Jack Burton
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Jack Burton is a brash, wisecracking truck driver who becomes an unlikely hero battling supernatural forces in John Carpenter’s cult fantasy-action film "Big Trouble in Little China."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jack Burton canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15600420 — 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: Jack Burton Context triple: [Big Trouble in Little China, mainCharacter, Jack Burton]
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A.
Alex Wilder
Alex Wilder is a brilliant but morally conflicted teen strategist and hacker from Marvel's Runaways, known for leading the group and for his complex relationship with his villainous parents.
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B.
Charlie Lockwood
Charlie Lockwood is a former American lacrosse standout best known as an All-American midfielder for Syracuse University and a member of the U.S. national team.
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C.
Carroll Fenton
Carroll Fenton was an American paleontologist and prolific science writer known for his popular books and illustrations on prehistoric life and geology.
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D.
Nathan Dane
Nathan Dane was an American lawyer and statesman best known for drafting the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which shaped the early expansion and governance of the United States.
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E.
John "Reaper" Grimm
John "Reaper" Grimm is the tough, battle-hardened space marine protagonist of the 2005 sci-fi horror film "Doom," known for leading a squad against mutated creatures on Mars.
- 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: Jack Burton Target entity description: Jack Burton is a brash, wisecracking truck driver who becomes an unlikely hero battling supernatural forces in John Carpenter’s cult fantasy-action film "Big Trouble in Little China."
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A.
Alex Wilder
Alex Wilder is a brilliant but morally conflicted teen strategist and hacker from Marvel's Runaways, known for leading the group and for his complex relationship with his villainous parents.
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B.
Charlie Lockwood
Charlie Lockwood is a former American lacrosse standout best known as an All-American midfielder for Syracuse University and a member of the U.S. national team.
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C.
Carroll Fenton
Carroll Fenton was an American paleontologist and prolific science writer known for his popular books and illustrations on prehistoric life and geology.
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D.
Nathan Dane
Nathan Dane was an American lawyer and statesman best known for drafting the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which shaped the early expansion and governance of the United States.
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E.
John "Reaper" Grimm
John "Reaper" Grimm is the tough, battle-hardened space marine protagonist of the 2005 sci-fi horror film "Doom," known for leading a squad against mutated creatures on Mars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Egg Shen in Big Trouble in Little China
subject linked to:
Egg Shen in Big Trouble in Little China
subject linked to:
Egg Shen in Big Trouble in Little China