Patrick Kenzie in Gone Baby Gone

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fictional character private investigator protagonist

Patrick Kenzie in Gone Baby Gone is a young Boston private investigator whose moral convictions are tested as he searches for a missing child in a crime-ridden neighborhood.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Patrick Kenzie	19
Patrick Kenzie (novel character)	1
Patrick Kenzie in Gone Baby Gone canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2198390 — 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: Patrick Kenzie in Gone Baby Gone
Context triple: [Casey Affleck, characterPlayedIn, Patrick Kenzie in Gone Baby Gone]

A. Teddy Daniels
Teddy Daniels is the troubled U.S. Marshal protagonist of the psychological thriller film "Shutter Island," known for his investigation of a mysterious disappearance at a remote mental institution.
B. Detective Riley
Detective Riley is a supporting police investigator character in the 2016 psychological thriller film "The Girl on the Train," involved in unraveling the central mystery.
C. Leon Vance
Leon Vance is the stern yet principled Director of NCIS in the long-running American television crime drama series.
D. Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver
Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver is a fictional prosecutor character from the television series "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," portrayed by actor Courtney B. Vance.
E. Inspector Daniel Clay
Inspector Daniel Clay is a fictional police inspector character from the cult 1959 science fiction horror film "Plan 9 from Outer Space."
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: Patrick Kenzie in Gone Baby Gone
Target entity description: Patrick Kenzie in Gone Baby Gone is a young Boston private investigator whose moral convictions are tested as he searches for a missing child in a crime-ridden neighborhood.

A. Teddy Daniels
Teddy Daniels is the troubled U.S. Marshal protagonist of the psychological thriller film "Shutter Island," known for his investigation of a mysterious disappearance at a remote mental institution.
B. Detective Riley
Detective Riley is a supporting police investigator character in the 2016 psychological thriller film "The Girl on the Train," involved in unraveling the central mystery.
C. Leon Vance
Leon Vance is the stern yet principled Director of NCIS in the long-running American television crime drama series.
D. Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver
Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver is a fictional prosecutor character from the television series "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," portrayed by actor Courtney B. Vance.
E. Inspector Daniel Clay
Inspector Daniel Clay is a fictional police inspector character from the cult 1959 science fiction horror film "Plan 9 from Outer Space."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ private investigator ⓘ protagonist ⓘ
adaptedIn	film Gone Baby Gone (2007) ⓘ linked to: Gone Baby Gone
alsoKnownAs	Patrick ⓘ
appearsIn	Gone Baby Gone ⓘ Kenzie–Gennaro novel series ⓘ linked to: Kenzie and Gennaro series novel Gone, Baby, Gone (1998) ⓘ
basedIn	Dorchester, Boston ⓘ linked to: Dorchester neighborhood of Boston
bookPublisher	William Morrow (for the novel Gone, Baby, Gone) ⓘ linked to: William Morrow and Company
createdBy	Dennis Lehane ⓘ
employer	self-employed ⓘ
filmDirectorCollaboration	Ben Affleck ⓘ
firstAppearance	novel A Drink Before the War ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	crime fiction ⓘ detective fiction ⓘ
hasColleague	Angela Gennaro ⓘ linked to: Angie Gennaro Nick Poole ⓘ Remy Bressant ⓘ
hasTheme	child endangerment ⓘ corruption ⓘ vigilante justice ⓘ
hasTrait	conflicted ⓘ loyal ⓘ streetwise ⓘ
homeNeighborhood	working-class Boston community ⓘ
investigates	kidnapping of Amanda McCready ⓘ
investigativeMethod	knowledge of local Boston neighborhoods ⓘ
keyDecision	returns Amanda McCready to her biological mother ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
moralCharacteristic	strong moral convictions ⓘ
moralTheme	conflict between legal justice and personal morality ⓘ
narrativeRole	first-person narrator in the novel Gone Baby Gone ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
occupation	private investigator ⓘ
partner	Angela Gennaro ⓘ linked to: Angie Gennaro
portrayedBy	Casey Affleck ⓘ
publisherOfSeries	William Morrow ⓘ
relationshipStatus	romantic relationship with Angela Gennaro ⓘ
residence	Boston ⓘ linked to: Boston, Massachusetts
seriesOrder	fourth book in the Kenzie–Gennaro series ⓘ
setting	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
worksIn	crime-ridden Boston neighborhoods ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Casey Affleck → characterPlayedIn → Patrick Kenzie in Gone Baby Gone ⓘ

subject linked to: Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt

Gone Baby Gone → mainCharacter → Patrick Kenzie ⓘ