Jack Slater
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Jack Slater is the fictional, over-the-top action hero portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger within the meta-comedy film "Last Action Hero."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jack Slater canonical | 5 |
| Jack Slater III | 1 |
| Jack Slater IV | 1 |
| Jack Slater film universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9914100 — 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: Jack Slater Context triple: [Last Action Hero, featuresCharacter, Jack Slater]
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A.
Ian Slater
Ian Slater is a film editor best known for his work on major feature films, including entries in the Twilight Saga.
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B.
Jack Slavin
Jack Slavin is the reclusive, terminally ill environmentalist father who lives in isolation with his teenage daughter on a remote island in the film "The Ballad of Jack and Rose."
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C.
Jack Slade
Jack Slade is a 1953 Western film about the notorious frontier gunman and outlaw Jack Slade, whose life story later inspired the 1959 film "No Name on the Bullet."
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D.
Nick Slater
Nick Slater is a British electronic music producer and DJ best known as a member of the rave and dance act Shades of Rhythm.
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E.
Chris Slade
Chris Slade is a Welsh rock drummer best known for his work with the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, particularly on their early 1990s albums and tours.
- 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: Jack Slater Target entity description: Jack Slater is the fictional, over-the-top action hero portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger within the meta-comedy film "Last Action Hero."
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A.
Ian Slater
Ian Slater is a film editor best known for his work on major feature films, including entries in the Twilight Saga.
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B.
Jack Slavin
Jack Slavin is the reclusive, terminally ill environmentalist father who lives in isolation with his teenage daughter on a remote island in the film "The Ballad of Jack and Rose."
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C.
Jack Slade
Jack Slade is a 1953 Western film about the notorious frontier gunman and outlaw Jack Slade, whose life story later inspired the 1959 film "No Name on the Bullet."
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D.
Nick Slater
Nick Slater is a British electronic music producer and DJ best known as a member of the rave and dance act Shades of Rhythm.
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E.
Chris Slade
Chris Slade is a Welsh rock drummer best known for his work with the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, particularly on their early 1990s albums and tours.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
action hero
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Last Action Hero ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Benedict
ⓘ
Danny Madigan ⓘ Lieutenant Dekker ⓘ The Ripper ⓘ |
| basedOn | archetypal 1980s and early 1990s action heroes ⓘ |
| characterType | over-the-top action hero ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Adam Leff
ⓘ
David Arnott ⓘ Shane Black ⓘ Zak Penn ⓘ |
| createdFor | Last Action Hero ⓘ |
| directorOfWork | John McTiernan ⓘ |
| familyRelation | hasSon (killed by The Ripper, in-universe) ⓘ |
| fictionalOccupation |
cop
ⓘ
police detective ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | character who crosses into the real world (in the film’s plot) ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYearOfFirstAppearance | 1993 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Last Action Hero (1993 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Last Action Hero
|
| genreContext |
action
ⓘ
comedy ⓘ |
| hasFilmWithinFilmTitle |
Jack Slater III
ⓘ
linked to:
Jack Slater
Jack Slater IV ⓘ
linked to:
Jack Slater
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| metafictionalRole |
film-within-a-film character
ⓘ
parody of action heroes ⓘ |
| musicComposerOfWork | Michael Kamen ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | protagonist ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme | deconstruction of Hollywood action films ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
invulnerable action-hero tropes
ⓘ
one-liner catchphrases ⓘ |
| partOf |
Last Action Hero franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
Last Action Hero
|
| portrayedAs |
emotionally affected by family tragedy
ⓘ
heroic ⓘ nearly indestructible ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Arnold Schwarzenegger ⓘ |
| portrayedByInUniverse |
Arnold Schwarzenegger (as a character in the film’s “real world”)
ⓘ
linked to:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
|
| productionCompanyOfWork | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles (fictionalized) ⓘ |
| universe | Jack Slater film series (in-universe) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jack Slater Description of subject: Jack Slater is the fictional, over-the-top action hero portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger within the meta-comedy film "Last Action Hero."
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jack Slater
linked to: Jack Slater
linked to: Jack Slater
subject linked to:
Benedict in Last Action Hero