Ephraim Goodweather
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Ephraim Goodweather is an epidemiologist and the central protagonist of "The Strain," leading the fight against a vampiric plague threatening humanity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ephraim Goodweather canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1747651 — 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: Ephraim Goodweather Context triple: [The Strain, mainCharacter, Ephraim Goodweather]
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A.
Mordecai Brown
Mordecai Brown was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher, nicknamed "Three Finger," renowned for his exceptional control and success with the Chicago Cubs in the early 20th century.
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B.
Wilmot Reed
Wilmot Reed is the given first and middle name of Reed Hastings, the American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Netflix.
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C.
Anson Jones
Anson Jones was an American physician, politician, and statesman best known for overseeing the annexation of the Republic of Texas into the United States.
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D.
Marinus Willett
Marinus Willett was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New York, known for his active role in colonial resistance and later service as mayor of New York City.
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E.
Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
- 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: Ephraim Goodweather Target entity description: Ephraim Goodweather is an epidemiologist and the central protagonist of "The Strain," leading the fight against a vampiric plague threatening humanity.
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A.
Mordecai Brown
Mordecai Brown was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher, nicknamed "Three Finger," renowned for his exceptional control and success with the Chicago Cubs in the early 20th century.
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B.
Wilmot Reed
Wilmot Reed is the given first and middle name of Reed Hastings, the American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Netflix.
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C.
Anson Jones
Anson Jones was an American physician, politician, and statesman best known for overseeing the annexation of the Republic of Texas into the United States.
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D.
Marinus Willett
Marinus Willett was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New York, known for his active role in colonial resistance and later service as mayor of New York City.
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E.
Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epidemiologist
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| ally |
Abraham Setrakian
ⓘ
Dutch Velders ⓘ Nora Martinez ⓘ Vasiliy Fet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Strain
ⓘ
The Strain ⓘ
surface form:
The Strain (TV series)
The Strain ⓘ
surface form:
The Strain trilogy
|
| appearsInGenre |
apocalyptic fiction
ⓘ
dark fantasy ⓘ horror ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from The Strain novel trilogy ⓘ |
| child | Zack Goodweather ⓘ |
| creator |
Chuck Hogan
ⓘ
Guillermo del Toro ⓘ |
| employer |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ⓘ
surface form:
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ⓘ |
| enemy |
The Master
ⓘ
Thomas Eichhorst ⓘ |
| familyMember |
Kelly Goodweather
ⓘ
Zack Goodweather ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Strain
ⓘ
surface form:
The Strain universe
|
| fieldOfWork |
epidemiology
ⓘ
infectious disease control ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Strain
ⓘ
surface form:
The Strain (TV series) pilot episode
The Strain ⓘ
surface form:
The Strain (novel)
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | horror fiction character ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leads | fight against a vampiric plague ⓘ |
| medium |
novels
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | leader of human resistance against the strigoi ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
rational and science-driven approach to the plague
ⓘ
strained family relationships ⓘ struggles with alcoholism ⓘ |
| notableFor | investigating the Regis Air flight incident ⓘ |
| occupation | epidemiologist ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Strain
ⓘ
surface form:
The Strain franchise
|
| portrayedBy | Corey Stoll ⓘ |
| position | head of the CDC Canary Project ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central protagonist of The Strain ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| species | human ⓘ |
| spouse | Kelly Goodweather ⓘ |
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: Ephraim Goodweather Description of subject: Ephraim Goodweather is an epidemiologist and the central protagonist of "The Strain," leading the fight against a vampiric plague threatening humanity.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Master (The Strain)