Dr. Goines
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Dr. Goines is a key scientist in the film "12 Monkeys" whose research and actions are central to the movie’s time-travel and viral-outbreak storyline.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dr. Goines canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3658925 — 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: Dr. Goines Context triple: [12 Monkeys, character, Dr. Goines]
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A.
Willie E. Gary
Willie E. Gary is a prominent American trial lawyer and philanthropist known for winning massive jury verdicts in high-profile civil cases and for his significant charitable contributions.
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B.
Joe Trace
Joe Trace is a middle-aged cosmetics salesman in Harlem whose passionate affair and its violent aftermath drive the intertwined stories of Toni Morrison’s novel "Jazz."
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C.
Rosco Gordon
Rosco Gordon was an American blues and R&B singer, pianist, and songwriter known for his distinctive offbeat piano style that influenced early rock and roll and ska.
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D.
Raymond Chambers
Raymond Chambers is an American philanthropist and businessman known for his work in global health initiatives and efforts to combat malaria.
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E.
Timothy Mosley
Timothy Mosley, better known as Timbaland, is an influential American record producer, rapper, and songwriter renowned for his innovative, genre-shaping work in hip-hop and R&B.
- 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: Dr. Goines Target entity description: Dr. Goines is a key scientist in the film "12 Monkeys" whose research and actions are central to the movie’s time-travel and viral-outbreak storyline.
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A.
Willie E. Gary
Willie E. Gary is a prominent American trial lawyer and philanthropist known for winning massive jury verdicts in high-profile civil cases and for his significant charitable contributions.
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B.
Joe Trace
Joe Trace is a middle-aged cosmetics salesman in Harlem whose passionate affair and its violent aftermath drive the intertwined stories of Toni Morrison’s novel "Jazz."
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C.
Rosco Gordon
Rosco Gordon was an American blues and R&B singer, pianist, and songwriter known for his distinctive offbeat piano style that influenced early rock and roll and ska.
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D.
Raymond Chambers
Raymond Chambers is an American philanthropist and businessman known for his work in global health initiatives and efforts to combat malaria.
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E.
Timothy Mosley
Timothy Mosley, better known as Timbaland, is an influential American record producer, rapper, and songwriter renowned for his innovative, genre-shaping work in hip-hop and R&B.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | 12 Monkeys ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
causality paradox
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pandemic ⓘ time travel ⓘ viral outbreak ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdFor | feature film ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | 12 Monkeys universe ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
viral research
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virology ⓘ |
| genreContext |
post-apocalyptic fiction
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science fiction ⓘ time travel fiction ⓘ |
| hasResearchImpactOn | future timeline in 12 Monkeys ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeImportance | central ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central figure in time-travel plot
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key scientist in viral-outbreak storyline ⓘ |
| occupation | scientist ⓘ |
| partOf |
12 Monkeys
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surface form:
12 Monkeys franchise
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| storyFunction |
contributes to causality loop involving time travel
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drives events related to viral outbreak ⓘ |
| workLocation | laboratory ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkRelease | 1995 ⓘ |
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: Dr. Goines Description of subject: Dr. Goines is a key scientist in the film "12 Monkeys" whose research and actions are central to the movie’s time-travel and viral-outbreak storyline.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.