Captain Jack Sparrow

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antihero fictional character film character pirate

Captain Jack Sparrow is the eccentric, cunning pirate captain and central antihero of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean film series.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Jack Sparrow	35
Captain Jack Sparrow canonical	7

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T879096 — 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: Captain Jack Sparrow
Context triple: [Johnny Depp, characterPortrayed, Captain Jack Sparrow]

A. Captain Hector Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean film series
Captain Hector Barbossa is a cunning, morally ambiguous pirate captain and frequent rival-ally of Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
B. James Crabe
James Crabe was an American cinematographer best known for his work on influential films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the original Rocky.
C. Captain
Captain is a senior supervisory rank within the Los Angeles Police Department, typically responsible for commanding a division or overseeing major operational units.
D. Captain Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Captain Jack Aubrey is the bold and tactically brilliant Royal Navy captain at the center of the Napoleonic Wars naval drama in the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
E. Captain Vidal
Captain Vidal is the ruthless and authoritarian Falangist officer who serves as the primary antagonist in Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth."
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: Captain Jack Sparrow
Target entity description: Captain Jack Sparrow is the eccentric, cunning pirate captain and central antihero of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean film series.

A. Captain Hector Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean film series
Captain Hector Barbossa is a cunning, morally ambiguous pirate captain and frequent rival-ally of Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
B. James Crabe
James Crabe was an American cinematographer best known for his work on influential films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the original Rocky.
C. Captain
Captain is a senior supervisory rank within the Los Angeles Police Department, typically responsible for commanding a division or overseeing major operational units.
D. Captain Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Captain Jack Aubrey is the bold and tactically brilliant Royal Navy captain at the center of the Napoleonic Wars naval drama in the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
E. Captain Vidal
Captain Vidal is the ruthless and authoritarian Falangist officer who serves as the primary antagonist in Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	antihero ⓘ fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ pirate ⓘ
affiliation	Brethren Court ⓘ crew of the Black Pearl ⓘ
ally	Angelica ⓘ Elizabeth Swann ⓘ Joshamee Gibbs ⓘ Tia Dalma ⓘ Will Turner ⓘ
appearsIn	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ⓘ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ⓘ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales ⓘ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ⓘ Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ⓘ
creator	Jay Wolpert ⓘ Stuart Beattie ⓘ Ted Elliott ⓘ Terry Rossio ⓘ
enemy	Armando Salazar ⓘ Cutler Beckett ⓘ Davy Jones ⓘ Hector Barbossa ⓘ
firstAppearance	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear	2003 ⓘ
franchise	Pirates of the Caribbean ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
knownFor	comic relief ⓘ improvisational tactics ⓘ unpredictable behavior ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableFeature	beaded hair ⓘ compass that points to what he wants most ⓘ tricorn hat ⓘ
occupation	pirate captain ⓘ smuggler ⓘ
personalityTrait	charismatic ⓘ cunning ⓘ eccentric ⓘ
portrayedBy	Johnny Depp ⓘ
ship	Black Pearl ⓘ Dying Gull ⓘ
species	human ⓘ
title	Captain ⓘ
universe	Pirates of the Caribbean ⓘ surface form: Disney Pirates of the Caribbean universe
weapon	cutlass ⓘ flintlock pistol ⓘ

How these facts were elicited