Rod Kimble
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Rod Kimble is the inept but determined amateur stuntman protagonist of the comedy film "Hot Rod," portrayed by Andy Samberg.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rod Kimble canonical | 7 |
| Stuntman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T830326 — 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: Rod Kimble Context triple: [Andy Samberg, hasRole, Rod Kimble]
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A.
Pat Hobbs
Pat Hobbs is an American college athletics administrator best known for serving as the athletic director at Rutgers University, where he has overseen major developments in the Scarlet Knights’ athletic programs.
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B.
Kurt Buckman
Kurt Buckman is one of the three beleaguered friends in the dark comedy film "Horrible Bosses," known for plotting to kill his abusive employer alongside his equally frustrated coworkers.
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C.
Jim Kimsey
Jim Kimsey was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as a co-founder and the first CEO of the pioneering internet company AOL.
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D.
Jack Driscoll
Jack Driscoll is a central heroic character in the 1933 film "King Kong," serving as the ship's first mate and the primary human protagonist who helps rescue Ann Darrow from the giant ape.
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E.
Dick Howser
Dick Howser was an American Major League Baseball manager and former infielder best known for leading the Kansas City Royals to their first World Series championship in 1985.
- 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: Rod Kimble Target entity description: Rod Kimble is the inept but determined amateur stuntman protagonist of the comedy film "Hot Rod," portrayed by Andy Samberg.
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A.
Pat Hobbs
Pat Hobbs is an American college athletics administrator best known for serving as the athletic director at Rutgers University, where he has overseen major developments in the Scarlet Knights’ athletic programs.
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B.
Kurt Buckman
Kurt Buckman is one of the three beleaguered friends in the dark comedy film "Horrible Bosses," known for plotting to kill his abusive employer alongside his equally frustrated coworkers.
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C.
Jim Kimsey
Jim Kimsey was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as a co-founder and the first CEO of the pioneering internet company AOL.
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D.
Jack Driscoll
Jack Driscoll is a central heroic character in the 1933 film "King Kong," serving as the ship's first mate and the primary human protagonist who helps rescue Ann Darrow from the giant ape.
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E.
Dick Howser
Dick Howser was an American Major League Baseball manager and former infielder best known for leading the Kansas City Royals to their first World Series championship in 1985.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ stuntman ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Hot Rod ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | slapstick comedy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
homemade ramps
ⓘ
moped stunts ⓘ |
| createdBy | Pam Brady ⓘ |
| createdFor |
the film Hot Rod
ⓘ
linked to:
Hot Rod
|
| familyRelation |
brother of Kevin Powell
ⓘ
stepson of Frank Powell ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Hot Rod (2007 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Hot Rod
|
| friendOf |
Dave McLean
ⓘ
Rico ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | comedy film character ⓘ |
| hasCatchphrase | You’re wrong, and you’re a stupid idiot. ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
to become a respected stuntman
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to earn money for his stepfather’s surgery ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
determined
ⓘ
inept ⓘ |
| hasTheme | proving himself as a man ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Denise ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | comic underdog hero ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| notableStunt |
bus jump fundraiser
ⓘ
forest dance tumble ⓘ pool jump ⓘ |
| occupation | amateur stuntman ⓘ |
| partOf | Hot Rod (film) cast of characters ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Andy Samberg ⓘ |
| residence | small American town ⓘ |
| usesVehicle | moped ⓘ |
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: Rod Kimble Description of subject: Rod Kimble is the inept but determined amateur stuntman protagonist of the comedy film "Hot Rod," portrayed by Andy Samberg.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Rod Kimble