Ezekiel "Spoon" Whitmore in Gridlock'd
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Ezekiel "Spoon" Whitmore in Gridlock'd is the struggling musician and heroin addict portrayed by Tupac Shakur in the dark comedy film "Gridlock'd."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ezekiel "Spoon" Whitmore in Gridlock'd canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6477816 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ezekiel "Spoon" Whitmore in Gridlock'd Context triple: [Lesane Parish Crooks, notableRole, Ezekiel "Spoon" Whitmore in Gridlock'd]
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A.
Chris Tucker as Danny McDaniels
Chris Tucker as Danny McDaniels is a supporting character in the film "Silver Linings Playbook," portrayed as the eccentric and fast-talking friend of the protagonist who provides comic relief and emotional support.
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B.
Poindexter "Fool" Williams
Poindexter "Fool" Williams is the young protagonist of the 1991 horror film *The People Under the Stairs*, who becomes trapped in a sinister house while uncovering its dark secrets.
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C.
Alonzo Mosely in Midnight Run
Alonzo Mosely in *Midnight Run* is a no-nonsense FBI agent whose badge is stolen by bounty hunter Jack Walsh, leading to a series of tense and comedic confrontations throughout the film.
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D.
Anthony Carrigan as NoHo Hank
Anthony Carrigan as NoHo Hank is a beloved, scene-stealing Chechen mobster character from the dark comedy TV series "Barry," known for his upbeat personality and eccentric charm.
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E.
Steve Carell as Brick Tamland
Steve Carell as Brick Tamland refers to Carell’s portrayal of the dim-witted yet endearing weatherman of the Channel 4 News Team in the Anchorman comedy films.
- 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: Ezekiel "Spoon" Whitmore in Gridlock'd Target entity description: Ezekiel "Spoon" Whitmore in Gridlock'd is the struggling musician and heroin addict portrayed by Tupac Shakur in the dark comedy film "Gridlock'd."
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A.
Chris Tucker as Danny McDaniels
Chris Tucker as Danny McDaniels is a supporting character in the film "Silver Linings Playbook," portrayed as the eccentric and fast-talking friend of the protagonist who provides comic relief and emotional support.
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B.
Poindexter "Fool" Williams
Poindexter "Fool" Williams is the young protagonist of the 1991 horror film *The People Under the Stairs*, who becomes trapped in a sinister house while uncovering its dark secrets.
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C.
Alonzo Mosely in Midnight Run
Alonzo Mosely in *Midnight Run* is a no-nonsense FBI agent whose badge is stolen by bounty hunter Jack Walsh, leading to a series of tense and comedic confrontations throughout the film.
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D.
Anthony Carrigan as NoHo Hank
Anthony Carrigan as NoHo Hank is a beloved, scene-stealing Chechen mobster character from the dark comedy TV series "Barry," known for his upbeat personality and eccentric charm.
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E.
Steve Carell as Brick Tamland
Steve Carell as Brick Tamland refers to Carell’s portrayal of the dim-witted yet endearing weatherman of the Channel 4 News Team in the Anchorman comedy films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Gridlock'd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bandMemberOf | Spoon, Stretch and Cookie's band ⓘ |
| cityOfSetting | Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closeFriendOf |
Cookie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stretch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfSetting | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdForWork | Gridlock'd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorOfWork | Vondie Curtis-Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmGenreOfWork |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
crime film ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| fullName | Ezekiel Whitmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfFilm | dark comedy ⓘ |
| hasAddiction | heroin ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
cynical
ⓘ
loyal ⓘ sarcastic ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nickname | Spoon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bassist
ⓘ
musician ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Tupac Shakur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
bureaucracy
ⓘ
drug addiction ⓘ friendship ⓘ |
| screenwriterOfWork | Vondie Curtis-Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seeksRehab | true ⓘ |
| triesToQuitDrugs | true ⓘ |
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: Ezekiel "Spoon" Whitmore in Gridlock'd Description of subject: Ezekiel "Spoon" Whitmore in Gridlock'd is the struggling musician and heroin addict portrayed by Tupac Shakur in the dark comedy film "Gridlock'd."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.