Uncle Ben
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Uncle Ben is Peter Parker’s wise and caring uncle in the Spider-Man series, best known for inspiring the hero with the lesson that “with great power comes great responsibility.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uncle Ben canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5494438 — 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: Uncle Ben Context triple: [Spider-Man, hasRelative, Uncle Ben]
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A.
Uncle Bob
Uncle Bob is the nickname of Robert C. Martin, a prominent software engineer and author known for his influential work on clean code practices and agile software development.
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B.
Uncle Paul
Uncle Paul is an affectionate English nickname most famously associated with "Oom Paul," the popular moniker of South African Boer leader and former Transvaal president Paul Kruger.
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C.
Uncle Joe
Uncle Joe is a colloquial nickname for Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator who led the USSR through World War II and oversaw widespread political repression.
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D.
Mr. Brown
Mr. Brown is the kind-hearted but often flustered father figure from the "Paddington" film series.
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E.
Mr. Brown
Mr. Brown is one of the color-coded hijackers in the crime thriller "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three," known for his role in the subway train hostage plot.
- 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: Uncle Ben Target entity description: Uncle Ben is Peter Parker’s wise and caring uncle in the Spider-Man series, best known for inspiring the hero with the lesson that “with great power comes great responsibility.”
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A.
Uncle Bob
Uncle Bob is the nickname of Robert C. Martin, a prominent software engineer and author known for his influential work on clean code practices and agile software development.
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B.
Uncle Paul
Uncle Paul is an affectionate English nickname most famously associated with "Oom Paul," the popular moniker of South African Boer leader and former Transvaal president Paul Kruger.
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C.
Uncle Joe
Uncle Joe is a colloquial nickname for Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator who led the USSR through World War II and oversaw widespread political repression.
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D.
Mr. Brown
Mr. Brown is the kind-hearted but often flustered father figure from the "Paddington" film series.
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E.
Mr. Brown
Mr. Brown is one of the color-coded hijackers in the crime thriller "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three," known for his role in the subway train hostage plot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marvel Comics character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ |
| alias | Ben Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Spider-Man
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Amazing Spider-Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Ultimate Spider-Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium |
animated television series
ⓘ
comic books ⓘ live-action films ⓘ |
| associatedConcept | great power and great responsibility ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Spider-Man origin story ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| comicBookGenre | superhero fiction ⓘ |
| creator |
Stan Lee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steve Ditko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| famousFor | inspiring Spider-Man’s sense of responsibility ⓘ |
| famousQuote | With great power there must also come great responsibility ⓘ |
| filmPortrayal |
Cliff Robertson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Martin Sheen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Amazing Fantasy #15 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| fullName | Benjamin Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| guardianOf | Peter Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedBy | burglar ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | murder ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| moralLesson | responsible use of power ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | motivates Peter Parker to become Spider-Man ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation |
blue-collar worker
ⓘ
retired electrician ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
caring
ⓘ
kind ⓘ responsible ⓘ wise ⓘ |
| publisher | Marvel Comics ⓘ |
| relationshipToPeterParker | uncle ⓘ |
| relative |
May Parker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Forest Hills, Queens, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInStory |
catalyst for Spider-Man’s origin
ⓘ
moral guide for Peter Parker ⓘ |
| spouse | May Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| universe | Marvel Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Uncle Ben Description of subject: Uncle Ben is Peter Parker’s wise and caring uncle in the Spider-Man series, best known for inspiring the hero with the lesson that “with great power comes great responsibility.”
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Uncle Ben Parker (The Amazing Spider-Man film series)
subject surface form:
Spider-Man