Larry Hockett
E1047705
Larry Hockett is the fictional pitching coach character portrayed by Robert Wuhl in the baseball film "Bull Durham."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Larry Hockett canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13558933 — 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: Larry Hockett Context triple: [Robert Wuhl, notableRole, Larry Hockett]
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A.
William C. Stokoe
William C. Stokoe was a pioneering American linguist whose groundbreaking work established American Sign Language as a legitimate, fully structured natural language.
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B.
Paul Kiparsky
Paul Kiparsky is a prominent linguist known for his influential work in generative phonology and historical linguistics.
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C.
F. William Sievers
F. William Sievers was an American sculptor known for creating prominent public monuments and memorials, particularly in the early 20th century.
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D.
Kenneth Hale
Kenneth Hale was an influential American linguist renowned for his work on indigenous and endangered languages, especially in the Americas and Australia, and for his contributions to theoretical syntax and language preservation.
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E.
John C. Wells
John C. Wells is a prominent British phonetician and phonologist known for his influential work on English accents and pronunciation, including his analyses of BBC English.
- 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: Larry Hockett Target entity description: Larry Hockett is the fictional pitching coach character portrayed by Robert Wuhl in the baseball film "Bull Durham."
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A.
William C. Stokoe
William C. Stokoe was a pioneering American linguist whose groundbreaking work established American Sign Language as a legitimate, fully structured natural language.
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B.
Paul Kiparsky
Paul Kiparsky is a prominent linguist known for his influential work in generative phonology and historical linguistics.
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C.
F. William Sievers
F. William Sievers was an American sculptor known for creating prominent public monuments and memorials, particularly in the early 20th century.
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D.
Kenneth Hale
Kenneth Hale was an influential American linguist renowned for his work on indigenous and endangered languages, especially in the Americas and Australia, and for his contributions to theoretical syntax and language preservation.
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E.
John C. Wells
John C. Wells is a prominent British phonetician and phonologist known for his influential work on English accents and pronunciation, including his analyses of BBC English.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Bull Durham ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Durham, North Carolina
ⓘ
minor league baseball ⓘ |
| associatedWithTeam |
Durham Bulls baseball team
ⓘ
linked to:
Durham Bulls
|
| countryOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdFor | Bull Durham ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Bull Durham universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Bull Durham (1988 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
film "Bull Durham"
|
| genreOfWork | sports film ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasName | Larry Hockett ⓘ |
| hasRole | coach ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | mentor figure ⓘ |
| occupation | pitching coach ⓘ |
| partOf | Bull Durham cast ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
American actor
ⓘ
Robert Wuhl ⓘ comedian Robert Wuhl ⓘ
linked to:
Robert Wuhl
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| publicationDateOfFirstAppearance | 1988 ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| workLocation | Durham Bulls ⓘ |
| workOfArtType | character in a feature film ⓘ |
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: Larry Hockett Description of subject: Larry Hockett is the fictional pitching coach character portrayed by Robert Wuhl in the baseball film "Bull Durham."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Wuhl