Ben Parker (Marvel Comics)

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Marvel Comics character Spider-Man character fictional character supporting character

Ben Parker (Marvel Comics) is Peter Parker’s wise and selfless uncle whose death profoundly shapes Spider-Man’s sense of responsibility and heroism.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Ben Parker	6
Ben Parker (The Amazing Spider-Man film series)	2
Ben Parker (Marvel Comics) canonical	1
Ben Parker (uncle, MC2)	1
Cliff Robertson as Ben Parker	1
Uncle Ben (Earth-14512)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6616927 — 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: Ben Parker (Marvel Comics)
Context triple: [Uncle Ben Parker (The Amazing Spider-Man film series), basedOn, Ben Parker (Marvel Comics)]

A. Sir Peter Parker
Sir Peter Parker was a prominent British businessman best known for serving as chairman of the British Railways Board in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
B. Peter Parker
Peter Parker is the civilian identity of Spider-Man, a Marvel Comics superhero known as a teenage photographer and science whiz who gains spider-like abilities and struggles to balance his personal life with his crime-fighting responsibilities.
C. Max Dillon
Max Dillon is a Marvel Comics character who becomes the electricity-manipulating supervillain Electro and serves as one of Spider-Man’s primary adversaries.
D. Harry Osborn
Harry Osborn is a key character in the Spider-Man franchise, known as Peter Parker’s best friend and the troubled heir to the OsCorp legacy who eventually takes up his father’s Green Goblin mantle.
E. Miles Morales
Miles Morales is a teenage Marvel Comics superhero who becomes an alternate-universe Spider-Man known for his Afro-Latino heritage and starring role in the Spider-Verse stories.
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: Ben Parker (Marvel Comics)
Target entity description: Ben Parker (Marvel Comics) is Peter Parker’s wise and selfless uncle whose death profoundly shapes Spider-Man’s sense of responsibility and heroism.

A. Sir Peter Parker
Sir Peter Parker was a prominent British businessman best known for serving as chairman of the British Railways Board in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
B. Peter Parker
Peter Parker is the civilian identity of Spider-Man, a Marvel Comics superhero known as a teenage photographer and science whiz who gains spider-like abilities and struggles to balance his personal life with his crime-fighting responsibilities.
C. Max Dillon
Max Dillon is a Marvel Comics character who becomes the electricity-manipulating supervillain Electro and serves as one of Spider-Man’s primary adversaries.
D. Harry Osborn
Harry Osborn is a key character in the Spider-Man franchise, known as Peter Parker’s best friend and the troubled heir to the OsCorp legacy who eventually takes up his father’s Green Goblin mantle.
E. Miles Morales
Miles Morales is a teenage Marvel Comics superhero who becomes an alternate-universe Spider-Man known for his Afro-Latino heritage and starring role in the Spider-Verse stories.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Marvel Comics character ⓘ Spider-Man character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ supporting character ⓘ
adaptedIn	Spider-Man animated series ⓘ linked to: Spider-Man: The Animated Series Spider-Man films ⓘ linked to: Spider-Man film series Spider-Man video games ⓘ linked to: Spider-Man video game series
alias	Uncle Ben ⓘ
appearsIn	Amazing Fantasy ⓘ The Amazing Spider-Man ⓘ Ultimate Spider-Man ⓘ various Spider-Man comic book series ⓘ
causeOfDeath	gunshot wound ⓘ
characterTrait	kind ⓘ responsible ⓘ selfless ⓘ wise ⓘ
createdBy	Stan Lee ⓘ Steve Ditko ⓘ
familyName	Parker ⓘ
firstAppearance	Amazing Fantasy #15 ⓘ
firstAppearanceDate	August 1962 ⓘ
fullName	Benjamin Parker ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Benjamin ⓘ
guardianOf	Peter Parker ⓘ
inspirationFor	Spider-Man’s heroism ⓘ Spider-Man’s sense of responsibility ⓘ
killedBy	burglar ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	murder ⓘ
medium	comic books ⓘ
notableQuote	With great power there must also come great responsibility ⓘ
occupation	construction worker ⓘ laborer ⓘ
publisher	Marvel Comics ⓘ
raised	Peter Parker ⓘ
relative	Mary Parker ⓘ May Parker ⓘ Peter Parker ⓘ Richard Parker ⓘ
residence	Forest Hills, Queens, New York City ⓘ linked to: Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York, United States
roleInStory	moral compass for Peter Parker ⓘ motivates Peter Parker to become Spider-Man ⓘ
spouse	May Parker ⓘ
status	deceased ⓘ
uncleOf	Peter Parker ⓘ
universe	Marvel Universe ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uncle Ben Parker (The Amazing Spider-Man film series) → basedOn → Ben Parker (Marvel Comics) ⓘ

subject linked to: Uncle Ben Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man

Spider-Man (2002 film) → portrays → Cliff Robertson as Ben Parker ⓘ