Jimmy Shaker
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Jimmy Shaker is the ruthless and manipulative police detective who masterminds the kidnapping plot in the thriller film "Ransom."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Shaker canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3820014 — 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: Jimmy Shaker Context triple: [Ransom, mainCharacter, Jimmy Shaker]
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A.
Burr McIntosh
Burr McIntosh was an American character actor, photographer, and publisher active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his work in silent films and on the stage.
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B.
Herman Teppis
Herman Teppis is the central figure in Norman Mailer’s novel "The Deer Park," around whom the book’s exploration of postwar American decadence and moral ambiguity revolves.
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C.
Marvin Andrews
Marvin Andrews is a Trinidad and Tobago former central defender best known for his powerful, committed performances in Scottish football, particularly with clubs like Livingston and Rangers.
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D.
Gilmor Brown
Gilmor Brown was an American theater director and producer best known as the visionary founder and longtime guiding force of the Pasadena Playhouse.
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E.
Hamilton Luske
Hamilton Luske was an American animator and film director best known for his work on classic Walt Disney animated features.
- 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: Jimmy Shaker Target entity description: Jimmy Shaker is the ruthless and manipulative police detective who masterminds the kidnapping plot in the thriller film "Ransom."
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A.
Burr McIntosh
Burr McIntosh was an American character actor, photographer, and publisher active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his work in silent films and on the stage.
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B.
Herman Teppis
Herman Teppis is the central figure in Norman Mailer’s novel "The Deer Park," around whom the book’s exploration of postwar American decadence and moral ambiguity revolves.
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C.
Marvin Andrews
Marvin Andrews is a Trinidad and Tobago former central defender best known for his powerful, committed performances in Scottish football, particularly with clubs like Livingston and Rangers.
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D.
Gilmor Brown
Gilmor Brown was an American theater director and producer best known as the visionary founder and longtime guiding force of the Pasadena Playhouse.
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E.
Hamilton Luske
Hamilton Luske was an American animator and film director best known for his work on classic Walt Disney animated features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Ransom ⓘ |
| blackmails | Tom Mullen ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
corrupt
ⓘ
manipulative ⓘ ruthless ⓘ |
| createdBy | Richard Price ⓘ |
| createdFor |
Ransom (1996 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ransom
|
| demands | ransom money ⓘ |
| diesIn |
Ransom (1996 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ransom
|
| employerInFiction | New York City Police Department ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Ransom (1996 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ransom
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| masterminds | kidnapping of Sean Mullen ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| motive |
abuse of power
ⓘ
financial gain ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
antagonist
ⓘ
kidnapper ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| occupation | police detective ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Gary Sinise ⓘ |
| relationshipTo |
Sean Mullen (kidnap victim)
ⓘ
Tom Mullen (adversary) ⓘ
linked to:
Tom Mullen
|
| roleIn | Ransom ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | New York City ⓘ |
| usesPositionTo | manipulate kidnapping investigation ⓘ |
| workOfFictionGenre | thriller film ⓘ |
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: Jimmy Shaker Description of subject: Jimmy Shaker is the ruthless and manipulative police detective who masterminds the kidnapping plot in the thriller film "Ransom."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.