Flounder
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Flounder is Ariel’s loyal but easily frightened tropical fish friend in Disney’s animated film "The Little Mermaid."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flounder canonical | 14 |
| Flounder in The Little Mermaid (1989 film) | 1 |
| Flounder in The Little Mermaid (2023 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3241105 — 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: Flounder Context triple: [The Little Mermaid (1989 film), mainCharacter, Flounder]
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A.
Gurnard
Gurnard is a coastal village on the Isle of Wight in England, known for its beach, sailing activities, and views across the Solent.
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B.
Fish
Fish is a British electronic music producer and DJ known for his work in drum and bass and related genres.
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C.
The Flounder
The Flounder is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning German author Günter Grass that blends myth, history, and political satire through the fantastical tale of a talking fish influencing human events.
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D.
Sturgeon
Sturgeon is a surname most prominently associated with Nicola Sturgeon, the former First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party.
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E.
Fundulus
Fundulus is a genus of small, primarily North American killifishes commonly found in freshwater and brackish coastal habitats and often used in ecological and environmental research.
- 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: Flounder Target entity description: Flounder is Ariel’s loyal but easily frightened tropical fish friend in Disney’s animated film "The Little Mermaid."
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A.
Gurnard
Gurnard is a coastal village on the Isle of Wight in England, known for its beach, sailing activities, and views across the Solent.
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B.
Fish
Fish is a British electronic music producer and DJ known for his work in drum and bass and related genres.
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C.
The Flounder
The Flounder is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning German author Günter Grass that blends myth, history, and political satire through the fantastical tale of a talking fish influencing human events.
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D.
Sturgeon
Sturgeon is a surname most prominently associated with Nicola Sturgeon, the former First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party.
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E.
Fundulus
Fundulus is a genus of small, primarily North American killifishes commonly found in freshwater and brackish coastal habitats and often used in ecological and environmental research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Disney character
ⓘ
animated character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ fish ⓘ |
| alignment | good ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Disney theme park shows
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The Little Mermaid ⓘ The Little Mermaid (1989 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid (2023 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Little Mermaid (2023 live-action film)
The Little Mermaid (Broadway musical) ⓘ
linked to:
The Little Mermaid (stage musical)
The Little Mermaid (TV series) ⓘ The Little Mermaid (franchise) ⓘ
linked to:
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea ⓘ The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
King Triton
ⓘ
Sebastian ⓘ Ursula ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen ⓘ |
| closeFriendOf | Ariel ⓘ |
| creator | Walt Disney Animation Studios ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Disney’s The Little Mermaid universe
ⓘ
linked to:
The Little Mermaid
|
| franchise |
Disney Princess
ⓘ
linked to:
Disney Princess franchise
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| homeLocation | underwater kingdom of Atlantica ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Ariel ⓘ |
| medium |
animated film
ⓘ
animated television series ⓘ live-action/CGI film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being Ariel’s best friend
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being easily scared but brave when helping Ariel ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
easily frightened
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kind ⓘ loyal ⓘ timid ⓘ |
| roleInStory |
comic relief
ⓘ
supporting character ⓘ |
| species | tropical fish ⓘ |
| supportsCharacter | Ariel ⓘ |
| voicedBy |
Cam Clarke
ⓘ
Edan Gross ⓘ Graham Phillips ⓘ Jacob Tremblay ⓘ Jason Marin ⓘ Parker Goris ⓘ |
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: Flounder Description of subject: Flounder is Ariel’s loyal but easily frightened tropical fish friend in Disney’s animated film "The Little Mermaid."
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Little Mermaid
subject linked to:
The Little Mermaid
linked to: Flounder
linked to: Flounder
subject linked to:
The Little Mermaid (2023 live-action film)
subject linked to:
Sebastian (crab)