David Levinson
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David Levinson is the brilliant, neurotic computer expert and satellite technician Jeff Goldblum plays in the science-fiction film "Independence Day."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Levinson canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3702492 — 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: David Levinson Context triple: [Jeff Goldblum, characterPortrayed, David Levinson]
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A.
Kevin Lynch
Kevin Lynch was an Irish republican and INLA member who died on hunger strike in the Maze Prison during the 1981 Irish hunger strikes.
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B.
Peter S. Elliot
Peter S. Elliot is a film editor known for his work on feature films, including the ensemble romantic comedy "Think Like a Man."
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C.
A. Harold Frauenthal
A. Harold Frauenthal was a benefactor whose support and legacy are commemorated by the naming of the Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts.
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D.
Roy Innis
Roy Innis was an American civil rights activist and long-time national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, known for his conservative views and outspoken advocacy on race and social policy.
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E.
Stephen S. Oswald
Stephen S. Oswald is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy test pilot who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions in the 1990s.
- 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: David Levinson Target entity description: David Levinson is the brilliant, neurotic computer expert and satellite technician Jeff Goldblum plays in the science-fiction film "Independence Day."
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A.
Kevin Lynch
Kevin Lynch was an Irish republican and INLA member who died on hunger strike in the Maze Prison during the 1981 Irish hunger strikes.
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B.
Peter S. Elliot
Peter S. Elliot is a film editor known for his work on feature films, including the ensemble romantic comedy "Think Like a Man."
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C.
A. Harold Frauenthal
A. Harold Frauenthal was a benefactor whose support and legacy are commemorated by the naming of the Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts.
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D.
Roy Innis
Roy Innis was an American civil rights activist and long-time national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, known for his conservative views and outspoken advocacy on race and social policy.
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E.
Stephen S. Oswald
Stephen S. Oswald is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy test pilot who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions in the 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Independence Day
ⓘ
Independence Day: Resurgence ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Earth Space Defense ⓘ |
| basedInFictionalLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
brilliant
ⓘ
neurotic ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalUniverse |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy |
Dean Devlin
ⓘ
Roland Emmerich ⓘ |
| employerInStory | cable television company ⓘ |
| familyName | Levinson ⓘ |
| fictionalEthnicity | Jewish American ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasSkill |
computer programming
ⓘ
data analysis ⓘ satellite communications ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
hero
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| notableAction | devising computer virus against alien mothership ⓘ |
| notableFor | decoding alien signal in Independence Day ⓘ |
| occupation |
computer expert
ⓘ
satellite technician ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jeff Goldblum ⓘ |
| workOfFictionMedium | film ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Captain Steven Hiller
ⓘ
Julius Levinson NERFINISHED ⓘ President Thomas J. Whitmore ⓘ |
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: David Levinson Description of subject: David Levinson is the brilliant, neurotic computer expert and satellite technician Jeff Goldblum plays in the science-fiction film "Independence Day."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Thomas J. Whitmore