John Spartan
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John Spartan is a tough, rule-breaking 20th-century cop who is cryogenically frozen and revived in a sanitized future to battle his old nemesis in the sci-fi action film "Demolition Man."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Spartan canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2771210 — 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: John Spartan Context triple: [Demolition Man, mainCharacter, John Spartan]
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A.
James Rhodes
James Rhodes is a high-ranking military officer and close ally of Tony Stark who fights in advanced powered armor under the codename War Machine in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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B.
John Grey
John Grey is a central character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Can You Forgive Her?", portrayed as a principled, reserved country gentleman whose steadfast love and moral integrity contrast with the heroine’s indecision.
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C.
Matt Kowalski
Matt Kowalski is a veteran NASA astronaut and spacewalker featured as a central character in the science fiction film "Gravity."
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D.
Chuck Sullivan
Chuck Sullivan is a member of the Sullivan family known for his prominence and public recognition within that lineage.
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E.
Marshal Will Kane
Marshal Will Kane is the principled, embattled lawman at the center of the classic Western film "High Noon," known for facing a deadly showdown alone when his town abandons him.
- 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: John Spartan Target entity description: John Spartan is a tough, rule-breaking 20th-century cop who is cryogenically frozen and revived in a sanitized future to battle his old nemesis in the sci-fi action film "Demolition Man."
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A.
James Rhodes
James Rhodes is a high-ranking military officer and close ally of Tony Stark who fights in advanced powered armor under the codename War Machine in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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B.
John Grey
John Grey is a central character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Can You Forgive Her?", portrayed as a principled, reserved country gentleman whose steadfast love and moral integrity contrast with the heroine’s indecision.
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C.
Matt Kowalski
Matt Kowalski is a veteran NASA astronaut and spacewalker featured as a central character in the science fiction film "Gravity."
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D.
Chuck Sullivan
Chuck Sullivan is a member of the Sullivan family known for his prominence and public recognition within that lineage.
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E.
Marshal Will Kane
Marshal Will Kane is the principled, embattled lawman at the center of the classic Western film "High Noon," known for facing a deadly showdown alone when his town abandons him.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ police officer ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| allyOf |
Edgar Friendly
ⓘ
Lenina Huxley ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Demolition Man ⓘ |
| battles | Simon Phoenix ⓘ |
| characterCreatedFor | Demolition Man ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Daniel Waters
ⓘ
Peter M. Lenkov ⓘ Robert Reneau ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Demolition Man universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Demolition Man
|
| firstAppearanceYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| frozenBy | cryogenic imprisonment system ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
action film
ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
fish-out-of-water in future society
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relies on old-fashioned policing methods ⓘ |
| knownFor |
destroying property during arrests
ⓘ
using excessive force ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| laterStateOfBeing | revived from cryogenic freezing ⓘ |
| legalStatus | convicted for collateral deaths in a hostage rescue ⓘ |
| mainOpponent | Simon Phoenix ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | hero cop ⓘ |
| nickname | Demolition Man ⓘ |
| notableAction |
captures Simon Phoenix in the 20th century
ⓘ
pursues Simon Phoenix after revival ⓘ |
| occupation | police officer ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
brave
ⓘ
rebellious ⓘ rule-breaking ⓘ tough ⓘ violent ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Sylvester Stallone ⓘ |
| punishment | cryogenic incarceration ⓘ |
| revivedIn |
future society
ⓘ
sanitized future ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
San Angeles ⓘ |
| stateOfBeing | cryogenically frozen ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century future ⓘ |
| usesWeapon |
explosives
ⓘ
firearms ⓘ |
| worksFor | Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ |
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: John Spartan Description of subject: John Spartan is a tough, rule-breaking 20th-century cop who is cryogenically frozen and revived in a sanitized future to battle his old nemesis in the sci-fi action film "Demolition Man."
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.