William Cage

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fictional character film character

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
William Cage canonical	5
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]

A. Warren Spady
Warren Spady is a designer best known for creating the trophy awarded in the historic Oregon–Oregon State college football rivalry.
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."
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."
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.
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.

A. Warren Spady
Warren Spady is a designer best known for creating the trophy awarded in the historic Oregon–Oregon State college football rivalry.
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."
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."
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.
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 ⓘ