Roger Greenberg is portrayed by Ben Stiller
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Roger Greenberg is the neurotic, middle-aged protagonist of the 2010 Noah Baumbach film "Greenberg," whose aimless return to Los Angeles forces him to confront his past failures and emotional immaturity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roger Greenberg is portrayed by Ben Stiller canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5752748 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Roger Greenberg is portrayed by Ben Stiller Context triple: [Greenberg, characterRole, Roger Greenberg is portrayed by Ben Stiller]
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A.
Ben Stiller as David Starsky
Ben Stiller as David Starsky refers to Stiller’s comedic portrayal of the energetic, streetwise detective David Starsky in the 2004 film adaptation of the classic TV series "Starsky & Hutch."
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B.
Steve Martin as Roger Cobb
Steve Martin as Roger Cobb is the comedic lead character in the 1984 fantasy-comedy film "All of Me," where he portrays a lawyer whose body becomes partially possessed by a deceased heiress.
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C.
Adam Sandler as Danny Meyerowitz
Adam Sandler as Danny Meyerowitz is a middle-aged, emotionally frustrated son in Noah Baumbach’s dramedy "The Meyerowitz Stories," showcasing Sandler in a more subdued, dramatic role than his typical comedic performances.
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D.
Albert Goldman in The Birdcage
Albert Goldman in *The Birdcage* is the flamboyant, dramatic, and warm-hearted drag performer and partner of Armand Goldman who becomes entangled in a farcical scheme to appear straight for his son’s conservative future in-laws.
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E.
B. J. Novak as Robert B. Sherman
B. J. Novak as Robert B. Sherman refers to the actor’s portrayal of the famed Disney songwriter Robert B. Sherman in the biographical drama film "Saving Mr. Banks."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roger Greenberg is portrayed by Ben Stiller Target entity description: Roger Greenberg is the neurotic, middle-aged protagonist of the 2010 Noah Baumbach film "Greenberg," whose aimless return to Los Angeles forces him to confront his past failures and emotional immaturity.
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A.
Ben Stiller as David Starsky
Ben Stiller as David Starsky refers to Stiller’s comedic portrayal of the energetic, streetwise detective David Starsky in the 2004 film adaptation of the classic TV series "Starsky & Hutch."
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B.
Steve Martin as Roger Cobb
Steve Martin as Roger Cobb is the comedic lead character in the 1984 fantasy-comedy film "All of Me," where he portrays a lawyer whose body becomes partially possessed by a deceased heiress.
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C.
Adam Sandler as Danny Meyerowitz
Adam Sandler as Danny Meyerowitz is a middle-aged, emotionally frustrated son in Noah Baumbach’s dramedy "The Meyerowitz Stories," showcasing Sandler in a more subdued, dramatic role than his typical comedic performances.
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D.
Albert Goldman in The Birdcage
Albert Goldman in *The Birdcage* is the flamboyant, dramatic, and warm-hearted drag performer and partner of Armand Goldman who becomes entangled in a farcical scheme to appear straight for his son’s conservative future in-laws.
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E.
B. J. Novak as Robert B. Sherman
B. J. Novak as Robert B. Sherman refers to the actor’s portrayal of the famed Disney songwriter Robert B. Sherman in the biographical drama film "Saving Mr. Banks."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Greenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInFilmDirectedBy | Noah Baumbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
emotional growth
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midlife crisis ⓘ personal failure ⓘ relationships ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
emotionally immature
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neurotic ⓘ |
| confronts | past failures ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalContext | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Noah Baumbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext | comedy-drama ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| filmTitleCharacter | Greenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith | Florence Marr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| lifeStage | middle-aged ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| occupation | carpenter ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ben Stiller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedInMedium | feature film ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| settingCity | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingState | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| travelsTo | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| undergoes | personal introspection ⓘ |
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: Roger Greenberg is portrayed by Ben Stiller Description of subject: Roger Greenberg is the neurotic, middle-aged protagonist of the 2010 Noah Baumbach film "Greenberg," whose aimless return to Los Angeles forces him to confront his past failures and emotional immaturity.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.