Bobby Maine
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Bobby Maine is a supporting character in the 2018 film "A Star Is Born," serving as the older brother and manager of Jackson Maine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bobby Maine canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1748111 — 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)
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Target entity: Bobby Maine Context triple: [A Star Is Born (2018 film), featuresCharacter, Bobby Maine]
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A.
Bobby
"Bobby" is the second studio album by American R&B singer Bobby Brown, released in 1992 and known for its new jack swing sound and hit singles like "Humpin' Around."
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B.
Bobby
Bobby is a common diminutive or nickname for the given name Robert, often used in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Bobby Morrow
Bobby Morrow was an American sprinter and three-time Olympic gold medalist renowned for dominating the 100m and 200m events in the mid-1950s.
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D.
Bobby Murphy
Bobby Murphy is an American billionaire entrepreneur and software engineer best known as the co-founder and chief technology officer of Snapchat’s parent company, Snap Inc.
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E.
Bobby Byrne
Bobby Byrne is an American cinematographer known for his work on films such as the baseball romantic comedy "Bull Durham."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Bobby Maine Target entity description: Bobby Maine is a supporting character in the 2018 film "A Star Is Born," serving as the older brother and manager of Jackson Maine.
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A.
Bobby
"Bobby" is the second studio album by American R&B singer Bobby Brown, released in 1992 and known for its new jack swing sound and hit singles like "Humpin' Around."
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B.
Bobby
Bobby is a common diminutive or nickname for the given name Robert, often used in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Bobby Morrow
Bobby Morrow was an American sprinter and three-time Olympic gold medalist renowned for dominating the 100m and 200m events in the mid-1950s.
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D.
Bobby Murphy
Bobby Murphy is an American billionaire entrepreneur and software engineer best known as the co-founder and chief technology officer of Snapchat’s parent company, Snap Inc.
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E.
Bobby Byrne
Bobby Byrne is an American cinematographer known for his work on films such as the baseball romantic comedy "Bull Durham."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Star Is Born (2018 film) ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Ally Maine
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Jackson Maine ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Bobby (character from earlier A Star Is Born versions, loosely)
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linked to:
Bobby
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States (fictional)
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linked to:
United States (fictional setting)
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| createdFor | A Star Is Born (2018 film) ⓘ |
| familyRelation | older brother of Jackson Maine ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
A Star Is Born (2018 film) universe
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linked to:
A Star Is Born film series
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| firstAppearance | A Star Is Born (2018 film) ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | musical romantic drama film ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Bobby ⓘ |
| hasSurname | Maine ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| manages | Jackson Maine ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
caretaker of Jackson Maine’s career
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mentor figure to Jackson Maine ⓘ |
| occupation |
manager
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road manager ⓘ |
| partOf | A Star Is Born (2018) cast of characters ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Sam Elliott ⓘ |
| roleInWork | supporting character in A Star Is Born (2018 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: Bobby Maine Description of subject: Bobby Maine is a supporting character in the 2018 film "A Star Is Born," serving as the older brother and manager of Jackson Maine.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.