Dewey
E385663
Dewey is one of the small service robots featured in the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running," known for its endearing, almost childlike behavior and emotional bond with the protagonist.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dewey canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3757468 — 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: Dewey Context triple: [Silent Running, robotName, Dewey]
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A.
Dewey
Dewey is the main town and administrative center of the island-municipality of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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B.
Dewey
Dewey is a surname most famously associated with George Dewey, the U.S. naval officer celebrated for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.
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C.
Theodore
Theodore is a masculine given name of Greek origin, meaning "gift of God," from which the nickname Ted is derived.
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D.
Stilson Hutchins
Stilson Hutchins was an American newspaper publisher best known as the founder of The Washington Post.
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E.
Willard
Willard is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "resolute" or "strong-willed."
- 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: Dewey Target entity description: Dewey is one of the small service robots featured in the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running," known for its endearing, almost childlike behavior and emotional bond with the protagonist.
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A.
Dewey
Dewey is the main town and administrative center of the island-municipality of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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B.
Dewey
Dewey is a surname most famously associated with George Dewey, the U.S. naval officer celebrated for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.
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C.
Theodore
Theodore is a masculine given name of Greek origin, meaning "gift of God," from which the nickname Ted is derived.
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D.
Stilson Hutchins
Stilson Hutchins was an American newspaper publisher best known as the founder of The Washington Post.
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E.
Willard
Willard is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "resolute" or "strong-willed."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional robot
ⓘ
film character ⓘ service robot ⓘ |
| appearsAlongside |
Freeman Lowell
ⓘ
Huey Duck ⓘ
surface form:
Huey
Louie ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Silent Running ⓘ |
| communicationStyle |
body language
ⓘ
electronic beeps ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Douglas Trumbull ⓘ |
| directorOfWork | Douglas Trumbull ⓘ |
| emotionallyConnectedTo | Freeman Lowell ⓘ |
| fandom | cult science fiction icon ⓘ |
| formsBondWith | Freeman Lowell ⓘ |
| function |
gardening and forest maintenance
ⓘ
maintenance of space freighter Valley Forge ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
droid
ⓘ
robot ⓘ |
| hasCompanion |
Huey Duck
ⓘ
surface form:
Huey
Louie ⓘ |
| hasDesignFeature |
boxy body
ⓘ
manipulator arms ⓘ short legs ⓘ small bipedal chassis ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named after cartoon character Dewey Duck ⓘ |
| inUniverseOccupation | service and maintenance robot ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
childlike behavior
ⓘ
endearing personality ⓘ loyalty to protagonist ⓘ nonverbal communication ⓘ |
| partOf | robot trio Huey Dewey and Louie ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Mark Persons
ⓘ
child actor inside suit ⓘ |
| roleInStory |
service robot companion
ⓘ
supporting character ⓘ |
| setting | space freighter Valley Forge ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
environmentalism
ⓘ
human–machine relationship ⓘ loneliness in space ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1972 ⓘ |
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: Dewey Description of subject: Dewey is one of the small service robots featured in the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running," known for its endearing, almost childlike behavior and emotional bond with the protagonist.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.