Ian Donnelly
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Ian Donnelly is a theoretical physicist and linguist who serves as one of the central human protagonists in the science fiction film "Arrival," working alongside Louise Banks to communicate with extraterrestrial visitors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ian Donnelly canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6975659 — 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: Ian Donnelly Context triple: [Arrival, character, Ian Donnelly]
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A.
Chris Donlon
Chris Donlon is a film editor known for his work on the feature film "Kicks."
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B.
Sam Donnelly
Sam Donnelly is a television producer best known for serving as an executive producer on the popular talent competition show "America's Got Talent."
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C.
Keith Donnellan
Keith Donnellan was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of language, especially on reference, definite descriptions, and the distinction between referential and attributive uses.
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D.
James O’Donnell
James O’Donnell was a 19th-century Irish-American architect best known for designing Montreal’s iconic Notre-Dame Basilica in the Gothic Revival style.
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E.
Kevin Corrigan
Kevin Corrigan is an American character actor known for his offbeat, often darkly comic supporting roles in numerous independent films and major studio movies.
- 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: Ian Donnelly Target entity description: Ian Donnelly is a theoretical physicist and linguist who serves as one of the central human protagonists in the science fiction film "Arrival," working alongside Louise Banks to communicate with extraterrestrial visitors.
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A.
Chris Donlon
Chris Donlon is a film editor known for his work on the feature film "Kicks."
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B.
Sam Donnelly
Sam Donnelly is a television producer best known for serving as an executive producer on the popular talent competition show "America's Got Talent."
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C.
Keith Donnellan
Keith Donnellan was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of language, especially on reference, definite descriptions, and the distinction between referential and attributive uses.
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D.
James O’Donnell
James O’Donnell was a 19th-century Irish-American architect best known for designing Montreal’s iconic Notre-Dame Basilica in the Gothic Revival style.
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E.
Kevin Corrigan
Kevin Corrigan is an American character actor known for his offbeat, often darkly comic supporting roles in numerous independent films and major studio movies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | Eric Heisserer ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Arrival ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | science fiction film ⓘ |
| associatedWithVehicle | Montana landing site shell ⓘ |
| basedOn | Gary Donnelly ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | Story of Your Life ⓘ |
| characterArc | from scientific skepticism to emotional commitment ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | Louise Banks ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Ted Chiang ⓘ |
| employer |
United States military
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Armed Forces
|
| fictionalUniverse |
Arrival (film universe)
ⓘ
linked to:
Arrival
|
| fieldOfWork |
linguistics
ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ |
| filmDirectorOfWork | Denis Villeneuve ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasColleague | Louise Banks ⓘ |
| hasFirstName | Ian ⓘ |
| hasRomanticPartner | Louise Banks ⓘ |
| hasSurname | Donnelly ⓘ |
| helps | prevent global conflict through communication ⓘ |
| introducedIn |
Arrival (2016 film)
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linked to:
Arrival
|
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central human protagonist ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | helping establish communication with heptapods ⓘ |
| occupation |
linguist
ⓘ
theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| parentOf | Hannah Banks ⓘ |
| participatesIn | first-contact mission with heptapods ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jeremy Renner ⓘ |
| roleIn | Arrival ⓘ |
| usesMethod | mathematical analysis of alien symbols ⓘ |
| workLocation | Montana ⓘ |
| worksOn |
communication with extraterrestrial visitors
ⓘ
deciphering heptapod language ⓘ |
| worksWithOrganization |
U.S. Army
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Army
|
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: Ian Donnelly Description of subject: Ian Donnelly is a theoretical physicist and linguist who serves as one of the central human protagonists in the science fiction film "Arrival," working alongside Louise Banks to communicate with extraterrestrial visitors.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.