Q
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Q is a recurring comedic character from the James Bond film series, known as the eccentric head of MI6's gadget and technology division.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Q canonical | 24 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T711048 — 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: Q Context triple: [John Cleese, portrayedCharacter, Q]
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A.
Q
The Q is a New York City Subway service that runs along the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan and the Brighton Line in Brooklyn, providing crosstown and interborough transit.
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QR
QR is the two-letter IATA airline designator assigned to Qatar Airways, the flag carrier of Qatar.
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QA
QA is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Qatar for international standardization and identification.
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QF
QF is the IATA airline designator used for Qantas, the flag carrier of Australia.
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E.
W
W is one of the iconic white capital letters that make up the famous Hollywood Sign overlooking Los Angeles.
- 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: Q Target entity description: Q is a recurring comedic character from the James Bond film series, known as the eccentric head of MI6's gadget and technology division.
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A.
Q
The Q is a New York City Subway service that runs along the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan and the Brighton Line in Brooklyn, providing crosstown and interborough transit.
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B.
QR
QR is the two-letter IATA airline designator assigned to Qatar Airways, the flag carrier of Qatar.
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C.
QA
QA is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Qatar for international standardization and identification.
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D.
QF
QF is the IATA airline designator used for Qantas, the flag carrier of Australia.
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E.
W
W is one of the iconic white capital letters that make up the famous Hollywood Sign overlooking Los Angeles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
recurring character ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Secret Intelligence Service
ⓘ
surface form:
British Secret Service
|
| alsoKnownAs | Major Boothroyd ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A View to a Kill
ⓘ
surface form:
A View to a Kill (film)
Diamonds Are Forever ⓘ
surface form:
Diamonds Are Forever (film)
Die Another Day ⓘ
surface form:
Die Another Day (film)
Dr. No ⓘ
surface form:
Dr. No (film)
For Your Eyes Only ⓘ
surface form:
For Your Eyes Only (film)
From Russia, with Love ⓘ
surface form:
From Russia with Love (film)
GoldenEye ⓘ
surface form:
GoldenEye (film)
Goldfinger ⓘ
surface form:
Goldfinger (film)
Licence to Kill ⓘ
surface form:
Licence to Kill (film)
Live and Let Die ⓘ
surface form:
Live and Let Die (film)
Moonraker ⓘ
surface form:
Moonraker (film)
No Time to Die ⓘ
surface form:
No Time to Die (film)
Octopussy (film) ⓘ On Her Majesty's Secret Service ⓘ
surface form:
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)
Skyfall ⓘ
surface form:
Skyfall (film)
Spectre ⓘ
surface form:
Spectre (film)
The Living Daylights ⓘ
surface form:
The Living Daylights (film)
The Man with the Golden Gun (film) ⓘ The Spy Who Loved Me ⓘ
surface form:
The Spy Who Loved Me (film)
James Bond: The World Is Not Enough ⓘ
surface form:
The World Is Not Enough (film)
Thunderball ⓘ
surface form:
Thunderball (film)
Tomorrow Never Dies ⓘ
surface form:
Tomorrow Never Dies (film)
You Only Live Twice ⓘ
surface form:
You Only Live Twice (film)
|
| basedOn | character from Ian Fleming's James Bond novels ⓘ |
| characteristic |
eccentric
ⓘ
impatient with James Bond ⓘ technically skilled ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employer |
Secret Intelligence Service
ⓘ
surface form:
MI6
|
| fictionalUniverse |
James Bond universe
ⓘ
surface form:
James Bond film series
|
| firstAppearance |
Dr. No
ⓘ
surface form:
Dr. No (film)
|
| genre | spy fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
comic relief
ⓘ
supporting character ⓘ |
| notableFor |
designing gadgets for James Bond
ⓘ
providing technology and weapons ⓘ |
| occupation | head of Q Branch ⓘ |
| partOf |
James Bond universe
ⓘ
surface form:
James Bond franchise
|
| portrayedBy |
Ben Whishaw
ⓘ
Desmond Llewelyn ⓘ John Cleese ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
spy gadgets
ⓘ
weapons development ⓘ |
| worksFor | Q Branch ⓘ |
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: Q Description of subject: Q is a recurring comedic character from the James Bond film series, known as the eccentric head of MI6's gadget and technology division.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Back to Basics
subject surface form:
The World Is Not Enough
subject surface form:
GoldenEye
subject surface form:
GoldenEye
subject surface form:
Octopussy