Doug Coughlin
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Doug Coughlin is a fictional, hard-drinking mentor bartender from the 1988 film "Cocktail," known for his cynical life maxims and influence on the protagonist.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Doug Coughlin canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12877375 — 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: Doug Coughlin Context triple: [Cocktail, character, Doug Coughlin]
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A.
Bruce Coughlin
Bruce Coughlin is an American orchestrator renowned for his work on numerous Broadway and off-Broadway musicals, noted for his inventive and sophisticated orchestral arrangements.
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B.
Danny Coughlin
Danny Coughlin is the Irish-American Boston police officer protagonist of Dennis Lehane’s historical novel "The Given Day," set around the 1919 Boston Police Strike.
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C.
Mike Malloy
Mike Malloy is a progressive American radio talk show host known for his outspoken, left-leaning political commentary and work on various liberal talk radio networks.
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D.
Jim O’Connor
Jim O’Connor is the charismatic “gentleman caller” whose visit becomes the emotional climax of Tennessee Williams’s play *The Glass Menagerie*.
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E.
Jason Dooley
Jason Dooley is a musician best known as a performer associated with the band Born of You.
- 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: Doug Coughlin Target entity description: Doug Coughlin is a fictional, hard-drinking mentor bartender from the 1988 film "Cocktail," known for his cynical life maxims and influence on the protagonist.
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A.
Bruce Coughlin
Bruce Coughlin is an American orchestrator renowned for his work on numerous Broadway and off-Broadway musicals, noted for his inventive and sophisticated orchestral arrangements.
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B.
Danny Coughlin
Danny Coughlin is the Irish-American Boston police officer protagonist of Dennis Lehane’s historical novel "The Given Day," set around the 1919 Boston Police Strike.
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C.
Mike Malloy
Mike Malloy is a progressive American radio talk show host known for his outspoken, left-leaning political commentary and work on various liberal talk radio networks.
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D.
Jim O’Connor
Jim O’Connor is the charismatic “gentleman caller” whose visit becomes the emotional climax of Tennessee Williams’s play *The Glass Menagerie*.
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E.
Jason Dooley
Jason Dooley is a musician best known as a performer associated with the band Born of You.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsAlongside |
Brian Flanagan
ⓘ
Jordan Mooney ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Cocktail ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Coughlin’s Laws
ⓘ
New York City bar scene ⓘ |
| basedOn | archetype of the cynical mentor bartender ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Heywood Gould ⓘ |
| deathInWork | suicide ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Cocktail (film universe)
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linked to:
Cocktail (novel)
|
| firstAppearance |
Cocktail (1988 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
film "Cocktail" (1988)
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| genre |
drama
ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasAddiction | alcohol ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeTheme |
disillusionment
ⓘ
failure ⓘ mentorship gone wrong ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
charismatic
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cynical ⓘ sarcastic ⓘ world-weary ⓘ |
| hasQuote |
Coughlin’s Law: Anything else is always something better.
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linked to:
Coughlin’s Laws
Coughlin’s Law: Bury the dead, they stink up the joint. ⓘ
linked to:
Coughlin’s Laws
Coughlin’s Law: Never tell tales about a woman. No matter how far away she is, she’ll always hear you. ⓘ |
| influences |
Brian Flanagan’s bartending style
ⓘ
Brian Flanagan’s worldview ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Coughlin’s Laws
ⓘ
cynical life maxims ⓘ hard-drinking lifestyle ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| mentorOf | Brian Flanagan ⓘ |
| occupation |
bar owner
ⓘ
bartender ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Bryan Brown ⓘ |
| roleInStory |
mentor
ⓘ
tragic figure ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1988 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Doug Coughlin Description of subject: Doug Coughlin is a fictional, hard-drinking mentor bartender from the 1988 film "Cocktail," known for his cynical life maxims and influence on the protagonist.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.