Steven Hiller
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Steven Hiller is a fictional U.S. Marine Corps pilot, portrayed by Will Smith, who becomes a key hero in humanity’s fight against an alien invasion in the film "Independence Day."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Steven Hiller canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16721749 — 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: Steven Hiller Context triple: [Thomas J. Whitmore, alliesInFiction, Steven Hiller]
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A.
Robert Hillenbrand
Robert Hillenbrand is a distinguished British art historian renowned for his scholarship on Islamic art and architecture.
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B.
Michael Jaffe
Michael Jaffe is an American television and film producer known for his work on numerous TV movies, series, and feature films.
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C.
Martin Brinkler
Martin Brinkler is a film editor known for his work on the shark thriller "47 Meters Down: Uncaged."
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D.
Ian Siegel
Ian Siegel is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of the online employment marketplace ZipRecruiter.
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E.
Michael Weller
Michael Weller is an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his work on stage and film in the 1970s and 1980s, including the screenplay for the movie adaptation of the musical "Hair."
- 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: Steven Hiller Target entity description: Steven Hiller is a fictional U.S. Marine Corps pilot, portrayed by Will Smith, who becomes a key hero in humanity’s fight against an alien invasion in the film "Independence Day."
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A.
Robert Hillenbrand
Robert Hillenbrand is a distinguished British art historian renowned for his scholarship on Islamic art and architecture.
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B.
Michael Jaffe
Michael Jaffe is an American television and film producer known for his work on numerous TV movies, series, and feature films.
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C.
Martin Brinkler
Martin Brinkler is a film editor known for his work on the shark thriller "47 Meters Down: Uncaged."
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D.
Ian Siegel
Ian Siegel is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of the online employment marketplace ZipRecruiter.
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E.
Michael Weller
Michael Weller is an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his work on stage and film in the 1970s and 1980s, including the screenplay for the movie adaptation of the musical "Hair."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Thomas J. Whitmore