Alec McDowell
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Alec McDowell is a genetically enhanced super-soldier and central character from the sci-fi TV series "Dark Angel," known for his rebellious charm and complex moral journey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alec McDowell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9801949 — 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: Alec McDowell Context triple: [Jensen Ackles, portrayed, Alec McDowell]
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A.
Alec Newbury
Alec Newbury is a central member of the post-college friend group in the 1985 film "St. Elmo's Fire," whose personal and professional struggles reflect the challenges of young adulthood.
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B.
Alec Kellaway
Alec Kellaway was an Australian actor known for his work in early 20th-century theatre and film, and as the brother of character actor Cecil Kellaway.
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C.
Alec Troup
Alec Troup was a Scottish professional footballer known for playing as a winger in the early 20th century.
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D.
Alec Busch
Alec Busch is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Busch, though specific widely known public details about him are not readily available.
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E.
Michael McDowell
Michael McDowell was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his Southern Gothic horror fiction and for writing the screenplay for the film "Beetlejuice."
- 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: Alec McDowell Target entity description: Alec McDowell is a genetically enhanced super-soldier and central character from the sci-fi TV series "Dark Angel," known for his rebellious charm and complex moral journey.
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A.
Alec Newbury
Alec Newbury is a central member of the post-college friend group in the 1985 film "St. Elmo's Fire," whose personal and professional struggles reflect the challenges of young adulthood.
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B.
Alec Kellaway
Alec Kellaway was an Australian actor known for his work in early 20th-century theatre and film, and as the brother of character actor Cecil Kellaway.
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C.
Alec Troup
Alec Troup was a Scottish professional footballer known for playing as a winger in the early 20th century.
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D.
Alec Busch
Alec Busch is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Busch, though specific widely known public details about him are not readily available.
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E.
Michael McDowell
Michael McDowell was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his Southern Gothic horror fiction and for writing the screenplay for the film "Beetlejuice."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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genetically enhanced super-soldier ⓘ transgenic ⓘ |
| ability |
enhanced agility
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enhanced healing ⓘ enhanced reflexes ⓘ enhanced senses ⓘ enhanced speed ⓘ enhanced strength ⓘ expert hand-to-hand combat ⓘ expert marksmanship ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Jam Pony Xpress
NERFINISHED
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Manticore NERFINISHED ⓘ transgenics of Terminal City ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
494
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Smart Alec NERFINISHED ⓘ X5-494 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Dark Angel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInSeason |
Dark Angel season 1 (as Ben/X5-493, twin)
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Dark Angel season 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closeTo |
Joshua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Max Guevara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator |
Charles H. Eglee
NERFINISHED
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James Cameron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Dark Angel season 2 episode "Designate This" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Alec McDowell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| geneticDesignation | X5-494 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTwin | Ben (X5-493) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeArc | moral redemption ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central character ⓘ |
| nationalityInUniverse | American ⓘ |
| network | Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
assassin (former)
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courier ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Manticore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | Dark Angel franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
charming
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morally conflicted ⓘ rebellious ⓘ sarcastic ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jensen Ackles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| romanticInterest | Max Guevara (implied/complex) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | post-apocalyptic Seattle ⓘ |
| species | human transgenic ⓘ |
| trainedBy | Manticore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Alec McDowell Description of subject: Alec McDowell is a genetically enhanced super-soldier and central character from the sci-fi TV series "Dark Angel," known for his rebellious charm and complex moral journey.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.