John Klute
E418441
John Klute is the title character of the 1971 neo-noir thriller film "Klute," a private detective whose investigation entangles him with a call girl played by Jane Fonda.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Klute canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4174423 — 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: John Klute Context triple: [Donald Sutherland, portrayed, John Klute]
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A.
Larry McReynolds
Larry McReynolds is a former NASCAR crew chief who became a prominent television racing analyst and commentator.
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B.
Edwin Glenn
Edwin Glenn was a U.S. Army officer and explorer best known for leading early 20th-century expeditions in Alaska, for whom the Glenn Highway is named.
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C.
Larry Blanford
Larry Blanford is a professional cinematographer known for his work on feature films such as the romantic comedy "Think Like a Man."
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D.
Butch Coolidge
Butch Coolidge is a tough, aging boxer in the film "Pulp Fiction" who becomes entangled in a violent series of events after double-crossing a crime boss.
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E.
George McGinnis
George McGinnis is a Hall of Fame American basketball forward known for his dominant scoring and rebounding in the ABA and NBA during the 1970s, particularly with the Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers.
- 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: John Klute Target entity description: John Klute is the title character of the 1971 neo-noir thriller film "Klute," a private detective whose investigation entangles him with a call girl played by Jane Fonda.
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A.
Larry McReynolds
Larry McReynolds is a former NASCAR crew chief who became a prominent television racing analyst and commentator.
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B.
Edwin Glenn
Edwin Glenn was a U.S. Army officer and explorer best known for leading early 20th-century expeditions in Alaska, for whom the Glenn Highway is named.
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C.
Larry Blanford
Larry Blanford is a professional cinematographer known for his work on feature films such as the romantic comedy "Think Like a Man."
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D.
Butch Coolidge
Butch Coolidge is a tough, aging boxer in the film "Pulp Fiction" who becomes entangled in a violent series of events after double-crossing a crime boss.
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E.
George McGinnis
George McGinnis is a Hall of Fame American basketball forward known for his dominant scoring and rebounding in the ABA and NBA during the 1970s, particularly with the Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ private detective ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Klute ⓘ |
| associatedWithActorContext | Jane Fonda ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Bree Daniels ⓘ |
| countryOfWorkContext |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdForWork | Klute ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Klute (film universe)
ⓘ
linked to:
Klute
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkContext |
neo-noir
ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ |
| investigates | disappearance of a businessman ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkContext | English ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | cinema ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
protagonist
ⓘ
title character ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotional involvement with Bree Daniels
ⓘ
methodical investigative style ⓘ |
| occupation | private investigator ⓘ |
| partOfGenreTradition | American neo-noir ⓘ |
| portrayedInMedium | film ⓘ |
| relationshipToBreeDaniels |
investigator
ⓘ
protector ⓘ |
| settingContext | New York City ⓘ |
| workContextDirector | Alan J. Pakula ⓘ |
| workContextReleaseYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| workContextWriter |
Andy Lewis
ⓘ
David E. Lewis ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkContext | 1971 ⓘ |
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: John Klute Description of subject: John Klute is the title character of the 1971 neo-noir thriller film "Klute," a private detective whose investigation entangles him with a call girl played by Jane Fonda.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.