James Lake Sr.
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James Lake Sr. is the missing father of Jim Lake Jr. in the animated series "Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia," whose disappearance significantly shapes his son's story and motivations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Lake Sr. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12928026 — 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: James Lake Sr. Context triple: [Jim Lake Jr., father, James Lake Sr.]
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A.
James Lake Jr.
James Lake Jr. is the teenage protagonist of the animated series "Trollhunters," who becomes the first human Trollhunter tasked with protecting both the human and troll worlds.
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B.
Earl Coleman
Earl Coleman was an American jazz baritone vocalist known for his smooth, romantic style and collaborations with prominent bebop musicians in the mid-20th century.
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C.
James Evans Sr.
James Evans Sr. is the hardworking, strict but loving father and husband on the 1970s sitcom "Good Times," known for his efforts to support and guide his family through life in a Chicago housing project.
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D.
William Ragsdale
William Ragsdale is an American actor best known for his lead role in the 1985 horror-comedy film "Fright Night" and its sequel.
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E.
James Evans Jr.
James Evans Jr. is a central comedic character from the 1970s American sitcom "Good Times," known for his catchphrase "Dy-no-mite!" and energetic personality.
- 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: James Lake Sr. Target entity description: James Lake Sr. is the missing father of Jim Lake Jr. in the animated series "Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia," whose disappearance significantly shapes his son's story and motivations.
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A.
James Lake Jr.
James Lake Jr. is the teenage protagonist of the animated series "Trollhunters," who becomes the first human Trollhunter tasked with protecting both the human and troll worlds.
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B.
Earl Coleman
Earl Coleman was an American jazz baritone vocalist known for his smooth, romantic style and collaborations with prominent bebop musicians in the mid-20th century.
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C.
James Evans Sr.
James Evans Sr. is the hardworking, strict but loving father and husband on the 1970s sitcom "Good Times," known for his efforts to support and guide his family through life in a Chicago housing project.
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D.
William Ragsdale
William Ragsdale is an American actor best known for his lead role in the 1985 horror-comedy film "Fright Night" and its sequel.
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E.
James Evans Jr.
James Evans Jr. is a central comedic character from the 1970s American sitcom "Good Times," known for his catchphrase "Dy-no-mite!" and energetic personality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animated character
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fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Tales of Arcadia
NERFINISHED
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Trollhunters NERFINISHED ⓘ Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Jim Lake Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Guillermo del Toro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
animated adventure
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fantasy ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| influences |
Jim Lake Jr.'s character development
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Jim Lake Jr.'s motivations ⓘ |
| medium | television series ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia Season 1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia Season 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia Season 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
adds mystery to Jim Lake Jr.'s family history
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drives Jim Lake Jr.'s search for answers ⓘ |
| partOf | Trollhunters main cast's backstory ⓘ |
| relative |
Barbara Lake
NERFINISHED
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Jim Lake Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Arcadia Oaks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
missing father of Jim Lake Jr.
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motivating figure for Jim Lake Jr. ⓘ |
| spouse | Barbara Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusInSeries | missing ⓘ |
| universe | Tales of Arcadia universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: James Lake Sr. Description of subject: James Lake Sr. is the missing father of Jim Lake Jr. in the animated series "Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia," whose disappearance significantly shapes his son's story and motivations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.