Peter Weyland
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Peter Weyland is the wealthy, visionary founder of Weyland Corporation in the Alien/Prometheus universe, obsessed with extending human life and achieving godlike creation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter Weyland canonical | 14 |
| Charles Bishop Weyland | 2 |
| Weyland | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1749132 — 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: Peter Weyland Context triple: [Prometheus, character, Peter Weyland]
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A.
Tim Weyland
Tim Weyland is an American soccer referee best known for officiating high-profile matches in Major League Soccer, including the 1998 MLS Cup final.
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B.
Hugo Drax
Hugo Drax is the wealthy, megalomaniacal villain in the James Bond franchise who masterminds a genocidal space-based plot in the novel and film "Moonraker."
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C.
John P. Hammond
John P. Hammond is an American blues guitarist and singer known for his powerful solo performances and interpretations of traditional and electric blues.
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D.
Daniel Quasar
Daniel Quasar is a graphic designer best known for creating the Progress Pride Flag, an updated version of the rainbow flag that emphasizes inclusion and intersectionality within the LGBTQ+ community.
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E.
John H. Hammond Jr.
John H. Hammond Jr. was a highly influential American record producer and talent scout who discovered and promoted major artists such as Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen.
- 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: Peter Weyland Target entity description: Peter Weyland is the wealthy, visionary founder of Weyland Corporation in the Alien/Prometheus universe, obsessed with extending human life and achieving godlike creation.
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A.
Tim Weyland
Tim Weyland is an American soccer referee best known for officiating high-profile matches in Major League Soccer, including the 1998 MLS Cup final.
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B.
Hugo Drax
Hugo Drax is the wealthy, megalomaniacal villain in the James Bond franchise who masterminds a genocidal space-based plot in the novel and film "Moonraker."
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C.
John P. Hammond
John P. Hammond is an American blues guitarist and singer known for his powerful solo performances and interpretations of traditional and electric blues.
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D.
Daniel Quasar
Daniel Quasar is a graphic designer best known for creating the Progress Pride Flag, an updated version of the rainbow flag that emphasizes inclusion and intersectionality within the LGBTQ+ community.
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E.
John H. Hammond Jr.
John H. Hammond Jr. was a highly influential American record producer and talent scout who discovered and promoted major artists such as Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
corporate founder
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fictional character ⓘ industrialist ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm |
Alien: Covenant
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Prometheus ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed by Engineer ⓘ |
| characterCreatedBy | Ridley Scott ⓘ |
| companyMergedInto |
Weyland-Yutani Corporation
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linked to:
Weyland Corporation
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| corporatePower |
controls Weyland Corporation
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linked to:
Weyland Corporation
|
| createdAndroidModel |
David 8
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David series androids ⓘ |
| diedOn | LV-223 ⓘ |
| employerOf |
Charlie Holloway
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David 8 ⓘ Elizabeth Shaw ⓘ Meredith Vickers ⓘ |
| familyName |
Weyland
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linked to:
Weyland Corporation
|
| fictionalBirthCentury | 21st century ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Alien: Covenant (film)
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linked to:
Alien: Covenant
Prometheus (film) ⓘ
linked to:
Prometheus
|
| financedMission |
USCSS Prometheus expedition
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linked to:
USCSS Prometheus
|
| founderOf |
Weyland Corp
ⓘ
linked to:
Weyland Corporation
Weyland Corporation ⓘ Weyland Industries ⓘ
linked to:
Weyland Corporation
|
| fullName | Peter Weyland ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| goal |
achieve immortality
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attain godlike creation power ⓘ extend human life ⓘ meet humanity's creators ⓘ |
| hasChild | Meredith Vickers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding Weyland Corporation
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funding the Prometheus mission ⓘ pursuit of immortality ⓘ |
| missionDestination | LV-223 ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| occupation |
CEO
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entrepreneur ⓘ inventor ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
ambitious
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narcissistic ⓘ ruthless ⓘ visionary ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Guy Pearce ⓘ |
| publicSpeech |
TED Talk 2023 (Prometheus viral video)
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linked to:
Prometheus
|
| technologyFocus |
artificial intelligence
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biotechnology ⓘ space exploration ⓘ |
| universe | Alien franchise ⓘ |
| wealthStatus | extremely wealthy ⓘ |
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: Peter Weyland Description of subject: Peter Weyland is the wealthy, visionary founder of Weyland Corporation in the Alien/Prometheus universe, obsessed with extending human life and achieving godlike creation.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Peter Weyland
linked to: Peter Weyland
linked to: Peter Weyland
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android David 8
subject linked to:
android David 8