Binx
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Binx is the talking black cat and cursed former human from the film "Hocus Pocus" who helps Dani Dennison and her friends battle the Sanderson sisters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Binx canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13541361 — 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: Binx Context triple: [Dani Dennison, associatedWith, Binx]
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A.
Old Shep
"Old Shep" is a sentimental country ballad about a boy and his dog that was famously recorded by Elvis Presley early in his career.
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B.
Laika
Laika was a Soviet space dog who became the first living creature to orbit Earth, marking a pivotal moment in the early Space Race.
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C.
Laika
Laika is an American stop-motion animation studio renowned for visually distinctive, critically acclaimed films such as Coraline, ParaNorman, and Kubo and the Two Strings.
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D.
Fido
Fido is a lesser-known companion character associated with the American folk hero Paul Bunyan in tall tales of the lumberjack’s adventures.
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E.
Fido
Fido is a Canadian mobile phone service provider known for offering wireless plans and devices, primarily targeting value-conscious consumers.
- 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: Binx Target entity description: Binx is the talking black cat and cursed former human from the film "Hocus Pocus" who helps Dani Dennison and her friends battle the Sanderson sisters.
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A.
Old Shep
"Old Shep" is a sentimental country ballad about a boy and his dog that was famously recorded by Elvis Presley early in his career.
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B.
Laika
Laika was a Soviet space dog who became the first living creature to orbit Earth, marking a pivotal moment in the early Space Race.
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C.
Laika
Laika is an American stop-motion animation studio renowned for visually distinctive, critically acclaimed films such as Coraline, ParaNorman, and Kubo and the Two Strings.
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D.
Fido
Fido is a lesser-known companion character associated with the American folk hero Paul Bunyan in tall tales of the lumberjack’s adventures.
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E.
Fido
Fido is a Canadian mobile phone service provider known for offering wireless plans and devices, primarily targeting value-conscious consumers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cat
ⓘ
cursed human ⓘ fictional character ⓘ talking animal ⓘ |
| alliesWith |
Allison
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dani Dennison NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Dennison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Hocus Pocus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| color | black ⓘ |
| cursedBy |
Sanderson sisters
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Winifred Sanderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endsCurseWhen | Sanderson sisters are defeated ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Mary Sanderson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sanderson sisters NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Sanderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Winifred Sanderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| failsToSave | Emily Binx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyMember | Emily Binx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Hocus Pocus universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Hocus Pocus (1993 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerStatus | human boy ⓘ |
| fullName | Thackery Binx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genderAsHuman | male ⓘ |
| goal |
to protect children of Salem
ⓘ
to stop the Sanderson sisters ⓘ |
| hasAbility |
immortality
ⓘ
speech ⓘ |
| hasCurse |
immortality until Sanderson sisters destroyed
ⓘ
transformation into cat ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| motivation | guilt over sister’s death ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
guide
ⓘ
protector ⓘ |
| nationalityAsHuman | Colonial American ⓘ |
| originallyHuman | true GENERATED ⓘ |
| placeOfCurse | Salem, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Sean Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postCurseFate |
reunites with Emily Binx’s spirit
ⓘ
spirit is freed ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Walt Disney Pictures ⓘ |
| protects |
Dani Dennison
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dennison siblings ⓘ |
| releaseYearOfFirstAppearance | 1993 ⓘ |
| roleInWork | deuteragonist ⓘ |
| sibling | Emily Binx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| species | domestic cat ⓘ |
| timeOfCurse | 17th century ⓘ |
| transformedInto | immortal black cat ⓘ |
| voiceActor | Jason Marsden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfCurse | 1693 ⓘ |
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: Binx Description of subject: Binx is the talking black cat and cursed former human from the film "Hocus Pocus" who helps Dani Dennison and her friends battle the Sanderson sisters.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.