Judas Coyne
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Judas Coyne is an aging, hard-living rock star and occult collector who becomes the haunted protagonist of Joe Hill’s horror novel "Heart-Shaped Box."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Judas Coyne canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8319193 — 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: Judas Coyne Context triple: [Heart-Shaped Box, mainCharacter, Judas Coyne]
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A.
Judas Thomas
Judas Thomas is a Christian apostle traditionally identified as "Doubting Thomas," known for initially doubting Jesus's resurrection until personally witnessing and touching his wounds.
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B.
Joker Marchant
Joker Marchant was a longtime Lakeland, Florida civic leader and parks director after whom the city’s baseball stadium, now known as Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, was named.
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C.
Yancy Becket
Yancy Becket is a Jaeger pilot from the Pacific Rim universe, known as the older brother and co-pilot of protagonist Raleigh Becket.
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D.
Julio Sanguily
Julio Sanguily was a Cuban military leader and independence fighter known for his prominent role in the wars against Spanish colonial rule in the late 19th century.
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E.
Jesse Vint
Jesse Vint is an American actor best known for his roles in 1970s and 1980s science fiction and exploitation films, including the cult classic "Silent Running."
- 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: Judas Coyne Target entity description: Judas Coyne is an aging, hard-living rock star and occult collector who becomes the haunted protagonist of Joe Hill’s horror novel "Heart-Shaped Box."
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A.
Judas Thomas
Judas Thomas is a Christian apostle traditionally identified as "Doubting Thomas," known for initially doubting Jesus's resurrection until personally witnessing and touching his wounds.
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B.
Joker Marchant
Joker Marchant was a longtime Lakeland, Florida civic leader and parks director after whom the city’s baseball stadium, now known as Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, was named.
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C.
Yancy Becket
Yancy Becket is a Jaeger pilot from the Pacific Rim universe, known as the older brother and co-pilot of protagonist Raleigh Becket.
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D.
Julio Sanguily
Julio Sanguily was a Cuban military leader and independence fighter known for his prominent role in the wars against Spanish colonial rule in the late 19th century.
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E.
Jesse Vint
Jesse Vint is an American actor best known for his roles in 1970s and 1980s science fiction and exploitation films, including the cult classic "Silent Running."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
novel protagonist ⓘ |
| ageStatus | middle-aged ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Heart-Shaped Box ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | horror fiction ⓘ |
| associatedWithMotif |
cursed objects
ⓘ
rock-and-roll lifestyle ⓘ |
| backstoryElement |
abusive father
ⓘ
traumatic childhood ⓘ |
| collects |
macabre memorabilia
ⓘ
occult objects ⓘ |
| createdBy | Joe Hill ⓘ |
| drives | a Mustang ⓘ |
| facesConflict |
revenge from beyond the grave
ⓘ
supernatural persecution ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | Heart-Shaped Box (2007 novel) ⓘ |
| formerBandRole |
frontman
ⓘ
singer ⓘ |
| genreOfMusic | heavy metal ⓘ |
| hasPet |
Angus
ⓘ
Bon ⓘ dogs ⓘ |
| hauntedBy |
Craddock McDermott
ⓘ
the ghost attached to a suit ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| lifestyle | hard-living ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Judas Iscariot (allusively)
ⓘ
linked to:
Judas Iscariot
|
| narrativeRole | central viewpoint character ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation |
rock musician
ⓘ
rock star ⓘ |
| owns | a collection of cursed items ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
cynical
ⓘ
morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| purchases | a haunted suit ⓘ |
| purchasesFrom | an online auction ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithFlorida | ex-girlfriend ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithGeorgia | girlfriend ⓘ |
| relationshipWith |
Florida
ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
confronting the past
ⓘ
guilt ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| undergoesArc | from detachment to emotional engagement ⓘ |
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: Judas Coyne Description of subject: Judas Coyne is an aging, hard-living rock star and occult collector who becomes the haunted protagonist of Joe Hill’s horror novel "Heart-Shaped Box."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.