Bob Taylor
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Bob Taylor is a disturbed and enigmatic character in the 2013 thriller film "Prisoners," whose behavior and backstory play a key role in the movie’s central kidnapping investigation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bob Taylor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8516028 — 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: Bob Taylor Context triple: [David Dastmalchian, portrayed, Bob Taylor]
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A.
Robert W. Taylor
Robert W. Taylor was an influential American computer scientist and research manager who played a key role in the development of ARPANET and modern computer networking.
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B.
James P. Taylor
James P. Taylor was an American conservationist and outdoor enthusiast best known for conceiving and initiating the creation of Vermont’s Long Trail, the oldest long-distance hiking trail in the United States.
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C.
Bruce A. Taylor
Bruce A. Taylor is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 2007 crime drama film "The Brave One" starring Jodie Foster.
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D.
Daniel E. Taylor
Daniel E. Taylor is a writer best known for co-writing the story for the crime thriller film "The Score."
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E.
Richard E. P. Taylor
Richard E. P. Taylor was a 19th-century American architect best known for his role in designing the monumental Old State, War, and Navy Building in Washington, D.C.
- 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: Bob Taylor Target entity description: Bob Taylor is a disturbed and enigmatic character in the 2013 thriller film "Prisoners," whose behavior and backstory play a key role in the movie’s central kidnapping investigation.
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A.
Robert W. Taylor
Robert W. Taylor was an influential American computer scientist and research manager who played a key role in the development of ARPANET and modern computer networking.
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B.
James P. Taylor
James P. Taylor was an American conservationist and outdoor enthusiast best known for conceiving and initiating the creation of Vermont’s Long Trail, the oldest long-distance hiking trail in the United States.
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C.
Bruce A. Taylor
Bruce A. Taylor is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 2007 crime drama film "The Brave One" starring Jodie Foster.
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D.
Daniel E. Taylor
Daniel E. Taylor is a writer best known for co-writing the story for the crime thriller film "The Score."
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E.
Richard E. P. Taylor
Richard E. P. Taylor was a 19th-century American architect best known for his role in designing the monumental Old State, War, and Navy Building in Washington, D.C.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
2013 film Prisoners
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Prisoners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
cycle of victimization
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psychological damage from kidnapping ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
kidnapping of Anna Dover
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kidnapping of Joy Birch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| backstoryElement | victim of past abductions ⓘ |
| behavior |
erratic
ⓘ
obsessive ⓘ |
| characterTrait | enigmatic ⓘ |
| connectedToCharacter |
Alex Jones
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Franklin Birch NERFINISHED ⓘ Grace Dover NERFINISHED ⓘ Holly Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Keller Dover NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Birch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| filmDirectorOfWork | Denis Villeneuve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmWriterOfWork | Aaron Guzikowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Prisoners (2013 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
crime drama
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thriller ⓘ |
| inUniverseStatus | suspect in child abductions ⓘ |
| investigatedBy | Detective Loki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| mentalState | disturbed ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodiment of long-term trauma
ⓘ
red herring suspect ⓘ |
| notableProp |
boxes of bloody children’s clothes
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maze drawings ⓘ |
| occupation | suspected kidnapper ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | David Dastmalchian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInPlot | key figure in kidnapping investigation ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkRelease | 2013 ⓘ |
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: Bob Taylor Description of subject: Bob Taylor is a disturbed and enigmatic character in the 2013 thriller film "Prisoners," whose behavior and backstory play a key role in the movie’s central kidnapping investigation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.