Allen Bauer
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Allen Bauer is the romantic lead in the 1984 fantasy-comedy film "Splash," where he falls in love with a mysterious mermaid in New York City.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Allen Bauer canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T577841 — 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: Allen Bauer Context triple: [Splash, leadCharacter, Allen Bauer]
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A.
George Boemler
George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
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B.
Charles Walters
Charles Walters was an American film director and choreographer best known for his work on classic MGM musicals in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Robert Lusser
Robert Lusser was a German aeronautical engineer best known for his key role in designing several important World War II aircraft, including contributions to the Messerschmitt Bf 109.
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D.
Russell Carpenter
Russell Carpenter is an Academy Award–winning American cinematographer best known for his work on major films such as Titanic and other high-profile Hollywood productions.
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E.
Henry Koster
Henry Koster was a German-born American film director best known for his work in Hollywood during the 1930s–1950s, including popular comedies, dramas, and family films.
- 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: Allen Bauer Target entity description: Allen Bauer is the romantic lead in the 1984 fantasy-comedy film "Splash," where he falls in love with a mysterious mermaid in New York City.
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A.
George Boemler
George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
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B.
Charles Walters
Charles Walters was an American film director and choreographer best known for his work on classic MGM musicals in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Robert Lusser
Robert Lusser was a German aeronautical engineer best known for his key role in designing several important World War II aircraft, including contributions to the Messerschmitt Bf 109.
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D.
Russell Carpenter
Russell Carpenter is an Academy Award–winning American cinematographer best known for his work on major films such as Titanic and other high-profile Hollywood productions.
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E.
Henry Koster
Henry Koster was a German-born American film director best known for his work in Hollywood during the 1930s–1950s, including popular comedies, dramas, and family films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Splash ⓘ |
| associatedWith | mermaids ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Babaloo Mandel
ⓘ
Bruce Jay Friedman ⓘ Lowell Ganz ⓘ |
| createdFor | Splash ⓘ |
| employer | Bauer Brothers ⓘ |
| filmDirectorOfWork | Ron Howard ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext | fantasy comedy ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Splash ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Freddie Bauer ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Madison ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
protagonist
ⓘ
romantic lead ⓘ |
| notableEvent | falls in love with a mermaid in New York City ⓘ |
| occupation |
produce businessman
ⓘ
wholesale fruit and vegetable dealer ⓘ |
| partOf |
Splash (film) fictional universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Splash
|
| portrayedBy | Tom Hanks ⓘ |
| relationshipStatusAtStartOfFilm | single ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| romanticInterest | Madison ⓘ |
| sibling | Freddie Bauer ⓘ |
| species | human ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1984 ⓘ |
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: Allen Bauer Description of subject: Allen Bauer is the romantic lead in the 1984 fantasy-comedy film "Splash," where he falls in love with a mysterious mermaid in New York City.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Madison the mermaid in Splash
subject linked to:
Madison the mermaid in Splash
subject linked to:
Madison the mermaid in Splash