Will Dormer
E258360
Will Dormer is a seasoned but morally conflicted Los Angeles detective whose insomnia and guilt intensify as he investigates a murder in a small Alaskan town in the film "Insomnia."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Will Dormer canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2350535 — 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: Will Dormer Context triple: [Insomnia (2002 film), character, Will Dormer]
-
A.
John Dawson
John Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and fusion research.
-
B.
John Dawson
John Dawson is a fictional character named John Dawson who appears in the work featuring the character Dawn.
-
C.
Donald Wolfit
Donald Wolfit was a renowned English stage and film actor, particularly celebrated for his Shakespearean performances and his powerful, often larger-than-life acting style.
-
D.
Sean Mortimer
Sean Mortimer is a music video director known for his work with the artist Juicy.
-
E.
Ben Dreith
Ben Dreith is a former American football official best known for his long career as an NFL referee, including working high-profile games such as Super Bowl XV.
- 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: Will Dormer Target entity description: Will Dormer is a seasoned but morally conflicted Los Angeles detective whose insomnia and guilt intensify as he investigates a murder in a small Alaskan town in the film "Insomnia."
-
A.
John Dawson
John Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and fusion research.
-
B.
John Dawson
John Dawson is a fictional character named John Dawson who appears in the work featuring the character Dawn.
-
C.
Donald Wolfit
Donald Wolfit was a renowned English stage and film actor, particularly celebrated for his Shakespearean performances and his powerful, often larger-than-life acting style.
-
D.
Sean Mortimer
Sean Mortimer is a music video director known for his work with the artist Juicy.
-
E.
Ben Dreith
Ben Dreith is a former American football official best known for his long career as an NFL referee, including working high-profile games such as Super Bowl XV.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| antagonisticRelationshipWith | Walter Finch ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Insomnia
ⓘ
Insomnia (2002 film) ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
corruption in law enforcement
ⓘ
guilt ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ sleep deprivation ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
experienced
ⓘ
guilt-ridden ⓘ insomniac ⓘ morally conflicted ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Hillary Seitz ⓘ |
| createdFor | Insomnia (2002 film) ⓘ |
| employer | Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ |
| filmDirectorContext | Christopher Nolan ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext |
crime drama
ⓘ
psychological thriller ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
Ellie Burr
ⓘ
Walter Finch ⓘ |
| investigates | murder case in Nightmute, Alaska ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| moralConflict | covering up accidental shooting of his partner ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
investigating a murder under continuous daylight in Alaska
ⓘ
struggling with conscience during a homicide investigation ⓘ |
| occupation |
detective
ⓘ
police officer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Al Pacino ⓘ |
| rank | detective ⓘ |
| storySetting | Nightmute, Alaska ⓘ |
| suffersFrom | insomnia ⓘ |
| workLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
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: Will Dormer Description of subject: Will Dormer is a seasoned but morally conflicted Los Angeles detective whose insomnia and guilt intensify as he investigates a murder in a small Alaskan town in the film "Insomnia."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.