Jason Foster
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Jason Foster is a central character in the classic The Twilight Zone episode "The Masks," known as a wealthy, dying man who forces his greedy relatives to wear grotesque masks that ultimately reveal their true natures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jason Foster canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9795224 — 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: Jason Foster Context triple: [The Masks, featuresCharacter, Jason Foster]
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A.
Kit Foster
Kit Foster is one of the children of acclaimed American actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster.
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B.
Phil Foster
Phil Foster was an American actor and comedian best known for playing Laverne’s father, Frank DeFazio, on the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley."
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C.
Jason Frasor
Jason Frasor is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known for his long tenure with the Toronto Blue Jays and key bullpen roles for several playoff teams.
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D.
Jeff Foster
Jeff Foster is an entrepreneur best known for founding the global athletic footwear and apparel brand Reebok.
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E.
Andrew Foster
Andrew "Rube" Foster was an influential early 20th-century American baseball player, manager, and executive widely regarded as the "Father of Black Baseball" for founding and leading the Negro National League.
- 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: Jason Foster Target entity description: Jason Foster is a central character in the classic The Twilight Zone episode "The Masks," known as a wealthy, dying man who forces his greedy relatives to wear grotesque masks that ultimately reveal their true natures.
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A.
Kit Foster
Kit Foster is one of the children of acclaimed American actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster.
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B.
Phil Foster
Phil Foster was an American actor and comedian best known for playing Laverne’s father, Frank DeFazio, on the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley."
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C.
Jason Frasor
Jason Frasor is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known for his long tenure with the Toronto Blue Jays and key bullpen roles for several playoff teams.
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D.
Jeff Foster
Jeff Foster is an entrepreneur best known for founding the global athletic footwear and apparel brand Reebok.
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E.
Andrew Foster
Andrew "Rube" Foster was an influential early 20th-century American baseball player, manager, and executive widely regarded as the "Father of Black Baseball" for founding and leading the Negro National League.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Twilight Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInEpisode | The Masks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInEpisodeNumber | 25 ⓘ |
| appearsInSeason | The Twilight Zone Season 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInSeriesCreatedBy | Rod Serling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfWorkAppearedIn | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Rod Serling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathScene | dies peacefully after midnight ⓘ |
| diesAtEndOfEpisode | true ⓘ |
| episodeAirDate | 1964-03-20 ⓘ |
| episodeSettingPlace | Foster’s mansion in New Orleans ⓘ |
| episodeSettingTime | Mardi Gras night ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Masks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | The Twilight Zone (original series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
fantasy television
ⓘ
horror television ⓘ science fiction television ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Emily Harper
NERFINISHED
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Paula Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilfred Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilfred Jr. Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDyingFrom | unspecified terminal illness ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkAppearedIn | English ⓘ |
| legacyInFandom | considered part of one of the most memorable Twilight Zone twist endings ⓘ |
| maskEffect | permanently reshapes wearers’ faces ⓘ |
| maskPurpose | to expose the inner ugliness of his relatives ⓘ |
| maskType | grotesque Mardi Gras–style masks ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| moralPerspective | condemns selfishness and vanity ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | moral judge of his family ⓘ |
| networkOfWorkAppearedIn | CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
forcing his greedy relatives to wear grotesque masks
ⓘ
using magical masks to reveal the true natures of his heirs ⓘ |
| occupation | wealthy businessman ⓘ |
| plotRole | protagonist of The Masks ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Robert Keith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requiresConditionForInheritance | relatives must wear masks until midnight ⓘ |
| residence | New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
appearance versus reality
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greed ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ retribution ⓘ |
| wealthStatus | wealthy ⓘ |
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: Jason Foster Description of subject: Jason Foster is a central character in the classic The Twilight Zone episode "The Masks," known as a wealthy, dying man who forces his greedy relatives to wear grotesque masks that ultimately reveal their true natures.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.