Gerry Lane
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Gerry Lane is the resourceful former United Nations investigator who serves as the main protagonist battling a global zombie pandemic in the film "World War Z."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gerry Lane canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8450794 — 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: Gerry Lane Context triple: [World War Z, character, Gerry Lane]
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A.
Martin Lane
Martin Lane is a central father figure and newspaper editor on the 1960s American sitcom "The Patty Duke Show."
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B.
Terry Oakes
Terry Oakes is a British fantasy and science fiction artist known for his vivid, detailed cover illustrations for novels and game books.
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C.
Gary Lough
Gary Lough is a former Northern Irish middle-distance runner and coach, known both for his own international athletics career and for coaching Olympic champion Mo Farah.
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D.
Terry Tumey
Terry Tumey is an American college athletics administrator and former UCLA football player and NFL defensive lineman who serves as the athletic director at Fresno State.
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E.
Burt Lane
Burt Lane was an acting coach and the father of acclaimed American actress Diane Lane.
- 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: Gerry Lane Target entity description: Gerry Lane is the resourceful former United Nations investigator who serves as the main protagonist battling a global zombie pandemic in the film "World War Z."
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A.
Martin Lane
Martin Lane is a central father figure and newspaper editor on the 1960s American sitcom "The Patty Duke Show."
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B.
Terry Oakes
Terry Oakes is a British fantasy and science fiction artist known for his vivid, detailed cover illustrations for novels and game books.
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C.
Gary Lough
Gary Lough is a former Northern Irish middle-distance runner and coach, known both for his own international athletics career and for coaching Olympic champion Mo Farah.
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D.
Terry Tumey
Terry Tumey is an American college athletics administrator and former UCLA football player and NFL defensive lineman who serves as the athletic director at Fresno State.
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E.
Burt Lane
Burt Lane was an acting coach and the father of acclaimed American actress Diane Lane.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| affiliation | United Nations ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
World War Z (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
World War Z
|
| associatedWithTheme |
family survival
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global pandemic response ⓘ |
| basedOn |
World War Z (novel series setting, loosely)
ⓘ
linked to:
World War Z
|
| characterTrait |
analytical
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courageous ⓘ protective of his family ⓘ resourceful ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States (fictional character nationality) ⓘ |
| createdFor |
World War Z (2013 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
World War Z
|
| directorOfWork | Marc Forster ⓘ |
| fightsAgainst |
global zombie pandemic
ⓘ
zombies ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
World War Z (2013 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
World War Z
|
| genre |
action
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horror ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| genreContext | zombie apocalypse film ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Constance Lane
ⓘ
Rachel Lane ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOf |
World War Z (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
World War Z
|
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
hero
ⓘ
investigator ⓘ survivor ⓘ |
| notableAction |
participates in research efforts to find a way to combat the infection
ⓘ
travels globally to trace the origin of the zombie outbreak ⓘ |
| notableLocationVisited |
Cardiff, Wales (in film)
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Jerusalem (in film) ⓘ South Korea (in film) ⓘ |
| occupation | former United Nations investigator ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Brad Pitt ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfWork |
Paramount Pictures
ⓘ
Plan B Entertainment ⓘ Skydance Productions ⓘ
linked to:
Skydance Media
|
| protects |
his daughters
ⓘ
his wife Karin Lane ⓘ |
| roleInPlot | protagonist battling a global zombie pandemic ⓘ |
| screenTimeContext | appears in most major sequences of World War Z ⓘ |
| settingOfStory | global ⓘ |
| spouse | Karin Lane ⓘ |
| worksTo | find a way to stop the zombie outbreak ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gerry Lane Description of subject: Gerry Lane is the resourceful former United Nations investigator who serves as the main protagonist battling a global zombie pandemic in the film "World War Z."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.