Burt Reynolds as Del Knox
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Burt Reynolds as Del Knox is the grizzled, reclusive mountain man character he plays in the comedy adventure film "Without a Paddle."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Burt Reynolds as Del Knox canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6730664 — 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: Burt Reynolds as Del Knox Context triple: [Without a Paddle, portraysCharacter, Burt Reynolds as Del Knox]
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A.
Kevin Costner as Charley Waite
Kevin Costner as Charley Waite is the stoic, morally driven former gunslinger and cattleman he portrays in the 2003 Western film "Open Range."
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B.
Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey
Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey is the harried, increasingly frazzled air traffic control supervisor whose escalating declarations about what he’s “picked the wrong week” to quit provide one of the running gags in the disaster-movie spoof Airplane!.
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C.
Bruce Dern as Asa Watts
Bruce Dern as Asa Watts is the actor’s memorable portrayal of the ruthless cattle thief and primary antagonist in the 1972 Western film "The Cowboys."
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D.
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle – Gene Hackman
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle – Gene Hackman is the tough, obsessive New York City narcotics detective famously portrayed by Gene Hackman in the crime thriller film "The French Connection."
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E.
Jon Voight as Luke Martin
Jon Voight as Luke Martin is the portrayal of a paralyzed Vietnam War veteran in the 1978 film "Coming Home," a role that earned Voight widespread acclaim and an Academy Award.
- 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: Burt Reynolds as Del Knox Target entity description: Burt Reynolds as Del Knox is the grizzled, reclusive mountain man character he plays in the comedy adventure film "Without a Paddle."
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A.
Kevin Costner as Charley Waite
Kevin Costner as Charley Waite is the stoic, morally driven former gunslinger and cattleman he portrays in the 2003 Western film "Open Range."
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B.
Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey
Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey is the harried, increasingly frazzled air traffic control supervisor whose escalating declarations about what he’s “picked the wrong week” to quit provide one of the running gags in the disaster-movie spoof Airplane!.
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C.
Bruce Dern as Asa Watts
Bruce Dern as Asa Watts is the actor’s memorable portrayal of the ruthless cattle thief and primary antagonist in the 1972 Western film "The Cowboys."
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D.
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle – Gene Hackman
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle – Gene Hackman is the tough, obsessive New York City narcotics detective famously portrayed by Gene Hackman in the crime thriller film "The French Connection."
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E.
Jon Voight as Luke Martin
Jon Voight as Luke Martin is the portrayal of a paralyzed Vietnam War veteran in the 1978 film "Coming Home," a role that earned Voight widespread acclaim and an Academy Award.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsAlongside |
Dax Shepard as Tom Marshall
ⓘ
linked to:
Dax Shepard
Matthew Lillard as Jerry Conlaine ⓘ
linked to:
Matthew Lillard
Seth Green as Dan Mott ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Without a Paddle ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
friendship
ⓘ
outdoor adventure ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| characterType |
grizzled outdoorsman
ⓘ
reclusive hermit ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| filmDirectorOfWork | Steven Brill ⓘ |
| filmDistributorOfWork | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| genre | comedy adventure ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
experienced woodsman
ⓘ
gruff ⓘ reclusive ⓘ resourceful ⓘ |
| introducedIn | 2004 ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | supporting character ⓘ |
| occupation | mountain man ⓘ |
| partOfCastOf | Without a Paddle ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise |
Without a Paddle film series
ⓘ
linked to:
Without a Paddle
|
| portrayedBy | Burt Reynolds ⓘ |
| setting | Pacific Northwest wilderness ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Burt Reynolds as Del Knox Description of subject: Burt Reynolds as Del Knox is the grizzled, reclusive mountain man character he plays in the comedy adventure film "Without a Paddle."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.