William Cage
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William Cage is the protagonist of the science fiction film "Edge of Tomorrow," a military public relations officer who becomes caught in a time loop while fighting an alien invasion.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Cage canonical | 13 |
| William Cage (implied) | 2 |
| Major William Cage | 1 |
| Tom Cruise as Major William Cage | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1108390 — 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: William Cage Context triple: [Rita Vrataski, ally, William Cage]
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A.
Warren Spady
Warren Spady is a designer best known for creating the trophy awarded in the historic Oregon–Oregon State college football rivalry.
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B.
Fred Ward
Fred Ward was an American character actor known for his rugged, everyman roles in films such as "Tremors," "The Right Stuff," and "Short Cuts."
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C.
Murray Hamilton
Murray Hamilton was an American character actor best known for playing the stubborn Mayor Larry Vaughn in the classic thriller film "Jaws."
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D.
Jeffrey Dean
Jeffrey Dean is a prominent American computer scientist and software engineer best known for his influential work on large-scale distributed systems and infrastructure at Google.
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E.
William Ryan
William Ryan is a marine geologist and oceanographer known for his influential work on seafloor spreading and the geological history of the Black Sea, including the "Noah's Flood" hypothesis.
- 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: William Cage Target entity description: William Cage is the protagonist of the science fiction film "Edge of Tomorrow," a military public relations officer who becomes caught in a time loop while fighting an alien invasion.
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A.
Warren Spady
Warren Spady is a designer best known for creating the trophy awarded in the historic Oregon–Oregon State college football rivalry.
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B.
Fred Ward
Fred Ward was an American character actor known for his rugged, everyman roles in films such as "Tremors," "The Right Stuff," and "Short Cuts."
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C.
Murray Hamilton
Murray Hamilton was an American character actor best known for playing the stubborn Mayor Larry Vaughn in the classic thriller film "Jaws."
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D.
Jeffrey Dean
Jeffrey Dean is a prominent American computer scientist and software engineer best known for his influential work on large-scale distributed systems and infrastructure at Google.
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E.
William Ryan
William Ryan is a marine geologist and oceanographer known for his influential work on seafloor spreading and the geological history of the Black Sea, including the "Noah's Flood" hypothesis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| adaptedFrom |
All You Need Is Kill (light novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
All You Need Is Kill
|
| affiliation | United Defense Force ⓘ |
| ally |
J-Squad
ⓘ
Master Sergeant Farell ⓘ Rita Vrataski ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Edge of Tomorrow
ⓘ
Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow ⓘ
linked to:
Edge of Tomorrow
|
| basedOn | Keiji Kiriya ⓘ |
| characterDevelopment |
becomes self-sacrificing
ⓘ
becomes skilled warrior ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Christopher McQuarrie
ⓘ
Jez Butterworth ⓘ John-Henry Butterworth ⓘ |
| familyName | Cage ⓘ |
| fightsAgainst |
Mimics
ⓘ
alien invasion ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Edge of Tomorrow (2014 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Edge of Tomorrow
|
| fullName | Major William Cage ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| goal |
defeat the Mimic Omega
ⓘ
end the time loop ⓘ |
| hasAbility |
retains memories across time loops
ⓘ
time loop reset upon death ⓘ |
| hasLoveInterest | Rita Vrataski ⓘ |
| initialTrait |
cowardly
ⓘ
inexperienced in combat ⓘ |
| inspiredByWork | All You Need Is Kill ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United Defense Force media relations ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
killed by an Alpha Mimic and gains time loop power
ⓘ
repeatedly relives the same battle day ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
dark sense of humor under stress
ⓘ
quick learner under repeated timelines ⓘ |
| occupation |
military public relations officer
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Tom Cruise ⓘ |
| rank | Major ⓘ |
| setting | near-future Earth ⓘ |
| usesEquipment |
exosuit
ⓘ
mechanized combat armor ⓘ |
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: William Cage Description of subject: William Cage is the protagonist of the science fiction film "Edge of Tomorrow," a military public relations officer who becomes caught in a time loop while fighting an alien invasion.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Rita Vrataski in Edge of Tomorrow
subject linked to:
Rita Vrataski in Edge of Tomorrow
linked to: William Cage
linked to: William Cage
linked to: William Cage
subject linked to:
J-Squad (training and combat association)
linked to: William Cage