Navin R. Johnson
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Navin R. Johnson is the naive, bumbling protagonist of the 1979 comedy film "The Jerk," famously portrayed by Steve Martin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Navin R. Johnson canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2865363 — 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: Navin R. Johnson Context triple: [The Jerk, mainCharacter, Navin R. Johnson]
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A.
Michael Farris
Michael Farris is an American lawyer and conservative activist best known for his leadership in the Christian homeschooling movement and his role in founding and guiding Patrick Henry College.
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B.
Michael S. Turner
Michael S. Turner is an American cosmologist and astrophysicist known for pioneering work on dark energy, inflation, and the early universe.
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C.
Surangel Whipps Jr.
Surangel Whipps Jr. is a Palauan politician and businessman who serves as the president of the Republic of Palau.
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D.
Lamont Sanford
Lamont Sanford is a central character from the classic American sitcom "Sanford and Son," known as the long-suffering, pragmatic son who runs a junk business with his cantankerous father, Fred Sanford.
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E.
Theodore Vierra
Theodore Vierra was a Hawaiian architect and developer known for his influential role in shaping mid-20th-century commercial and urban projects in Honolulu.
- 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: Navin R. Johnson Target entity description: Navin R. Johnson is the naive, bumbling protagonist of the 1979 comedy film "The Jerk," famously portrayed by Steve Martin.
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A.
Michael Farris
Michael Farris is an American lawyer and conservative activist best known for his leadership in the Christian homeschooling movement and his role in founding and guiding Patrick Henry College.
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B.
Michael S. Turner
Michael S. Turner is an American cosmologist and astrophysicist known for pioneering work on dark energy, inflation, and the early universe.
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C.
Surangel Whipps Jr.
Surangel Whipps Jr. is a Palauan politician and businessman who serves as the president of the Republic of Palau.
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D.
Lamont Sanford
Lamont Sanford is a central character from the classic American sitcom "Sanford and Son," known as the long-suffering, pragmatic son who runs a junk business with his cantankerous father, Fred Sanford.
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E.
Theodore Vierra
Theodore Vierra was a Hawaiian architect and developer known for his influential role in shaping mid-20th-century commercial and urban projects in Honolulu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| adoptiveFather | Daddy Johnson ⓘ |
| adoptiveMother | Mama Johnson ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Jerk ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Opti-Grab lawsuit subplot
ⓘ
catchphrase "I was born a poor black child" ⓘ |
| becomes | suddenly wealthy ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
bumbling
ⓘ
good-hearted ⓘ naive ⓘ optimistic ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Carl Gottlieb
ⓘ
Michael Elias ⓘ Steve Martin ⓘ |
| filmDirectedBy | Carl Reiner ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| filmWrittenBy |
Carl Gottlieb
ⓘ
Michael Elias ⓘ Steve Martin ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| firstAppearedIn | The Jerk ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | comedy film ⓘ |
| homeTownInStory | Mississippi farm ⓘ |
| invents | Opti-Grab ⓘ |
| knownFor |
comic misunderstandings
ⓘ
rags-to-riches-to-rags storyline ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | English ⓘ |
| laterBecomes | penniless ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Marie Kimble Johnson ⓘ |
| movesTo |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
St. Louis ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Louis City
|
| name | Navin R. Johnson ⓘ |
| narrates | his own life story in The Jerk ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | American ⓘ |
| notableScene |
dog mistakenly named Shithead
ⓘ
learning he is not biologically black ⓘ working at a gas station and being shot at by a sniper ⓘ |
| occupation |
carnival worker
ⓘ
gas station attendant ⓘ inventor ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise |
The Jerk franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
The Jerk
|
| pet | Shithead ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Steve Martin ⓘ |
| portrayedInMedium | live-action film ⓘ |
| raisedBy | African-American sharecropper family ⓘ |
| settingOfStory |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
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Subject: Navin R. Johnson Description of subject: Navin R. Johnson is the naive, bumbling protagonist of the 1979 comedy film "The Jerk," famously portrayed by Steve Martin.
Referenced by (14)
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