Jillian Guiler
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Jillian Guiler is a key character in the science fiction film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," portrayed as a single mother whose young son is abducted by extraterrestrials.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jillian Guiler canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2791772 — 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: Jillian Guiler Context triple: [Close Encounters of the Third Kind, mainCharacter, Jillian Guiler]
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A.
Julie Gillis
Julie Gillis is the charming, commitment-wary nightclub agent at the center of the 1955 romantic comedy film "The Tender Trap," whose bachelor lifestyle is upended by unexpected love.
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B.
Jillian Russell
Jillian Russell is a recurring character on the animated TV show "Family Guy," known as Brian Griffin’s attractive but somewhat dim-witted human girlfriend.
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C.
Kimberlee Acquaro
Kimberlee Acquaro is an American filmmaker, journalist, and activist known for her documentaries and writing on social justice, gender, and human rights issues.
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D.
Darci Kistler
Darci Kistler is an acclaimed American ballerina best known as one of the last principal dancers personally selected and mentored by George Balanchine at New York City Ballet.
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E.
Beth Johanssen
Beth Johanssen is a brilliant young NASA systems operator and communications specialist who is part of the Ares 3 crew in Andy Weir’s science fiction novel "The Martian."
- 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: Jillian Guiler Target entity description: Jillian Guiler is a key character in the science fiction film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," portrayed as a single mother whose young son is abducted by extraterrestrials.
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A.
Julie Gillis
Julie Gillis is the charming, commitment-wary nightclub agent at the center of the 1955 romantic comedy film "The Tender Trap," whose bachelor lifestyle is upended by unexpected love.
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B.
Jillian Russell
Jillian Russell is a recurring character on the animated TV show "Family Guy," known as Brian Griffin’s attractive but somewhat dim-witted human girlfriend.
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C.
Kimberlee Acquaro
Kimberlee Acquaro is an American filmmaker, journalist, and activist known for her documentaries and writing on social justice, gender, and human rights issues.
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D.
Darci Kistler
Darci Kistler is an acclaimed American ballerina best known as one of the last principal dancers personally selected and mentored by George Balanchine at New York City Ballet.
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E.
Beth Johanssen
Beth Johanssen is a brilliant young NASA systems operator and communications specialist who is part of the Ares 3 crew in Andy Weir’s science fiction novel "The Martian."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Close Encounters of the Third Kind ⓘ |
| appearsInFilmFormat | feature film ⓘ |
| appearsInYearOfWorkRelease | 1977 ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
alien contact
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government secrecy ⓘ parental love ⓘ |
| characterArc | from fearful parent to determined seeker of the truth about UFOs ⓘ |
| childAbductedBy | extraterrestrials ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Steven Spielberg ⓘ |
| filmDirectorOfWorkAppearsIn | Steven Spielberg ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearsIn | science fiction film ⓘ |
| hasChild | Barry Guiler ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | major character ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
searches for her missing son
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witnesses UFO phenomena ⓘ |
| occupation | single mother ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | Close Encounters of the Third Kind universe ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Melinda Dillon ⓘ |
| workProductionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
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: Jillian Guiler Description of subject: Jillian Guiler is a key character in the science fiction film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," portrayed as a single mother whose young son is abducted by extraterrestrials.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film)
subject linked to:
Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind