Devon Banks
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Devon Banks is a scheming, manipulative network executive and recurring antagonist on the television series "30 Rock."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Devon Banks canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3003707 — 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: Devon Banks Context triple: [Will Arnett, characterPortrayed, Devon Banks]
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A.
Jacob Banks
Jacob Banks is a British-Nigerian singer, songwriter, and musician known for his deep, soulful vocals and genre-blending mix of R&B, soul, and alternative music.
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B.
Troy Barnes
Troy Barnes is a lovable, goofy former high school football star turned pop-culture-obsessed nerd from the sitcom "Community," known for his close friendship with Abed and his energetic, childlike personality.
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C.
Cameron Douglas
Cameron Douglas is an American actor and author best known as the son of actor Michael Douglas and for his memoir detailing his struggles with addiction and incarceration.
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D.
Tate Donovan
Tate Donovan is an American actor and director known for his roles in projects such as the TV series "The O.C." and the film "Argo," as well as for voicing the title character in Disney's animated movie "Hercules."
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E.
CJ Wallace
CJ Wallace is an American actor and rapper, best known as the son of The Notorious B.I.G. and Faith Evans.
- 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: Devon Banks Target entity description: Devon Banks is a scheming, manipulative network executive and recurring antagonist on the television series "30 Rock."
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A.
Jacob Banks
Jacob Banks is a British-Nigerian singer, songwriter, and musician known for his deep, soulful vocals and genre-blending mix of R&B, soul, and alternative music.
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B.
Troy Barnes
Troy Barnes is a lovable, goofy former high school football star turned pop-culture-obsessed nerd from the sitcom "Community," known for his close friendship with Abed and his energetic, childlike personality.
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C.
Cameron Douglas
Cameron Douglas is an American actor and author best known as the son of actor Michael Douglas and for his memoir detailing his struggles with addiction and incarceration.
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D.
Tate Donovan
Tate Donovan is an American actor and director known for his roles in projects such as the TV series "The O.C." and the film "Argo," as well as for voicing the title character in Disney's animated movie "Hercules."
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E.
CJ Wallace
CJ Wallace is an American actor and rapper, best known as the son of The Notorious B.I.G. and Faith Evans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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television character ⓘ |
| alignment | villainous ⓘ |
| appearsAs | recurring character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | 30 Rock ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Tina Fey ⓘ |
| employer | NBC ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearsIn | television comedy ⓘ |
| hasFiancé | Donny Lawson ⓘ |
| hasSetting | New York City ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | corporate rival to Jack Donaghy ⓘ |
| networkOfSeries | NBC ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ambition within NBC hierarchy
ⓘ
attempts to undermine Jack Donaghy ⓘ |
| occupation | network executive ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse |
30 Rock universe
ⓘ
linked to:
30 Rock
|
| partOfSeries | 30 Rock ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
manipulative
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scheming ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Will Arnett ⓘ |
| primaryRival | Jack Donaghy ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | antagonist ⓘ |
| seriesDebutIn |
30 Rock Season 1
ⓘ
linked to:
30 Rock
|
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| usesStrategy |
blackmail
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corporate politics ⓘ manipulation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Devon Banks Description of subject: Devon Banks is a scheming, manipulative network executive and recurring antagonist on the television series "30 Rock."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.