Daniel Miller
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Daniel Miller is the neurotic, recently deceased advertising executive who must literally defend the choices of his life in the afterlife courtroom of the 1991 film "Defending Your Life."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Daniel Miller canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12782767 — 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: Daniel Miller Context triple: [Defending Your Life, mainCharacter, Daniel Miller]
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A.
Daniel Miller
Daniel Miller is known as a son of the renowned American playwright Arthur Miller.
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B.
David Mills
David Mills is a British lawyer and businessman known for his work in international finance and for his high-profile marriage to Labour politician Tessa Jowell.
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C.
David Soward
David Soward is an entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the cosmetics brand Urban Decay, which helped popularize edgy, alternative makeup in the 1990s.
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D.
Neil Miller
Neil Miller is a skeptical psychiatrist and the stepfather figure who provides comic tension and emotional contrast in the Christmas film "The Santa Clause."
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E.
James Miller
James Miller is the central protagonist of the film "Certified Copy," around whom the story’s emotional and philosophical exploration of authenticity and relationships revolves.
- 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: Daniel Miller Target entity description: Daniel Miller is the neurotic, recently deceased advertising executive who must literally defend the choices of his life in the afterlife courtroom of the 1991 film "Defending Your Life."
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A.
Daniel Miller
Daniel Miller is known as a son of the renowned American playwright Arthur Miller.
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B.
David Mills
David Mills is a British lawyer and businessman known for his work in international finance and for his high-profile marriage to Labour politician Tessa Jowell.
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C.
David Soward
David Soward is an entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the cosmetics brand Urban Decay, which helped popularize edgy, alternative makeup in the 1990s.
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D.
Neil Miller
Neil Miller is a skeptical psychiatrist and the stepfather figure who provides comic tension and emotional contrast in the Christmas film "The Santa Clause."
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E.
James Miller
James Miller was a prominent Scottish architect known for his influential early 20th-century railway and commercial building designs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Defending Your Life ⓘ |
| appearsInYearReleasedWork | 1991 ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
afterlife
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life review ⓘ personal growth ⓘ |
| centralThemeOfArc |
overcoming fear
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self-reflection on life choices ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Albert Brooks ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Defending Your Life ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
fantasy comedy film
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romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| hasApproximateAge | middle-aged ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
anxious
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fearful ⓘ neurotic ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkAppearedIn | English ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Julia ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableFor | humorous and philosophical exploration of fear in life ⓘ |
| occupation | advertising executive ⓘ |
| opposedBy | prosecutor Lena Foster ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Albert Brooks ⓘ |
| representedBy | defense attorney Bob Diamond ⓘ |
| settingOfStoryArc | Judgment City ⓘ |
| storyEvent |
arrives in the afterlife city of Judgment City
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dies in a bus accident ⓘ meets Julia in Judgment City ⓘ must defend his life choices in an afterlife courtroom ⓘ undergoes a legal-style trial about his use of fear in life ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1991 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Daniel Miller Description of subject: Daniel Miller is the neurotic, recently deceased advertising executive who must literally defend the choices of his life in the afterlife courtroom of the 1991 film "Defending Your Life."
Referenced by (4)
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