Michael Newman
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Michael Newman is the overworked architect and family man portrayed by Adam Sandler in the fantasy-comedy film "Click," who gains a universal remote that can control and fast-forward through his life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michael Newman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3858683 — 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: Michael Newman Context triple: [Click, mainCharacter, Michael Newman]
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A.
Robert Newman
Robert Newman was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the influential technology and research firm Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN).
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B.
Robert Newman
Robert Newman is an American actor best known for his long-running role as Josh Lewis on the soap opera "Guiding Light."
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C.
Robert Newman
Robert Newman was a British impresario best known for initiating the orchestral concert series that evolved into the BBC Proms.
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D.
David A. Newman
David A. Newman is a screenwriter known for co-writing the hit romantic comedy film "Think Like a Man," adapted from Steve Harvey’s bestselling book.
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E.
Robert Mann
Robert Mann was a 19th-century American man best known as the son of influential education reformer Horace Mann.
- 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: Michael Newman Target entity description: Michael Newman is the overworked architect and family man portrayed by Adam Sandler in the fantasy-comedy film "Click," who gains a universal remote that can control and fast-forward through his life.
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A.
Robert Newman
Robert Newman was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the influential technology and research firm Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN).
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B.
Robert Newman
Robert Newman was a British impresario best known for initiating the orchestral concert series that evolved into the BBC Proms.
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C.
Robert Newman
Robert Newman is an American actor best known for his long-running role as Josh Lewis on the soap opera "Guiding Light."
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D.
David A. Newman
David A. Newman is a screenwriter known for co-writing the hit romantic comedy film "Think Like a Man," adapted from Steve Harvey’s bestselling book.
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E.
Robert Mann
Robert Mann was a 19th-century American man best known as the son of influential education reformer Horace Mann.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| ability |
control his life with a universal remote
ⓘ
fast-forward through time ⓘ pause time ⓘ rewind events ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Click ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bed Bath & Beyond
ⓘ
surface form:
Bed Bath & Beyond store
Morty (the mysterious salesman) ⓘ |
| characterArc | learns to prioritize family over career ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ambitious
ⓘ
family-oriented ⓘ overworked ⓘ |
| child |
Ben Newman
ⓘ
Samantha Newman ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdFor | Click ⓘ |
| directorOfWork | Frank Coraci ⓘ |
| employer | architectural firm ⓘ |
| familyName | Newman ⓘ |
| fullName | Michael Newman ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| hasMagicItem | universal remote control ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Ben Newman
ⓘ
Donna Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ Samantha Newman ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Adam Sandler ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfWork | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| spouse | Donna Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
consequences of taking shortcuts in life
ⓘ
work–life balance ⓘ |
| workGenre | fantasy comedy film ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 2006 ⓘ |
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: Michael Newman Description of subject: Michael Newman is the overworked architect and family man portrayed by Adam Sandler in the fantasy-comedy film "Click," who gains a universal remote that can control and fast-forward through his life.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.