Gus Gorman
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Gus Gorman is a bumbling but brilliant computer programmer who becomes an unwitting accomplice to villainous schemes in the film Superman III.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gus Gorman canonical | 4 |
| August "Gus" Gorman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2232424 — 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: Gus Gorman Context triple: [Superman III, featuresCharacter, Gus Gorman]
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A.
Fred Gurley
Fred Gurley is a historic steam locomotive operating on the Disneyland Railroad, known for transporting guests around Disneyland Park.
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B.
Frank Boucher
Frank Boucher was a Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey centre and coach best known for his stellar play with the New York Rangers in the NHL.
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C.
George Merrill
George Merrill is an American songwriter best known for co-writing Whitney Houston’s hit songs “How Will I Know” and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me).”
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D.
Herschel Daugherty
Herschel Daugherty was an American film and television director best known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century TV dramas and anthology series.
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E.
Homer Murray
Homer Murray is an American chef and restaurateur, best known as the son of actor Bill Murray and for running the Brooklyn restaurant 21 Greenpoint.
- 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: Gus Gorman Target entity description: Gus Gorman is a bumbling but brilliant computer programmer who becomes an unwitting accomplice to villainous schemes in the film Superman III.
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A.
Fred Gurley
Fred Gurley is a historic steam locomotive operating on the Disneyland Railroad, known for transporting guests around Disneyland Park.
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B.
Frank Boucher
Frank Boucher was a Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey centre and coach best known for his stellar play with the New York Rangers in the NHL.
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C.
George Merrill
George Merrill is an American songwriter best known for co-writing Whitney Houston’s hit songs “How Will I Know” and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me).”
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D.
Herschel Daugherty
Herschel Daugherty was an American film and television director best known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century TV dramas and anthology series.
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E.
Homer Murray
Homer Murray is an American chef and restaurateur, best known as the son of actor Bill Murray and for running the Brooklyn restaurant 21 Greenpoint.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| allyOf | Superman ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Superman III ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | superhero film ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kryptonite synthesis program
ⓘ
Webscoe oil scheme ⓘ coffee crop weather manipulation scheme ⓘ |
| basedOn | original character for the Superman film series ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
brilliant
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bumbling ⓘ |
| creator |
Alexander Salkind
ⓘ
linked to:
Ilya Salkind
David Newman ⓘ Ilya Salkind ⓘ Leslie Newman ⓘ |
| employer |
Ross Webster
ⓘ
Webscoe Industries ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Lorelei Ambrosia
ⓘ
Ross Webster ⓘ Vera Webster ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Superman III (1983)
ⓘ
linked to:
Superman III
|
| franchise | Superman film series ⓘ |
| fullName |
August "Gus" Gorman
ⓘ
linked to:
Gus Gorman
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAbility | advanced computer programming ⓘ |
| notableAction |
designs computer program to control weather satellite
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helps create supercomputer for Ross Webster ⓘ reprograms payroll system to divert fractions of cents ⓘ ultimately helps Superman defeat the supercomputer ⓘ |
| occupation | computer programmer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Richard Pryor ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Lorelei Ambrosia
ⓘ
Ross Webster ⓘ Vera Webster ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Gus Gorman Description of subject: Gus Gorman is a bumbling but brilliant computer programmer who becomes an unwitting accomplice to villainous schemes in the film Superman III.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gus Gorman