diver dentist Philip Sherman
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Diver dentist Philip Sherman is the main human antagonist in Pixar's "Finding Nemo," a Sydney-based dentist whose fish tank becomes a key setting in the film.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| diver dentist Philip Sherman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9753270 — 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: diver dentist Philip Sherman Context triple: [Nemo, capturedBy, diver dentist Philip Sherman]
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A.
Dr. Philip Phillips
Dr. Philip Phillips was an influential Orlando businessman and philanthropist, best known for his success in the citrus industry and his extensive charitable contributions to Central Florida.
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B.
Bruce Sherman
Bruce Sherman is an American businessman and investor best known as the principal owner and chairman of Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins.
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C.
Edward Divers
Edward Divers was a 19th-century British chemist known for his research on nitrogen compounds and contributions to inorganic chemistry.
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D.
Peter Wallfisch
Peter Wallfisch was a distinguished British concert pianist and pedagogue known for his interpretations of the Romantic repertoire and his influential teaching career.
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E.
Dr. Philip Raven
Dr. Philip Raven is a fictional British statesman and visionary whose prophetic dream-notes frame the future-history narrative in H. G. Wells’s novel "The Shape of Things to Come."
- 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: diver dentist Philip Sherman Target entity description: Diver dentist Philip Sherman is the main human antagonist in Pixar's "Finding Nemo," a Sydney-based dentist whose fish tank becomes a key setting in the film.
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A.
Dr. Philip Phillips
Dr. Philip Phillips was an influential Orlando businessman and philanthropist, best known for his success in the citrus industry and his extensive charitable contributions to Central Florida.
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B.
Bruce Sherman
Bruce Sherman is an American businessman and investor best known as the principal owner and chairman of Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins.
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C.
Edward Divers
Edward Divers was a 19th-century British chemist known for his research on nitrogen compounds and contributions to inorganic chemistry.
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D.
Peter Wallfisch
Peter Wallfisch was a distinguished British concert pianist and pedagogue known for his interpretations of the Romantic repertoire and his influential teaching career.
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E.
Dr. Philip Raven
Dr. Philip Raven is a fictional British statesman and visionary whose prophetic dream-notes frame the future-history narrative in H. G. Wells’s novel "The Shape of Things to Come."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animated film character
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antagonist ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Finding Nemo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInFranchise | Finding Nemo franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | feature film ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation | Great Barrier Reef (as diving location) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Philip Sherman’s dental office, Sydney, Australia ⓘ |
| captures | Nemo on the Great Barrier Reef NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfResidence | Sydney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Pixar Animation Studios ⓘ |
| distributorOfWork | Walt Disney Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Finding Nemo (2003) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Philip Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
animated adventure film
ⓘ
family film ⓘ |
| givenName | Philip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
oblivious to fish suffering
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well-meaning but careless ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | Finding Nemo universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPet | Darla (niece treated like a pet recipient of fish) ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Darla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkplace | dental clinic in Sydney ⓘ |
| keepsInTank |
Bloat
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Bubbles NERFINISHED ⓘ Deb NERFINISHED ⓘ Gill ⓘ Gurgle ⓘ Jacques NERFINISHED ⓘ Nemo NERFINISHED ⓘ Peach ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | computer-animated film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | main human antagonist of Finding Nemo ⓘ |
| occupation |
dentist
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scuba diver ⓘ |
| owns | saltwater fish tank ⓘ |
| plansToGive | Nemo to Darla ⓘ |
| portrayedByVoice | Bill Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfWork | Pixar Animation Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipToDarla | uncle GENERATED ⓘ |
| targetOfEscapePlanBy | tank gang ⓘ |
| usesEquipment |
dental drill
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scuba gear ⓘ |
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: diver dentist Philip Sherman Description of subject: Diver dentist Philip Sherman is the main human antagonist in Pixar's "Finding Nemo," a Sydney-based dentist whose fish tank becomes a key setting in the film.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.