Sam Loomis
E421283
Sam Loomis is a central character in Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror film "Psycho," known as Marion Crane's boyfriend who becomes involved in investigating her disappearance.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sam Loomis canonical | 7 |
| Dr. Sam Loomis | 1 |
| Sam Loomis (Psycho novel character) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4207032 — 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: Sam Loomis Context triple: [Psycho, mainCharacter, Sam Loomis]
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A.
Silas Laurence Loomis
Silas Laurence Loomis was a 19th-century American physician, inventor, and educator known for his contributions to medical science and technological innovation.
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B.
Benjamin Franklin Loomis
Benjamin Franklin Loomis was an early 20th-century photographer and conservationist known for documenting and helping to preserve the Lassen Peak region in California.
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C.
Ray Stantz
Ray Stantz is a passionate, good-natured paranormal investigator and founding member of the Ghostbusters team, known for his childlike enthusiasm and deep knowledge of the supernatural.
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D.
Norman Bates
Norman Bates is the disturbed young man and motel owner from Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Psycho," infamous for his split personality and murderous behavior.
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E.
Egon
Egon is a masculine given name of German origin, notably borne by several European politicians, artists, and intellectuals.
- 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: Sam Loomis Target entity description: Sam Loomis is a central character in Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror film "Psycho," known as Marion Crane's boyfriend who becomes involved in investigating her disappearance.
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A.
Silas Laurence Loomis
Silas Laurence Loomis was a 19th-century American physician, inventor, and educator known for his contributions to medical science and technological innovation.
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B.
Benjamin Franklin Loomis
Benjamin Franklin Loomis was an early 20th-century photographer and conservationist known for documenting and helping to preserve the Lassen Peak region in California.
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C.
Ray Stantz
Ray Stantz is a passionate, good-natured paranormal investigator and founding member of the Ghostbusters team, known for his childlike enthusiasm and deep knowledge of the supernatural.
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D.
Norman Bates
Norman Bates is the disturbed young man and motel owner from Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Psycho," infamous for his split personality and murderous behavior.
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E.
Egon
Egon is a masculine given name of German origin, notably borne by several European politicians, artists, and intellectuals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | Joseph Stefano ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Psycho
ⓘ
Psycho (1960 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Psycho
|
| appearsInFranchise |
Psycho franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
Psycho
|
| appearsInGenre |
horror film
ⓘ
psychological thriller film ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkByDirector | Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Fairvale, California
ⓘ
Phoenix, Arizona ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Sam Loomis (Psycho novel character)
ⓘ
linked to:
Sam Loomis
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| confronts | Norman Bates ⓘ |
| countryOfFiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Robert Bloch ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| investigates | disappearance of Marion Crane ⓘ |
| languageOfFiction | English ⓘ |
| loveInterestOf | Marion Crane ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
investigator
ⓘ
protagonist's ally ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping uncover Norman Bates's crimes
ⓘ
searching for Marion Crane ⓘ |
| occupation | hardware store employee ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | John Gavin ⓘ |
| relative | Lila Crane ⓘ |
| romanticPartner | Marion Crane ⓘ |
| visitsLocation | Bates Motel ⓘ |
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: Sam Loomis Description of subject: Sam Loomis is a central character in Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror film "Psycho," known as Marion Crane's boyfriend who becomes involved in investigating her disappearance.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sam Loomis
linked to: Sam Loomis
subject linked to:
Fairvale, California (fictional)
subject linked to:
Detective Milton Arbogast in Psycho