Teddy Sanders
E214683
Teddy Sanders is the cautious yet politically minded NASA Administrator in Andy Weir’s science fiction novel (and its film adaptation) "The Martian."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Teddy Sanders canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1790536 — 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: Teddy Sanders Context triple: [The Martian, character, Teddy Sanders]
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A.
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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B.
Tom Mason
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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C.
David M. Barkley
David M. Barkley was the son of U.S. Vice President Alben W. Barkley and a member of the prominent Barkley political family.
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D.
Larry Blanford
Larry Blanford is a professional cinematographer known for his work on feature films such as the romantic comedy "Think Like a Man."
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E.
Ted Cheesman
Ted Cheesman was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the 1933 monster film "King Kong."
- 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: Teddy Sanders Target entity description: Teddy Sanders is the cautious yet politically minded NASA Administrator in Andy Weir’s science fiction novel (and its film adaptation) "The Martian."
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A.
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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B.
Tom Mason
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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C.
David M. Barkley
David M. Barkley was the son of U.S. Vice President Alben W. Barkley and a member of the prominent Barkley political family.
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D.
Larry Blanford
Larry Blanford is a professional cinematographer known for his work on feature films such as the romantic comedy "Think Like a Man."
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E.
Ted Cheesman
Ted Cheesman was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the 1933 monster film "King Kong."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| affiliation | United States government ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Martian
ⓘ
surface form:
The Martian (2015 film)
The Martian ⓘ
surface form:
The Martian (novel)
|
| basedOn | real-world NASA administrators (inspired, not direct) ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
cautious
ⓘ
politically minded ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States (fictional setting)
ⓘ
surface form:
United States (fictional)
|
| creator | Andy Weir ⓘ |
| employer | NASA ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Martian
ⓘ
surface form:
The Martian universe
|
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
NASA Administrator
ⓘ
surface form:
Administrator of NASA
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | supporting character ⓘ |
| occupation | NASA Administrator ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Martian
ⓘ
surface form:
The Martian franchise
|
| positionHeld | head of NASA ⓘ |
| responsibleFor | Ares III mission decisions ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington, D.C. (fictional)
|
| workBasedOn |
The Martian
ⓘ
surface form:
The Martian (novel)
|
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: Teddy Sanders Description of subject: Teddy Sanders is the cautious yet politically minded NASA Administrator in Andy Weir’s science fiction novel (and its film adaptation) "The Martian."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.