J. C. Quinn
E348104
J. C. Quinn was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in films and television during the 1980s and 1990s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| J. C. Quinn canonical | 3 |
| J.C. Quinn | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3342603 — 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: J. C. Quinn Context triple: [Turner & Hooch, starring, J. C. Quinn]
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A.
Charles S. Johnson
Charles S. Johnson was an influential African American sociologist, editor, and civil rights leader whose work on race relations and urban Black life made him a key intellectual figure of the early 20th century.
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B.
Lee R. Mayes
Lee R. Mayes is a film producer best known for his work on the comedy movie "White Chicks."
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C.
C. J. Smith
C. J. Smith was a businessman best known as the founder of the former American savings and loan association Washington Mutual.
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D.
J. R. Cobb
J. R. Cobb is a writer known for his work on the film "Stormy."
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E.
David Hilliard
David Hilliard is an American activist and former chief of staff of the Black Panther Party, known for his prominent role in the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
- 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: J. C. Quinn Target entity description: J. C. Quinn was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in films and television during the 1980s and 1990s.
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A.
Charles S. Johnson
Charles S. Johnson was an influential African American sociologist, editor, and civil rights leader whose work on race relations and urban Black life made him a key intellectual figure of the early 20th century.
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B.
Lee R. Mayes
Lee R. Mayes is a film producer best known for his work on the comedy movie "White Chicks."
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C.
C. J. Smith
C. J. Smith was a businessman best known as the founder of the former American savings and loan association Washington Mutual.
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D.
J. R. Cobb
J. R. Cobb is a writer known for his work on the film "Stormy."
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E.
David Hilliard
David Hilliard is an American activist and former chief of staff of the Black Panther Party, known for his prominent role in the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
character actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1980s
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1990s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | American ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
drama films
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television drama ⓘ |
| hasRoleType | supporting roles ⓘ |
| isA | American character actor ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notability | American character actor ⓘ |
| notableFor |
supporting roles in films
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supporting roles in television ⓘ |
| notablePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| partOf |
American film industry
ⓘ
linked to:
American cinema
American television industry ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
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: J. C. Quinn Description of subject: J. C. Quinn was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in films and television during the 1980s and 1990s.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.