Jason Nesmith
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Jason Nesmith is the fictional, Shatner-like actor who plays the egotistical commander of the starship crew in the sci-fi comedy film "Galaxy Quest."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jason Nesmith canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11171210 — 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: Jason Nesmith Context triple: [Galaxy Quest, mainCharacter, Jason Nesmith]
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A.
Mike Mogis
Mike Mogis is an American producer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with the indie rock band Bright Eyes and numerous Saddle Creek Records artists.
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B.
Luke Bosso
Luke Bosso is an American sports administrator who has served as the athletic director for the IUPUI Jaguars athletic program.
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C.
Jerry Finn
Jerry Finn was an influential American record producer and engineer best known for shaping the polished pop-punk sound of bands like Blink-182, Green Day, and AFI.
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D.
Kenny Aaronson
Kenny Aaronson is an American rock bassist and session musician known for his work with numerous bands and artists since the 1970s.
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E.
Benjamin Melniker
Benjamin Melniker was an American film and television producer best known for his long-running role as an executive producer on numerous DC Comics adaptations, including the Batman and Constantine franchises.
- 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: Jason Nesmith Target entity description: Jason Nesmith is the fictional, Shatner-like actor who plays the egotistical commander of the starship crew in the sci-fi comedy film "Galaxy Quest."
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A.
Mike Mogis
Mike Mogis is an American producer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with the indie rock band Bright Eyes and numerous Saddle Creek Records artists.
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B.
Luke Bosso
Luke Bosso is an American sports administrator who has served as the athletic director for the IUPUI Jaguars athletic program.
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C.
Jerry Finn
Jerry Finn was an influential American record producer and engineer best known for shaping the polished pop-punk sound of bands like Blink-182, Green Day, and AFI.
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D.
Kenny Aaronson
Kenny Aaronson is an American rock bassist and session musician known for his work with numerous bands and artists since the 1970s.
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E.
Benjamin Melniker
Benjamin Melniker was an American film and television producer best known for his long-running role as an executive producer on numerous DC Comics adaptations, including the Batman and Constantine franchises.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsAlongside |
Alexander Dane
ⓘ
Fred Kwan ⓘ Guy Fleegman ⓘ Gwen DeMarco ⓘ Tommy Webber ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Galaxy Quest ⓘ |
| basedOn | William Shatner archetype ⓘ |
| characterArc | learns responsibility toward fans and crew ⓘ |
| characterInGenre | science fiction comedy ⓘ |
| createdBy |
David Howard
ⓘ
Robert Gordon ⓘ |
| fictionalOccupation | television actor ⓘ |
| fictionalRole | Commander Peter Quincy Taggart ⓘ |
| fictionalShow |
Galaxy Quest (in-universe TV series)
ⓘ
linked to:
Galaxy Quest
|
| filmReleaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| leads |
NSEA Protector crew (in-universe)
ⓘ
linked to:
NSEA Protector
|
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | initially dismissive of fans ⓘ |
| notableFor | commanding the starship crew in Galaxy Quest ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
brave
ⓘ
charismatic ⓘ egotistical ⓘ self-centered ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Tim Allen ⓘ |
| setting | NSEA Protector (fictional starship) ⓘ |
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: Jason Nesmith Description of subject: Jason Nesmith is the fictional, Shatner-like actor who plays the egotistical commander of the starship crew in the sci-fi comedy film "Galaxy Quest."
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Gwen DeMarco is the communications officer on the fictional ship
subject linked to:
Alexander Dane is a classically trained actor resentful of his TV role