Dick Jones
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Dick Jones is the corrupt senior executive and primary antagonist in the 1987 science fiction film "RoboCop."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dick Jones canonical | 5 |
| Richard "Dick" Jones | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10682159 — 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: Dick Jones Context triple: [RoboCop, mainCharacter, Dick Jones]
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A.
Ken Jones
Ken Jones was a prominent African American LGBTQ activist and community organizer known for his work in San Francisco’s gay rights and HIV/AIDS movements.
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B.
Jeff Jones
Jeff Jones is a Canadian musician best known as the original bassist for the rock band Rush before being replaced early in the group's history.
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C.
Jeff Jones
Jeff Jones was an influential American fantasy and comic book artist renowned for his atmospheric, painterly style and evocative cover illustrations.
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D.
Fred Jones
Fred Jones is the confident, blond leader of the Mystery Inc. gang in the Scooby-Doo franchise, known for his trap-making skills and teamwork with Scooby and the others.
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E.
Ed Jones
Ed Jones is a former American football player best known as a defensive standout for the Dallas Cowboys during their dominant years in the 1970s and early 1980s.
- 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: Dick Jones Target entity description: Dick Jones is the corrupt senior executive and primary antagonist in the 1987 science fiction film "RoboCop."
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A.
Ken Jones
Ken Jones was a prominent African American LGBTQ activist and community organizer known for his work in San Francisco’s gay rights and HIV/AIDS movements.
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B.
Jeff Jones
Jeff Jones was an influential American fantasy and comic book artist renowned for his atmospheric, painterly style and evocative cover illustrations.
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C.
Jeff Jones
Jeff Jones is a Canadian musician best known as the original bassist for the rock band Rush before being replaced early in the group's history.
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D.
Fred Jones
Fred Jones is the confident, blond leader of the Mystery Inc. gang in the Scooby-Doo franchise, known for his trap-making skills and teamwork with Scooby and the others.
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E.
Ed Jones
Ed Jones is a former American football player best known as a defensive standout for the Dallas Cowboys during their dominant years in the 1970s and early 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ villain ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Omni Consumer Products board of directors
ⓘ
linked to:
Omni Consumer Products
|
| antagonistOf |
Alex Murphy
ⓘ
linked to:
Alex Murphy / RoboCop
RoboCop ⓘ
linked to:
RoboCop 2
|
| appearsIn |
RoboCop
ⓘ
linked to:
RoboCop 2
RoboCop (1987 film) ⓘ
linked to:
film "RoboCop"
|
| associatedWith | ED-209 enforcement droid ⓘ |
| characterAlignment | evil ⓘ |
| characterType | corrupt businessman ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Bob Morton ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Edward Neumeier
ⓘ
Michael Miner ⓘ |
| deathScene | falls from OCP headquarters after being fired by The Old Man ⓘ |
| employer | Omni Consumer Products ⓘ |
| enemyOf | The Old Man (OCP CEO) ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
RoboCop universe
ⓘ
linked to:
RoboCop franchise
|
| filmGenreContext |
cyberpunk
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
RoboCop (1987 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
film "RoboCop"
|
| fullName |
Richard "Dick" Jones
ⓘ
linked to:
Dick Jones
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| goal |
advance ED-209 as primary law-enforcement product
ⓘ
privatize and control law enforcement in Detroit ⓘ |
| hasEthicalStance | amoral ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| loyalty | Omni Consumer Products profits ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| methodOfAntagonism |
bribery and intimidation
ⓘ
corporate conspiracy ⓘ ordering assassinations ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodiment of corporate greed and corruption in RoboCop ⓘ |
| nationality | American (implied) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempting to control Detroit police through privatization
ⓘ
corporate corruption ⓘ involvement in ED-209 project ⓘ |
| occupation | corporate executive ⓘ |
| partOf | RoboCop franchise ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | ruthless and manipulative executive ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ronny Cox ⓘ |
| position |
OCP Senior President (novelization continuity)
ⓘ
Senior Vice President of Omni Consumer Products ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
covering up ED-209 malfunction
ⓘ
ordering the murder of Bob Morton ⓘ |
| roleInWork | primary antagonist in RoboCop (1987 film) ⓘ |
| setting | Detroit ⓘ |
| timePeriod | near-future 21st-century Detroit (as depicted in RoboCop) ⓘ |
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: Dick Jones Description of subject: Dick Jones is the corrupt senior executive and primary antagonist in the 1987 science fiction film "RoboCop."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.