Curt Wild
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Curt Wild is a fictional, Iggy Pop–inspired glam rock musician portrayed by Ewan McGregor in the 1998 film "Velvet Goldmine."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Curt Wild canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3236879 — 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: Curt Wild Context triple: [Velvet Goldmine, character, Curt Wild]
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A.
Erich Bergen
Erich Bergen is an American actor and singer best known for his role as Blake Moran on the political drama series "Madam Secretary" and for portraying Bob Gaudio in the film adaptation of the musical "Jersey Boys."
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B.
Curt Jürgens
Curt Jürgens was a prominent German-Austrian actor known for his commanding screen presence in European cinema and Hollywood films during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Curt Miller
Curt Miller is an American basketball coach best known for leading the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun to multiple playoff runs and earning Coach of the Year honors.
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D.
William Witney
William Witney was an American film director best known for his prolific work on action-packed B-movies and serials, particularly Westerns, during Hollywood’s mid-20th-century studio era.
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E.
Marvin Andrews
Marvin Andrews is a Trinidad and Tobago former central defender best known for his powerful, committed performances in Scottish football, particularly with clubs like Livingston and Rangers.
- 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: Curt Wild Target entity description: Curt Wild is a fictional, Iggy Pop–inspired glam rock musician portrayed by Ewan McGregor in the 1998 film "Velvet Goldmine."
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A.
Erich Bergen
Erich Bergen is an American actor and singer best known for his role as Blake Moran on the political drama series "Madam Secretary" and for portraying Bob Gaudio in the film adaptation of the musical "Jersey Boys."
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B.
Curt Jürgens
Curt Jürgens was a prominent German-Austrian actor known for his commanding screen presence in European cinema and Hollywood films during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Curt Miller
Curt Miller is an American basketball coach best known for leading the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun to multiple playoff runs and earning Coach of the Year honors.
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D.
William Witney
William Witney was an American film director best known for his prolific work on action-packed B-movies and serials, particularly Westerns, during Hollywood’s mid-20th-century studio era.
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E.
Marvin Andrews
Marvin Andrews is a Trinidad and Tobago former central defender best known for his powerful, committed performances in Scottish football, particularly with clubs like Livingston and Rangers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Velvet Goldmine ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Arthur Stuart
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Brian Slade ⓘ |
| costumeStyle |
androgynous fashion
ⓘ
glam rock attire ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdFor | Velvet Goldmine ⓘ |
| genre | glam rock ⓘ |
| hairColor | blond ⓘ |
| hasAddictionIssue | drug use ⓘ |
| hasFandom | cult film fans ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | Velvet Goldmine ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
charismatic
ⓘ
rebellious ⓘ |
| hasSexualOrientation | bisexual ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
1970s rock culture
ⓘ
Iggy Pop ⓘ glam rock movement ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central character ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Iggy Pop–inspired persona
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sexual ambiguity ⓘ stage performances ⓘ |
| occupation | rock musician ⓘ |
| partOf | Velvet Goldmine soundtrack narrative ⓘ |
| playsInstrument | guitar ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ewan McGregor ⓘ |
| portrayedInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedWithAccent | American accent ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| vocalType | rock vocalist ⓘ |
| yearOfAppearance | 1998 ⓘ |
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: Curt Wild Description of subject: Curt Wild is a fictional, Iggy Pop–inspired glam rock musician portrayed by Ewan McGregor in the 1998 film "Velvet Goldmine."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.