Jonas Blane
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Jonas Blane is the stoic, highly skilled leader of an elite U.S. Army special operations unit in the television series "The Unit."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jonas Blane canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1533321 — 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: Jonas Blane Context triple: [Dennis Haysbert, characterPortrayed, Jonas Blane]
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A.
Elias Pearce
Elias Pearce was the mountaineer credited with making the first recorded ascent of Mount Shasta in California.
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B.
Jack Mullaney
Jack Mullaney was an American character actor known for his comedic roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
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C.
John McClain
John McClain was a screenwriter active in classic Hollywood cinema, known for his work on mid-20th-century American films.
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D.
John McClain
John McClain is a music industry executive and record producer best known as a co-founder of Interscope Records and for managing and working with major artists.
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E.
William Cage
William Cage is the protagonist of the science fiction film "Edge of Tomorrow," a military public relations officer who becomes caught in a time loop while fighting an alien invasion.
- 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: Jonas Blane Target entity description: Jonas Blane is the stoic, highly skilled leader of an elite U.S. Army special operations unit in the television series "The Unit."
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A.
Elias Pearce
Elias Pearce was the mountaineer credited with making the first recorded ascent of Mount Shasta in California.
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B.
Jack Mullaney
Jack Mullaney was an American character actor known for his comedic roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
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C.
John McClain
John McClain is a music industry executive and record producer best known as a co-founder of Interscope Records and for managing and working with major artists.
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D.
John McClain
John McClain was a screenwriter active in classic Hollywood cinema, known for his work on mid-20th-century American films.
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E.
William Cage
William Cage is the protagonist of the science fiction film "Edge of Tomorrow," a military public relations officer who becomes caught in a time loop while fighting an alien invasion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| appearsIn | The Unit ⓘ |
| basedOn | U.S. Army special operations soldiers ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
highly skilled
ⓘ
stoic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | David Mamet ⓘ |
| employer | United States Army ⓘ |
| familyName | Blane ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Unit universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceWork | The Unit ⓘ |
| fullName | Jonas Blane ⓘ |
| genre | military drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Jonas ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Molly Blane ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
U.S. Army
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Army
|
| networkOfOriginalBroadcast | CBS ⓘ |
| notableFor | leadership of covert special operations missions ⓘ |
| occupation |
soldier
ⓘ
special forces operator ⓘ team leader ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Dennis Haysbert ⓘ |
| rank | Sergeant Major ⓘ |
| role | leader of an elite U.S. Army special operations unit ⓘ |
| setting | modern military operations ⓘ |
| team |
The Unit (special operations team)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Unit
|
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: Jonas Blane Description of subject: Jonas Blane is the stoic, highly skilled leader of an elite U.S. Army special operations unit in the television series "The Unit."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Mack Gerhardt in The Unit
subject linked to:
Alpha Team
subject linked to:
Alpha Team