David Dunn
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David Dunn is the reluctant, superhumanly resilient security guard who discovers his extraordinary abilities in M. Night Shyamalan’s superhero thriller "Unbreakable."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Dunn canonical | 18 |
| David Dunn (character) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7499292 — 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: David Dunn Context triple: [Unbreakable, mainCharacter, David Dunn]
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A.
Tony McGill
Tony McGill is a music producer and bar owner best known as the husband of Irish actress Caitriona Balfe.
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B.
Jack Deerson
Jack Deerson is a cinematographer best known for his work on the 1971 road movie "Two-Lane Blacktop."
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C.
Aidan Murphy
Aidan Murphy is the Irish actor better known professionally as Aidan Gillen, recognized for roles in series like "The Wire" and "Game of Thrones."
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D.
Jack Mullaney
Jack Mullaney was an American character actor known for his comedic roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
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E.
Herman Parker Jr.
Herman Parker Jr., better known as Junior Parker, was an influential American blues singer and harmonica player associated with the Memphis blues and early rock and roll scenes.
- 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: David Dunn Target entity description: David Dunn is the reluctant, superhumanly resilient security guard who discovers his extraordinary abilities in M. Night Shyamalan’s superhero thriller "Unbreakable."
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A.
Tony McGill
Tony McGill is a music producer and bar owner best known as the husband of Irish actress Caitriona Balfe.
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B.
Jack Deerson
Jack Deerson is a cinematographer best known for his work on the 1971 road movie "Two-Lane Blacktop."
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C.
Aidan Murphy
Aidan Murphy is the Irish actor better known professionally as Aidan Gillen, recognized for roles in series like "The Wire" and "Game of Thrones."
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D.
Jack Mullaney
Jack Mullaney was an American character actor known for his comedic roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
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E.
Herman Parker Jr.
Herman Parker Jr., better known as Junior Parker, was an influential American blues singer and harmonica player associated with the Memphis blues and early rock and roll scenes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
superhero ⓘ |
| ability |
danger sense via touch
ⓘ
enhanced strength ⓘ psychometric touch ⓘ superhuman durability ⓘ superhuman resilience ⓘ |
| alignment | reluctant hero ⓘ |
| antagonist |
Elijah Price
ⓘ
Kevin Wendell Crumb ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Glass
ⓘ
Split ⓘ Unbreakable ⓘ |
| costumeFeature | green rain poncho ⓘ |
| creator | M. Night Shyamalan ⓘ |
| directorOfFirstFilm | M. Night Shyamalan ⓘ |
| employer | football stadium security ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Unbreakable ⓘ |
| formerOccupation | college football player ⓘ |
| franchise |
Unbreakable film series
ⓘ
linked to:
Unbreakable
|
| genre | superhero thriller ⓘ |
| hasChild | Joseph Dunn ⓘ |
| introducedAs | sole survivor of a catastrophic train accident ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| moralCode | uses powers to stop criminals ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableScene | train crash survival ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
protective nature toward his family
ⓘ
reluctance to accept his powers ⓘ |
| occupation | security guard ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Bruce Willis ⓘ |
| residence | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| setIn |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ⓘ
linked to:
Philadelphia
|
| spouse | Audrey Dunn ⓘ |
| universe |
Unbreakable universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Unbreakable
|
| weakness | water ⓘ |
| worksWith | Joseph Dunn ⓘ |
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: David Dunn Description of subject: David Dunn is the reluctant, superhumanly resilient security guard who discovers his extraordinary abilities in M. Night Shyamalan’s superhero thriller "Unbreakable."
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Elijah Price / Mr. Glass
linked to: David Dunn
subject linked to:
Audrey Dunn – Robin Wright
subject linked to:
Audrey Dunn – Robin Wright
subject linked to:
Joseph Dunn – Spencer Treat Clark
subject linked to:
Joseph Dunn – Spencer Treat Clark
subject linked to:
Sarah Paulson as Dr. Ellie Staple
subject linked to:
Sarah Paulson as Dr. Ellie Staple