Cobb
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Cobb is the skilled professional thief and extractor portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in Christopher Nolan’s science-fiction film "Inception."
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2350438 — 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: Cobb Context triple: [Following, hasCharacter, Cobb]
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A.
Tucker
Tucker is a surname most notably associated with Albert W. Tucker, a Canadian-American mathematician and game theorist known for his contributions to topology and the formalization of the prisoner's dilemma.
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B.
Elliott
Elliott is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as both a first name and a surname.
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C.
Jackson Cage
"Jackson Cage" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1980 album *The River*, depicting themes of entrapment and working-class struggle.
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D.
Nolan Ross
Nolan Ross is a brilliant, eccentric tech entrepreneur and loyal ally who plays a pivotal role in the drama series "Revenge."
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E.
Mr. Clutch
Mr. Clutch is the famous nickname of NBA legend Jerry West, renowned for his late-game heroics and clutch performances.
- 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: Cobb Target entity description: Cobb is the skilled professional thief and extractor portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in Christopher Nolan’s science-fiction film "Inception."
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A.
Tucker
Tucker is a surname most notably associated with Albert W. Tucker, a Canadian-American mathematician and game theorist known for his contributions to topology and the formalization of the prisoner's dilemma.
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B.
Elliott
Elliott is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as both a first name and a surname.
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C.
Jackson Cage
"Jackson Cage" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1980 album *The River*, depicting themes of entrapment and working-class struggle.
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D.
Nolan Ross
Nolan Ross is a brilliant, eccentric tech entrepreneur and loyal ally who plays a pivotal role in the drama series "Revenge."
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E.
Mr. Clutch
Mr. Clutch is the famous nickname of NBA legend Jerry West, renowned for his late-game heroics and clutch performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Inception ⓘ |
| appearsInFranchise |
Inception
ⓘ
surface form:
Inception (film)
|
| appearsInMedium | feature film ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ariadne
ⓘ
Arthur ⓘ Eames ⓘ Bobby Fischer ⓘ
surface form:
Robert Fischer
Saito ⓘ Yusuf ⓘ |
| createdBy | Christopher Nolan ⓘ |
| enemy | projections of Mal ⓘ |
| familyName | Cobb ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext |
heist film
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Dom Cobb
ⓘ
surface form:
Dominick Cobb
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Dominick ⓘ |
| hasChild |
James Cobb
ⓘ
Philippa Cobb ⓘ |
| hasSkill |
strategic planning
ⓘ
subconscious defense knowledge ⓘ team leadership ⓘ |
| languageOfDialogue | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | fugitive ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | team leader of the inception mission ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAbility |
performing inception
ⓘ
shared dreaming navigation ⓘ |
| occupation |
extractor
ⓘ
thief ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Leonardo DiCaprio ⓘ |
| primaryMotivation | return to his children ⓘ |
| screenTimeFocus | protagonist ⓘ |
| setting |
contemporary Earth
ⓘ
dream worlds ⓘ |
| specialization | stealing information from the subconscious ⓘ |
| spouse | Mal Cobb ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
guilt
ⓘ
memory ⓘ reality versus illusion ⓘ |
| totemType | spinning top ⓘ |
| usesDevice | totem ⓘ |
| worksFor | Saito (during main heist) ⓘ |
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: Cobb Description of subject: Cobb is the skilled professional thief and extractor portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in Christopher Nolan’s science-fiction film "Inception."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dom Cobb