Jonathan Flynn
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Jonathan Flynn is the troubled, self-destructive father and aspiring writer at the center of Nick Flynn’s memoir-based film "Being Flynn."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Flynn canonical | 2 |
| Jonathan Flynn (real person) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3757931 — 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: Jonathan Flynn Context triple: [Being Flynn, mainCharacter, Jonathan Flynn]
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A.
Stephen Flynn
Stephen Flynn is a Scottish politician who serves as the Westminster leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP).
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B.
Alex Flanagan
Alex Flanagan is an American sportscaster and sideline reporter known for her work covering major NFL games and other high-profile sporting events on national television.
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C.
Malachi Flynn
Malachi Flynn is an American professional basketball player and standout point guard known for his collegiate success at San Diego State University and subsequent NBA career.
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D.
Flynn Carsen
Flynn Carsen is the brilliant, eccentric scholar-adventurer who serves as the original Librarian in the fantasy franchise "The Librarian" and its spin-off series "The Librarians."
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E.
Christopher Fettes
Christopher Fettes is a theatre educator and director best known as the co-founder of Drama Centre London, an influential British drama school.
- 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: Jonathan Flynn Target entity description: Jonathan Flynn is the troubled, self-destructive father and aspiring writer at the center of Nick Flynn’s memoir-based film "Being Flynn."
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A.
Stephen Flynn
Stephen Flynn is a Scottish politician who serves as the Westminster leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP).
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B.
Alex Flanagan
Alex Flanagan is an American sportscaster and sideline reporter known for her work covering major NFL games and other high-profile sporting events on national television.
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C.
Malachi Flynn
Malachi Flynn is an American professional basketball player and standout point guard known for his collegiate success at San Diego State University and subsequent NBA career.
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D.
Flynn Carsen
Flynn Carsen is the brilliant, eccentric scholar-adventurer who serves as the original Librarian in the fantasy franchise "The Librarian" and its spin-off series "The Librarians."
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E.
Christopher Fettes
Christopher Fettes is a theatre educator and director best known as the co-founder of Drama Centre London, an influential British drama school.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| adaptedFrom |
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City (memoir)
ⓘ
linked to:
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
|
| appearsIn |
Being Flynn
ⓘ
Being Flynn (2012 American drama film) ⓘ
linked to:
Being Flynn
|
| appearsInWorkBasedOn | Another Bullshit Night in Suck City ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
homeless shelter setting
ⓘ
urban poverty ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Jonathan Flynn (real person)
ⓘ
linked to:
Jonathan Flynn
|
| conflictWith | Nick Flynn ⓘ |
| createdBy | Nick Flynn ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
grandiose
ⓘ
unreliable ⓘ |
| experiences |
incarceration
ⓘ
shelter living ⓘ |
| familyRelation | father of Nick Flynn ⓘ |
| filmDirectorOfWorkAppearedIn | Paul Weitz ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Being Flynn (2012 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Being Flynn
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreContext | drama film character ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
alcoholic
ⓘ
delusional ⓘ estranged father ⓘ homeless ⓘ narcissistic ⓘ self-destructive ⓘ troubled ⓘ |
| literaryAmbition | to write a great American book ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central character
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableQuote | I am one of the three greatest writers of all time. ⓘ |
| occupation |
aspiring writer
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Robert De Niro ⓘ |
| relationshipToNarrator | subject of Nick Flynn’s memoir-based narrative ⓘ |
| residesIn | Boston (in the film) ⓘ |
| screenwriterSource | Nick Flynn’s memoir ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
addiction
ⓘ
homelessness ⓘ mental illness ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
failure
ⓘ
father-son relationship ⓘ identity ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
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: Jonathan Flynn Description of subject: Jonathan Flynn is the troubled, self-destructive father and aspiring writer at the center of Nick Flynn’s memoir-based film "Being Flynn."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jonathan Flynn