Madison the mermaid in Splash
E380351
Madison the mermaid in *Splash* is the enchanting, fish-tailed love interest who ventures onto land and falls for a human in the 1984 romantic fantasy film.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madison the mermaid in Splash canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3686980 — 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: Madison the mermaid in Splash Context triple: [Daryl Hannah, playedCharacter, Madison the mermaid in Splash]
-
A.
Mermaids
Mermaids is a 1990 coming-of-age comedy-drama film starring Cher, Winona Ryder, and Bob Hoskins, centered on an eccentric single mother and her daughters in 1960s New England.
-
B.
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid is a beloved 1989 animated musical fantasy film that revitalized Disney animation with its fairy-tale romance, memorable songs, and vibrant undersea world.
-
C.
Voyage of the Little Mermaid
Voyage of the Little Mermaid was a live musical stage show at Disney's Hollywood Studios that retold Disney’s animated film "The Little Mermaid" using actors, puppetry, and special effects.
-
D.
Dory in Finding Dory
Dory in Finding Dory is a friendly, optimistic blue tang fish with short-term memory loss who embarks on an ocean-spanning journey to find her long-lost family.
-
E.
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea is a direct-to-video animated sequel to Disney’s 1989 film The Little Mermaid, focusing on Ariel’s daughter Melody and her adventures between land and sea.
- 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: Madison the mermaid in Splash Target entity description: Madison the mermaid in *Splash* is the enchanting, fish-tailed love interest who ventures onto land and falls for a human in the 1984 romantic fantasy film.
-
A.
Mermaids
Mermaids is a 1990 coming-of-age comedy-drama film starring Cher, Winona Ryder, and Bob Hoskins, centered on an eccentric single mother and her daughters in 1960s New England.
-
B.
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid is a beloved 1989 animated musical fantasy film that revitalized Disney animation with its fairy-tale romance, memorable songs, and vibrant undersea world.
-
C.
Voyage of the Little Mermaid
Voyage of the Little Mermaid was a live musical stage show at Disney's Hollywood Studios that retold Disney’s animated film "The Little Mermaid" using actors, puppetry, and special effects.
-
D.
Dory in Finding Dory
Dory in Finding Dory is a friendly, optimistic blue tang fish with short-term memory loss who embarks on an ocean-spanning journey to find her long-lost family.
-
E.
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea is a direct-to-video animated sequel to Disney’s 1989 film The Little Mermaid, focusing on Ariel’s daughter Melody and her adventures between land and sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ mermaid ⓘ |
| ability |
limited telepathic communication with marine life (implied)
ⓘ
shattering glass with a high-pitched vocalization ⓘ swimming at high speed ⓘ underwater breathing ⓘ |
| appearsAlongside |
Allen Bauer
ⓘ
Freddie Bauer ⓘ Walter Kornbluth ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Splash (1984 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Splash
|
| basedIn | New York City (fictional setting) ⓘ |
| canTransform | yes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator |
Babaloo Mandel
ⓘ
Bruce Jay Friedman ⓘ Lowell Ganz ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | popularized the given name Madison for girls in the United States (attributed) ⓘ |
| directorOfWork | Ron Howard ⓘ |
| distributorOfWork |
Buena Vista Distribution
ⓘ
linked to:
Buena Vista Pictures
|
| eyeColor | blue ⓘ |
| fandom | Splash franchise ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext |
fantasy film
ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hairColor | blonde ⓘ |
| hasTail | yes ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| loveInterestOf | Allen Bauer ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| nameChoiceContext | chooses the name after seeing a Madison Avenue street sign ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Madison Avenue ⓘ |
| notableAction |
chooses to live underwater with Allen Bauer at the end of the film
ⓘ
rescues Allen Bauer from drowning as a child ⓘ rescues Allen Bauer from drowning as an adult ⓘ travels to New York City to find Allen Bauer ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
appears fully human on land when dry
ⓘ
fish-like tail when in water ⓘ |
| occupation | mermaid ⓘ |
| partner | Allen Bauer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Daryl Hannah ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfWork |
Touchstone Films
ⓘ
linked to:
Touchstone Pictures
|
| species | mermaid ⓘ |
| tailColor | golden ⓘ |
| transformationTrigger | contact with water ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkRelease | 1984 ⓘ |
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: Madison the mermaid in Splash Description of subject: Madison the mermaid in *Splash* is the enchanting, fish-tailed love interest who ventures onto land and falls for a human in the 1984 romantic fantasy film.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.