Max Dugan
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Max Dugan is the mysterious, long-absent grandfather whose sudden reappearance with a suitcase of money drives the plot of the 1983 comedy-drama film "Max Dugan Returns."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Max Dugan canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7354835 — 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: Max Dugan Context triple: [Max Dugan Returns, mainCharacter, Max Dugan]
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A.
Frank Hogan
Frank Hogan was a long-serving and highly influential New York County district attorney known for his vigorous prosecution of organized crime and political corruption in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Maynard G. Krebs
Maynard G. Krebs is a beatnik sidekick character from the American TV sitcom "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," known for his goatee, bongo drums, and comic aversion to work.
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C.
Fitz Patton
Fitz Patton is an acclaimed American sound designer and composer known for his work on numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
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D.
Lieutenant Joe Clemons
Lieutenant Joe Clemons is the U.S. Army officer portrayed as the central combat leader in the Korean War drama film "Pork Chop Hill."
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E.
Merle Kilgore
Merle Kilgore was an American country music singer-songwriter and manager best known for co-writing the hit song "Ring of Fire" and managing Johnny Cash.
- 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: Max Dugan Target entity description: Max Dugan is the mysterious, long-absent grandfather whose sudden reappearance with a suitcase of money drives the plot of the 1983 comedy-drama film "Max Dugan Returns."
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A.
Frank Hogan
Frank Hogan was a long-serving and highly influential New York County district attorney known for his vigorous prosecution of organized crime and political corruption in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Maynard G. Krebs
Maynard G. Krebs is a beatnik sidekick character from the American TV sitcom "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," known for his goatee, bongo drums, and comic aversion to work.
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C.
Fitz Patton
Fitz Patton is an acclaimed American sound designer and composer known for his work on numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
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D.
Lieutenant Joe Clemons
Lieutenant Joe Clemons is the U.S. Army officer portrayed as the central combat leader in the Korean War drama film "Pork Chop Hill."
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E.
Merle Kilgore
Merle Kilgore was an American country music singer-songwriter and manager best known for co-writing the hit song "Ring of Fire" and managing Johnny Cash.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Max Dugan Returns ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | comedy-drama film ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | feature film ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
family reconciliation
ⓘ
morality of sudden wealth ⓘ secrecy ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Neil Simon ⓘ |
| describedAs |
long-absent
ⓘ
mysterious ⓘ |
| drivesPlotOf | Max Dugan Returns ⓘ |
| hasChild | Brian Costello ⓘ |
| hasFamilyRole |
father of Brian Costello
ⓘ
grandfather ⓘ grandfather of Michael McPhee ⓘ |
| hasGrandchild | Michael McPhee ⓘ |
| hasPossession | suitcase of money ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | catalyst for main events ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jason Robards ⓘ |
| returnsAfter | long absence ⓘ |
| roleIn | Max Dugan Returns ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkRelease | 1983 ⓘ |
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: Max Dugan Description of subject: Max Dugan is the mysterious, long-absent grandfather whose sudden reappearance with a suitcase of money drives the plot of the 1983 comedy-drama film "Max Dugan Returns."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.