Jerry Black
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Jerry Black is the aging, obsessive former police detective in the crime drama "The Pledge," whose life unravels as he pursues a promise to catch a child’s killer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jerry Black canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10355540 — 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: Jerry Black Context triple: [The Pledge, mainCharacter, Jerry Black]
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A.
Neil Black
Neil Black was a distinguished British oboist renowned for his solo performances, chamber music collaborations, and influential recordings in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Gerald Black
Gerald Black is the central protagonist of the work titled "Risk," around whom the story’s primary events and conflicts revolve.
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C.
Louis Black
Louis Black is an American journalist and co-founder of The Austin Chronicle who played a key role in shaping Austin’s cultural and film scene.
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D.
Ronald Black
Ronald Black is the brother of American stand-up comedian and social critic Lewis Black.
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E.
James Black
James Black was a Scottish pharmacologist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing the first beta-blocker and the H2 receptor antagonist cimetidine, revolutionizing cardiovascular and ulcer treatment.
- 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: Jerry Black Target entity description: Jerry Black is the aging, obsessive former police detective in the crime drama "The Pledge," whose life unravels as he pursues a promise to catch a child’s killer.
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A.
Neil Black
Neil Black was a distinguished British oboist renowned for his solo performances, chamber music collaborations, and influential recordings in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Gerald Black
Gerald Black is the central protagonist of the work titled "Risk," around whom the story’s primary events and conflicts revolve.
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C.
Louis Black
Louis Black is an American journalist and co-founder of The Austin Chronicle who played a key role in shaping Austin’s cultural and film scene.
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D.
Ronald Black
Ronald Black is the brother of American stand-up comedian and social critic Lewis Black.
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E.
James Black
James Black was a Scottish pharmacologist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing the first beta-blocker and the H2 receptor antagonist cimetidine, revolutionizing cardiovascular and ulcer treatment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| age | aging ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Pledge ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | crime drama film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Matthäi ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
The Pledge (novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Pledge
|
| characterTrait |
determined
ⓘ
lonely ⓘ obsessive ⓘ troubled ⓘ |
| createdBy | Friedrich Dürrenmatt ⓘ |
| directorOfWorkAppearedIn | Sean Penn ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Pledge (2001 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Pledge
|
| formerEmployer | Nevada police department ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreRole | detective protagonist in neo-noir crime drama ⓘ |
| investigativeMethod | independent investigation after retirement ⓘ |
| lifeOutcome | life unravels due to his investigation ⓘ |
| mentalState | increasingly unstable ⓘ |
| motivation | fulfilling a pledge to catch a child murderer ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | explores limits of duty and obsession ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAction | promises a grieving mother to find her child’s killer ⓘ |
| occupation |
police detective
ⓘ
retired police detective ⓘ |
| personalCost | sacrifices personal stability for the case ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jack Nicholson ⓘ |
| primaryConflict | pursuit of a suspected child killer ⓘ |
| promiseContext | made pledge at the child’s funeral ⓘ |
| relationshipToVictim | investigator of child’s murder ⓘ |
| retirementStatus | recently retired at start of film ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | protagonist ⓘ |
| screenTimeImportance | central character in The Pledge ⓘ |
| setting | Nevada ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
guilt
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moral responsibility ⓘ obsession ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jerry Black Description of subject: Jerry Black is the aging, obsessive former police detective in the crime drama "The Pledge," whose life unravels as he pursues a promise to catch a child’s killer.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.