Upham
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Upham is the timid, bookish World War II soldier portrayed by Jeremy Davies in the film "Saving Private Ryan," known for his moral struggle amid the brutality of combat.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Upham canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9436395 — 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: Upham Context triple: [Jeremy Davies, characterPortrayed, Upham]
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A.
Upham
Upham is a small rural village in Hampshire, England, known for its traditional countryside character and proximity to Bishop’s Waltham.
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B.
Wentworthe
Wentworthe is an alternative historical or variant spelling of the English surname Wentworth.
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C.
Pomeroy
Pomeroy is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, known for its rural setting and surrounding upland landscapes.
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D.
Pomeroy
Pomeroy is a small rural town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, known for its Zulu cultural heritage and agricultural surroundings.
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E.
Upton
Upton is a given name most famously associated with American novelist and social reformer Upton Sinclair.
- 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: Upham Target entity description: Upham is the timid, bookish World War II soldier portrayed by Jeremy Davies in the film "Saving Private Ryan," known for his moral struggle amid the brutality of combat.
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A.
Upham
Upham is a small rural village in Hampshire, England, known for its traditional countryside character and proximity to Bishop’s Waltham.
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B.
Wentworthe
Wentworthe is an alternative historical or variant spelling of the English surname Wentworth.
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C.
Pomeroy
Pomeroy is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, known for its rural setting and surrounding upland landscapes.
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D.
Pomeroy
Pomeroy is a small rural town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, known for its Zulu cultural heritage and agricultural surroundings.
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E.
Upton
Upton is a given name most famously associated with American novelist and social reformer Upton Sinclair.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| alignment | Allies ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Saving Private Ryan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Captain John H. Miller
NERFINISHED
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Private Adrian Caparzo NERFINISHED ⓘ Private Daniel Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Private James Francis Ryan NERFINISHED ⓘ Private Richard Reiben NERFINISHED ⓘ Private Stanley Mellish NERFINISHED ⓘ Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
bookish
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idealistic ⓘ morally conflicted ⓘ timid ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| createdBy | Robert Rodat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Upham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredInGenre | war film ⓘ |
| filmDirectorOfAppearance | Steven Spielberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| fullName | Timothy E. Upham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Timothy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hairColorInFiction | brown ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Saving Private Ryan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSkill |
French
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German ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | audience surrogate for moral questioning of war ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| notableAction | executes German prisoner near the end of the film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
failure to assist Private Mellish during a crucial fight
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hesitation to engage in combat ⓘ moral struggle amid the brutality of combat ⓘ |
| notableScene | confrontation with captured German soldier later known as "Steamboat Willie" ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jeremy Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rankInFiction | Corporal ⓘ |
| role |
interpreter
ⓘ
translator ⓘ |
| settingOfActions |
France
NERFINISHED
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Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sideInWar | United States Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeEmbodied |
cowardice versus courage
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the cost of maintaining morality in war ⓘ |
| weaponUsed | M1 Garand rifle 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: Upham Description of subject: Upham is the timid, bookish World War II soldier portrayed by Jeremy Davies in the film "Saving Private Ryan," known for his moral struggle amid the brutality of combat.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.