Lt. Donald Thompson in A Nightmare on Elm Street
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Lt. Donald Thompson in A Nightmare on Elm Street is the skeptical police officer and father of Nancy Thompson, whose denial and past actions are central to the film’s conflict with Freddy Krueger.
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| Lt. Donald Thompson in A Nightmare on Elm Street canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14702390 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Lt. Donald Thompson in A Nightmare on Elm Street Context triple: [John Saxon, playedCharacter, Lt. Donald Thompson in A Nightmare on Elm Street]
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Detective Lennox in Fright Night
Detective Lennox in *Fright Night* is a skeptical police detective who dismisses the protagonist’s claims about his neighbor being a vampire, adding grounded, procedural tension to the horror-comedy film.
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Nancy Thompson is a teenage girl targeted by Freddy Krueger
Nancy Thompson is the resourceful teenage protagonist of the horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street," who battles the supernatural killer Freddy Krueger in her dreams.
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Detective Mike Norris in Child's Play
Detective Mike Norris in Child's Play is the homicide detective who investigates the mysterious murders linked to a possessed doll and becomes a key ally to young Andy Barclay.
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Lt. Alex McCarthy in Maniac Cop
Lt. Alex McCarthy in *Maniac Cop* is a hard-nosed New York City police lieutenant who investigates a series of brutal murders linked to a seemingly unstoppable, vengeful cop.
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Freddy Krueger is a dream-stalking serial killer
Freddy Krueger is a fictional supernatural serial killer from the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" horror franchise, known for haunting and murdering his victims in their dreams while wearing a bladed glove.
- 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: Lt. Donald Thompson in A Nightmare on Elm Street Target entity description: Lt. Donald Thompson in A Nightmare on Elm Street is the skeptical police officer and father of Nancy Thompson, whose denial and past actions are central to the film’s conflict with Freddy Krueger.
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A.
Detective Lennox in Fright Night
Detective Lennox in *Fright Night* is a skeptical police detective who dismisses the protagonist’s claims about his neighbor being a vampire, adding grounded, procedural tension to the horror-comedy film.
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B.
Nancy Thompson is a teenage girl targeted by Freddy Krueger
Nancy Thompson is the resourceful teenage protagonist of the horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street," who battles the supernatural killer Freddy Krueger in her dreams.
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C.
Detective Mike Norris in Child's Play
Detective Mike Norris in Child's Play is the homicide detective who investigates the mysterious murders linked to a possessed doll and becomes a key ally to young Andy Barclay.
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D.
Lt. Alex McCarthy in Maniac Cop
Lt. Alex McCarthy in *Maniac Cop* is a hard-nosed New York City police lieutenant who investigates a series of brutal murders linked to a seemingly unstoppable, vengeful cop.
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E.
Freddy Krueger is a dream-stalking serial killer
Freddy Krueger is a fictional supernatural serial killer from the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" horror franchise, known for haunting and murdering his victims in their dreams while wearing a bladed glove.
- F. None of above. chosen
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