Hal Mason
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Hal Mason is a central resistance fighter and the eldest son of Tom Mason in the post-apocalyptic science fiction TV series "Falling Skies."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hal Mason canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1042010 — 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: Hal Mason Context triple: [Falling Skies, mainCharacter, Hal Mason]
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A.
Hugh Herbert
Hugh Herbert was an American comedian, character actor, and screenwriter best known for his eccentric, fluttery persona in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
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B.
George L. Dahl
George L. Dahl was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for shaping much of Dallas’s skyline and major civic landmarks.
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C.
Homer Brightman
Homer Brightman was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Disney animated films, including contributing to the screenplay of the 1950 feature "Cinderella."
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D.
Michael Maddox
Michael Maddox was an English theatrical entrepreneur who played a key role in developing Russian theatre in the late 18th century, notably helping establish what became the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
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E.
John Sparks
John Sparks was a 19th-century American politician who served as the 10th Governor of Nevada.
- 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: Hal Mason Target entity description: Hal Mason is a central resistance fighter and the eldest son of Tom Mason in the post-apocalyptic science fiction TV series "Falling Skies."
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A.
Hugh Herbert
Hugh Herbert was an American comedian, character actor, and screenwriter best known for his eccentric, fluttery persona in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
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B.
George L. Dahl
George L. Dahl was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for shaping much of Dallas’s skyline and major civic landmarks.
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C.
Homer Brightman
Homer Brightman was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Disney animated films, including contributing to the screenplay of the 1950 feature "Cinderella."
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D.
Michael Maddox
Michael Maddox was an English theatrical entrepreneur who played a key role in developing Russian theatre in the late 18th century, notably helping establish what became the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
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E.
John Sparks
John Sparks was a 19th-century American politician who served as the 10th Governor of Nevada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| affiliation | 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Falling Skies ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States (post-invasion)
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfOrigin | United States (fictional setting) ⓘ |
| creator | Robert Rodat ⓘ |
| familyName | Mason ⓘ |
| father | Tom Mason ⓘ |
| fightsAgainst |
Espheni
ⓘ
alien invaders ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Falling Skies Season 1 Episode 1
ⓘ
linked to:
Falling Skies
|
| fullName | Hal Mason ⓘ |
| genre |
post-apocalyptic fiction
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Hal ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | television series ⓘ |
| network | TNT ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
lead fighter in human resistance
ⓘ
protective of his family ⓘ skilled combatant ⓘ |
| occupation | resistance fighter ⓘ |
| partOf | Mason family ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Drew Roy ⓘ |
| positionInFamily | eldest son ⓘ |
| roleInStory | central resistance fighter ⓘ |
| setting | post-apocalyptic Earth ⓘ |
| sibling |
Ben Mason
ⓘ
Matt Mason ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Hal Mason Description of subject: Hal Mason is a central resistance fighter and the eldest son of Tom Mason in the post-apocalyptic science fiction TV series "Falling Skies."
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.