Davy Jones
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Davy Jones is the tentacle-faced, cursed captain of the Flying Dutchman and a central supernatural antagonist in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Davy Jones canonical | 19 |
| Davy Jones' crew | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1678667 — 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: Davy Jones Context triple: [Bill Nighy, characterPortrayed, Davy Jones]
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A.
Davy
Davy is a familiar diminutive form of the given name David, often used as a casual or affectionate nickname.
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B.
Kraken
Kraken is the National Hockey League team based in Seattle, Washington, known for its maritime-themed branding and deep-sea mythological namesake.
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C.
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.
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D.
Blackbeard
Blackbeard was a notorious early 18th-century English pirate, famed for his fearsome appearance and raids in the Caribbean and along the American colonial coast.
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E.
Long John Silver
Long John Silver is a cunning, one-legged pirate and master manipulator who serves as the charismatic antihero in Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure novel "Treasure Island."
- 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: Davy Jones Target entity description: Davy Jones is the tentacle-faced, cursed captain of the Flying Dutchman and a central supernatural antagonist in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
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A.
Davy
Davy is a familiar diminutive form of the given name David, often used as a casual or affectionate nickname.
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B.
Kraken
Kraken is the National Hockey League team based in Seattle, Washington, known for its maritime-themed branding and deep-sea mythological namesake.
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C.
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.
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D.
Blackbeard
Blackbeard was a notorious early 18th-century English pirate, famed for his fearsome appearance and raids in the Caribbean and along the American colonial coast.
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E.
Long John Silver
Long John Silver is a cunning, one-legged pirate and master manipulator who serves as the charismatic antihero in Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure novel "Treasure Island."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ supernatural being ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Brethren Court
ⓘ
surface form:
Brethren Court (former)
Flying Dutchman crew ⓘ |
| alignment | villain ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Pirates of the Caribbean
ⓘ
surface form:
Pirates of the Caribbean film series
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 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
ⓘ
surface form:
Dead Man's Chest
Kraken ⓘ
surface form:
the Kraken
the Locker ⓘ |
| basedOn | Davy Jones of nautical folklore ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart stabbed by Will Turner ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Ted Elliott
ⓘ
Terry Rossio ⓘ |
| curse |
bound to ferry souls lost at sea
ⓘ
transformation into a monstrous sea creature ⓘ |
| deathSceneIn | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Cutler Beckett
ⓘ
Elizabeth Swann ⓘ Captain Jack Sparrow ⓘ
surface form:
Jack Sparrow
Will Turner ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Pirates of the Caribbean ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ⓘ |
| formerLover | Calypso ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| motivation |
collection of debts from those who bargain with him
ⓘ
revenge against Calypso ⓘ |
| nationalityInBackstory | Scottish (implied by accent) ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
crustacean-like claw hand
ⓘ
octopus-like tentacle beard ⓘ peg leg ⓘ |
| occupation |
captain of the Flying Dutchman
ⓘ
pirate ⓘ sea captain ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Bill Nighy ⓘ |
| power |
ability to phase through solid objects
ⓘ
command over the Kraken ⓘ control over the Flying Dutchman ⓘ immortality while heart is separated ⓘ |
| species | cursed human ⓘ |
| title | Captain ⓘ |
| visualEffectsBy | Industrial Light & Magic ⓘ |
| weakness | heart stored in the Dead Man's Chest ⓘ |
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: Davy Jones Description of subject: Davy Jones is the tentacle-faced, cursed captain of the Flying Dutchman and a central supernatural antagonist in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lord Cutler Beckett
subject surface form:
Flying Dutchman (Pirates of the Caribbean)
subject surface form:
Flying Dutchman (Pirates of the Caribbean)
this entity surface form:
Davy Jones' crew