Modine
E239545
Modine is the surname of American actor Matthew Modine, known for his roles in films like "Full Metal Jacket" and the series "Stranger Things."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Modine canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2152060 — 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: Modine Context triple: [Matthew Modine, familyName, Modine]
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A.
Whirlpool
"Whirlpool" is a song by British singer-songwriter Seal, featured as a track on his debut album.
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B.
Lennox International
Lennox International is a major American manufacturer of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) equipment serving residential and commercial markets worldwide.
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C.
Brinkman
Brinkman is a surname of Germanic origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
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D.
Danby
Danby is a small rural village in North Yorkshire, England, known for its scenic setting within the North York Moors National Park.
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E.
Danby
Danby is a small rural town in Tompkins County, New York, known for its scenic landscapes and proximity to the city of Ithaca.
- 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: Modine Target entity description: Modine is the surname of American actor Matthew Modine, known for his roles in films like "Full Metal Jacket" and the series "Stranger Things."
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A.
Whirlpool
"Whirlpool" is a song by British singer-songwriter Seal, featured as a track on his debut album.
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B.
Lennox International
Lennox International is a major American manufacturer of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) equipment serving residential and commercial markets worldwide.
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C.
Brinkman
Brinkman is a surname of Germanic origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
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D.
Danby
Danby is a small rural village in North Yorkshire, England, known for its scenic setting within the North York Moors National Park.
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E.
Danby
Danby is a small rural town in Tompkins County, New York, known for its scenic landscapes and proximity to the city of Ithaca.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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family name ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| familyName | Modine ⓘ |
| genre |
film acting
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television acting ⓘ |
| knownFor |
role as Dr. Martin Brenner in Stranger Things
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role as Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
And the Band Played On
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Birdy ⓘ Full Metal Jacket ⓘ Short Cuts ⓘ Stranger Things ⓘ The Dark Knight Rises ⓘ Vision Quest ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| usedBy | Matthew Modine ⓘ |
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: Modine Description of subject: Modine is the surname of American actor Matthew Modine, known for his roles in films like "Full Metal Jacket" and the series "Stranger Things."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Modine