Roy McBride
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Roy McBride is the introspective astronaut protagonist of the science fiction film "Ad Astra," whose deep-space mission forces him to confront both cosmic mysteries and his fraught relationship with his father.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roy McBride canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7631082 — 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: Roy McBride Context triple: [Ad Astra, character, Roy McBride]
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A.
Jon Moss
Jon Moss is an English drummer best known as a member of the pop band Culture Club alongside Boy George.
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B.
Brian Fleming
Brian Fleming is a personal name shared by several individuals, most commonly associated with professionals in fields such as law, politics, and the arts.
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C.
Jack McFarland
Jack McFarland is a flamboyant, aspiring actor and Will Truman’s exuberant best friend on the sitcom "Will & Grace," known for his over-the-top personality and comedic antics.
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D.
Kirk Baxter
Kirk Baxter is an Australian film editor best known for his Academy Award–winning collaborations with director David Fincher on films such as "The Social Network" and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."
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E.
John Bridger
John Bridger is a veteran safecracker and mentor figure in the 2003 heist film "The Italian Job," known for planning intricate robberies and leading a close-knit crew.
- 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: Roy McBride Target entity description: Roy McBride is the introspective astronaut protagonist of the science fiction film "Ad Astra," whose deep-space mission forces him to confront both cosmic mysteries and his fraught relationship with his father.
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A.
Jon Moss
Jon Moss is an English drummer best known as a member of the pop band Culture Club alongside Boy George.
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B.
Brian Fleming
Brian Fleming is a personal name shared by several individuals, most commonly associated with professionals in fields such as law, politics, and the arts.
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C.
Jack McFarland
Jack McFarland is a flamboyant, aspiring actor and Will Truman’s exuberant best friend on the sitcom "Will & Grace," known for his over-the-top personality and comedic antics.
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D.
Kirk Baxter
Kirk Baxter is an Australian film editor best known for his Academy Award–winning collaborations with director David Fincher on films such as "The Social Network" and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."
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E.
John Bridger
John Bridger is a veteran safecracker and mentor figure in the 2003 heist film "The Italian Job," known for planning intricate robberies and leading a close-knit crew.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronaut
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ |
| affiliation | United States Space Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Ad Astra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenreWork | space exploration film ⓘ |
| associatedProject | Lima Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
existential questions about humanity and isolation
ⓘ
relationship with his father ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Ethan Gross
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emotionalArc |
confronting abandonment by his father
ⓘ
learning to reconnect with others ⓘ |
| employer | U.S. Space Command (fictional) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyIssue | abandonment by father for Lima Project ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Ad Astra (2019 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFather | H. Clifford McBride NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInternalMonologue | yes ⓘ |
| homePlanet | Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| missionType | deep-space mission ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | explores psychological impact of space travel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
point-of-view character
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableEvent | journey from Earth to Neptune ⓘ |
| notableFor | calm under pressure ⓘ |
| occupation | astronaut ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
emotionally reserved
ⓘ
introspective ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Brad Pitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | live-action cinema ⓘ |
| psychologicalTrait | low resting heart rate under stress ⓘ |
| relative | H. Clifford McBride NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | near-future Solar System ⓘ |
| skill |
extravehicular activity
ⓘ
spaceflight operations ⓘ technical problem-solving ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
emotional repression
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father–son relationship ⓘ isolation in space ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ |
| travelsTo |
Mars
NERFINISHED
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Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ Neptune 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: Roy McBride Description of subject: Roy McBride is the introspective astronaut protagonist of the science fiction film "Ad Astra," whose deep-space mission forces him to confront both cosmic mysteries and his fraught relationship with his father.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.