supernova Description of subject: Gary Supernova is the cautious, brainy mission control commander who becomes the unlikely hero in the animated sci-fi comedy film "Escape from Planet Earth."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.