Helen Hudson
E821535
Helen Hudson is the agoraphobic criminal psychologist portrayed by Sigourney Weaver in the 1995 thriller film "Copycat," where she becomes the target of a serial killer who imitates famous murderers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Helen Hudson canonical | 4 |
| Dr. Helen Hudson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9789535 — 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: Helen Hudson Context triple: [Copycat, mainCharacter, Helen Hudson]
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A.
Vivian Fuchs
Vivian Fuchs was a British explorer and geologist best known for leading the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica in 1958.
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B.
Claire Standish
Claire Standish is the popular, affluent "princess" student in the 1985 teen film *The Breakfast Club*, known for her social status and emotional growth during Saturday detention.
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C.
Margaretta Scott
Margaretta Scott was a British actress known for her work in film, theatre, and radio during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Elizabeth Shaw
Elizabeth Shaw is a scientist and the central protagonist in the science fiction film "Prometheus," known for her quest to uncover humanity’s origins.
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E.
Elizabeth Darwin
Elizabeth Darwin is a member of the Darwin family, likely a descendant or relative of the naturalist Charles Darwin.
- 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: Helen Hudson Target entity description: Helen Hudson is the agoraphobic criminal psychologist portrayed by Sigourney Weaver in the 1995 thriller film "Copycat," where she becomes the target of a serial killer who imitates famous murderers.
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A.
Vivian Fuchs
Vivian Fuchs was a British explorer and geologist best known for leading the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica in 1958.
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B.
Claire Standish
Claire Standish is the popular, affluent "princess" student in the 1985 teen film *The Breakfast Club*, known for her social status and emotional growth during Saturday detention.
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C.
Margaretta Scott
Margaretta Scott was a British actress known for her work in film, theatre, and radio during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Elizabeth Shaw
Elizabeth Shaw is a scientist and the central protagonist in the science fiction film "Prometheus," known for her quest to uncover humanity’s origins.
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E.
Elizabeth Darwin
Elizabeth Darwin is a member of the Darwin family, likely a descendant or relative of the naturalist Charles Darwin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Copycat ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
copycat killings
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fear and confinement ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ serial murder ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Detective M.J. Monahan
ⓘ
Detective Reuben Goetz ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| createdFor | 1995 film Copycat ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | criminal psychology ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | thriller film ⓘ |
| hasMedicalCondition | agoraphobia ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
high intelligence
ⓘ
reclusive lifestyle ⓘ trauma from past attack ⓘ |
| isTargetOf | serial killer ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableEvent | survived an attack by a serial killer prior to events of Copycat ⓘ |
| occupation | criminal psychologist ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Sigourney Weaver ⓘ |
| primaryAntagonist | serial killer Peter Foley ⓘ |
| residence |
San Francisco (in-film setting)
ⓘ
linked to:
San Francisco (fictional setting)
|
| threatenedBy | serial killer who imitates famous murderers ⓘ |
| uses | computer and telecommunications to assist investigation ⓘ |
| workBasedOn | real-world serial killer cases (within narrative) ⓘ |
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: Helen Hudson Description of subject: Helen Hudson is the agoraphobic criminal psychologist portrayed by Sigourney Weaver in the 1995 thriller film "Copycat," where she becomes the target of a serial killer who imitates famous murderers.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.