Tom Mason
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Tom Mason is the former history professor turned resistance leader who serves as the central protagonist in the post-apocalyptic alien invasion series "Falling Skies."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tom Mason canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1042007 — 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: Tom Mason Context triple: [Falling Skies, mainCharacter, Tom Mason]
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A.
John Evans
John Evans was a 19th-century American physician, politician, and railroad developer who served as governor of the Colorado Territory and played a key role in the founding of Northwestern University.
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B.
Christopher Weaver
Christopher Weaver is an American entrepreneur and video game industry pioneer best known as the founder of ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
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C.
Bill Marshall
Bill Marshall was a Canadian film producer and cultural entrepreneur best known for co-founding and helping establish the Toronto International Film Festival as a major global cinema event.
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D.
Jim Tunney
Jim Tunney is a former NFL official renowned as one of the league’s most respected referees, often called the “Dean of NFL Referees.”
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E.
John Sullivan
John Sullivan was an American general and political leader who played a prominent role in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Mason Target entity description: Tom Mason is the former history professor turned resistance leader who serves as the central protagonist in the post-apocalyptic alien invasion series "Falling Skies."
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A.
John Evans
John Evans was a 19th-century American physician, politician, and railroad developer who served as governor of the Colorado Territory and played a key role in the founding of Northwestern University.
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B.
Christopher Weaver
Christopher Weaver is an American entrepreneur and video game industry pioneer best known as the founder of ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
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C.
Bill Marshall
Bill Marshall was a Canadian film producer and cultural entrepreneur best known for co-founding and helping establish the Toronto International Film Festival as a major global cinema event.
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D.
Jim Tunney
Jim Tunney is a former NFL official renowned as one of the league’s most respected referees, often called the “Dean of NFL Referees.”
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E.
John Sullivan
John Sullivan was an American general and political leader who played a prominent role in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| affiliation |
2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment
ⓘ
human resistance ⓘ |
| ally |
Anne Glass
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Ben Mason ⓘ Captain Dan Weaver ⓘ Hal Mason ⓘ John Pope ⓘ Matt Mason ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Falling Skies ⓘ |
| child |
Ben Mason
ⓘ
Hal Mason ⓘ Matt Mason ⓘ |
| creator | Robert Rodat ⓘ |
| enemy |
Espheni
ⓘ
Overlords ⓘ Skitters ⓘ |
| familyName | Mason ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Falling Skies
ⓘ
surface form:
Falling Skies Season 1 Episode 1
|
| formerOccupation | Boston University history professor ⓘ |
| fullName | Thomas Mason ⓘ |
| genre |
alien invasion
ⓘ
post-apocalyptic science fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Tom ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| militaryRole |
civilian military advisor
ⓘ
field leader ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
extensive knowledge of military history
ⓘ
strategic leadership skills ⓘ strong dedication to his family ⓘ |
| occupation |
history professor
ⓘ
resistance leader ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Noah Wyle ⓘ |
| position | Second-in-command of the 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment ⓘ |
| primaryGoal |
defeat the Espheni occupation
ⓘ
protect his family ⓘ |
| producer | Steven Spielberg ⓘ |
| roleInSeries | central protagonist ⓘ |
| romanticPartner | Anne Glass ⓘ |
| seriesTitle | Falling Skies ⓘ |
| setting | post-apocalyptic Earth ⓘ |
| species | Human ⓘ |
| spouse | Rebecca Mason ⓘ |
| universe |
Falling Skies
ⓘ
surface form:
Falling Skies universe
|
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: Tom Mason Description of subject: Tom Mason is the former history professor turned resistance leader who serves as the central protagonist in the post-apocalyptic alien invasion series "Falling Skies."
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.