Jess Brolin
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Jess Brolin is the son of actor James Brolin and the younger half-brother of actor Josh Brolin, known mainly for his connection to the prominent Hollywood family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jess Brolin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5553856 — 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: Jess Brolin Context triple: [James Brolin, child, Jess Brolin]
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A.
Eden Brolin
Eden Brolin is an American actress and singer best known for her roles in the TV series "Yellowstone" and "Beyond."
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B.
Josh Brolin
Josh Brolin is an American actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "No Country for Old Men," "W." and for portraying Thanos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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C.
Sam Gilman
Sam Gilman was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
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D.
Ray Fisher
Ray Fisher is an American actor best known for portraying the superhero Cyborg in the DC Extended Universe films.
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E.
Avri Roel Downey
Avri Roel Downey is the daughter of actor Robert Downey Jr. and producer Susan Downey.
- 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: Jess Brolin Target entity description: Jess Brolin is the son of actor James Brolin and the younger half-brother of actor Josh Brolin, known mainly for his connection to the prominent Hollywood family.
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A.
Eden Brolin
Eden Brolin is an American actress and singer best known for her roles in the TV series "Yellowstone" and "Beyond."
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B.
Josh Brolin
Josh Brolin is an American actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "No Country for Old Men," "W." and for portraying Thanos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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C.
Sam Gilman
Sam Gilman was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
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D.
Ray Fisher
Ray Fisher is an American actor best known for portraying the superhero Cyborg in the DC Extended Universe films.
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E.
Avri Roel Downey
Avri Roel Downey is the daughter of actor Robert Downey Jr. and producer Susan Downey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
celebrity family member
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human ⓘ |
| associatedWithIndustry | Hollywood ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedAs |
the son of actor James Brolin
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the younger half-brother of actor Josh Brolin ⓘ |
| ethnicBackground | American of European descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Brolin ⓘ |
| father | James Brolin ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| halfBrother | Josh Brolin ⓘ |
| hasFatherOccupation | actor ⓘ |
| hasHalfBrotherOccupation | actor ⓘ |
| hasPublicImage | known primarily for his connection to a prominent Hollywood family ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
James Brolin
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Josh Brolin ⓘ |
| mediaCoverageFocus | family background rather than personal career ⓘ |
| name | Jess Brolin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a member of the Brolin family
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being the half-brother of actor Josh Brolin ⓘ being the son of actor James Brolin ⓘ |
| occupation | celebrity family member ⓘ |
| partOf | Brolin family ⓘ |
| residesIn |
California (inferred, not definitively sourced)
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linked to:
California, United States
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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: Jess Brolin Description of subject: Jess Brolin is the son of actor James Brolin and the younger half-brother of actor Josh Brolin, known mainly for his connection to the prominent Hollywood family.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.