David MacLean
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David MacLean is the young boy protagonist of the 1953 science fiction film "Invaders from Mars," whose perspective drives the story of an alien invasion in his small town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David MacLean canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4484267 — 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: David MacLean Context triple: [Invaders from Mars (1953 film), mainCharacter, David MacLean]
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A.
Stephen MacLean
Stephen MacLean was an Australian screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his work on music-infused films and television, including the cult musical comedy "Starstruck" (1982).
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B.
Richard Macdonald
Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
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C.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
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D.
David Farquharson
David Farquharson was an architect known for designing South Hall.
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E.
Alexander Macmillan
Alexander Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher who co-founded the influential Macmillan publishing house, which became one of the leading literary and educational publishers in the English-speaking world.
- 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: David MacLean Target entity description: David MacLean is the young boy protagonist of the 1953 science fiction film "Invaders from Mars," whose perspective drives the story of an alien invasion in his small town.
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A.
Stephen MacLean
Stephen MacLean was an Australian screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his work on music-infused films and television, including the cult musical comedy "Starstruck" (1982).
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B.
Richard Macdonald
Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
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C.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
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D.
David Farquharson
David Farquharson was an architect known for designing South Hall.
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E.
Alexander Macmillan
Alexander Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher who co-founded the influential Macmillan publishing house, which became one of the leading literary and educational publishers in the English-speaking world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| ageGroup | child ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Invaders from Mars
ⓘ
linked to:
Invaders from Mars (1953 film)
|
| associatedTheme |
childhood vulnerability
ⓘ
fear of invasion ⓘ mistrust of authority ⓘ paranoia ⓘ |
| countryOfWorkOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | cinema ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
point-of-view character
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being central to the plot of Invaders from Mars
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experiencing and reporting an alien invasion ⓘ |
| perspective | child’s perspective on alien invasion ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | young boy ⓘ |
| primaryConflict | alien invasion in his town ⓘ |
| setting | small American town ⓘ |
| storyFunction | drives the narrative ⓘ |
| workDirector | William Cameron Menzies ⓘ |
| workMedium | science fiction film ⓘ |
| workReleaseYear | 1953 ⓘ |
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: David MacLean Description of subject: David MacLean is the young boy protagonist of the 1953 science fiction film "Invaders from Mars," whose perspective drives the story of an alien invasion in his small town.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Jimmy Hunt