Dan Conner
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Dan Conner is the blue-collar, wisecracking yet caring family patriarch on the sitcom "Roseanne" and its sequel "The Conners."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dan Conner canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3802895 — 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: Dan Conner Context triple: [John Goodman, characterPortrayed, Dan Conner]
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A.
Sam Perkins
Sam Perkins is a former American professional basketball player and three-time NCAA champion best known for his collegiate career at North Carolina and long NBA tenure with teams including the Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers, and Seattle SuperSonics.
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B.
Tom Conway
Tom Conway was a British-American actor best known for taking over the role of The Falcon in the popular 1940s film series and for his work in film noir and horror movies.
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C.
Mike Fisher
Mike Fisher is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey center best known for his long NHL career with the Ottawa Senators and Nashville Predators.
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D.
Craig Kilborn
Craig Kilborn is an American television host, comedian, and actor best known for his early hosting roles on ESPN’s SportsCenter, The Daily Show, and The Late Late Show.
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E.
Chris Brinker
Chris Brinker was an American film producer best known for his work on the cult crime film "The Boondock Saints."
- 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: Dan Conner Target entity description: Dan Conner is the blue-collar, wisecracking yet caring family patriarch on the sitcom "Roseanne" and its sequel "The Conners."
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A.
Sam Perkins
Sam Perkins is a former American professional basketball player and three-time NCAA champion best known for his collegiate career at North Carolina and long NBA tenure with teams including the Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers, and Seattle SuperSonics.
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B.
Tom Conway
Tom Conway was a British-American actor best known for taking over the role of The Falcon in the popular 1940s film series and for his work in film noir and horror movies.
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C.
Mike Fisher
Mike Fisher is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey center best known for his long NHL career with the Ottawa Senators and Nashville Predators.
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D.
Craig Kilborn
Craig Kilborn is an American television host, comedian, and actor best known for his early hosting roles on ESPN’s SportsCenter, The Daily Show, and The Late Late Show.
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E.
Chris Brinker
Chris Brinker was an American film producer best known for his work on the cult crime film "The Boondock Saints."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Roseanne
ⓘ
The Conners ⓘ
linked to:
Roseanne
|
| child |
Becky Conner
ⓘ
D.J. Conner ⓘ Darlene Conner ⓘ Jerry Garcia Conner ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator |
Marcy Carsey
ⓘ
Matt Williams ⓘ Roseanne Barr ⓘ Tom Werner ⓘ |
| familyRole | patriarch ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Roseanne universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Roseanne
|
| firstAppearance | Roseanne season 1 episode 1 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandchild |
Beverly Rose Conner
ⓘ
linked to:
Beverly Connelly
Harris Conner-Healy ⓘ Mark Healy II ⓘ Mary Conner ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| networkOfOriginalSeries | ABC ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
blue-collar background
ⓘ
devoted father ⓘ sense of humor ⓘ |
| occupation |
blue-collar worker
ⓘ
construction worker ⓘ drywall contractor ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
caring
ⓘ
hardworking ⓘ wisecracking ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | John Goodman ⓘ |
| residence | Lanford, Illinois ⓘ |
| spinOffAppearance |
The Conners
ⓘ
linked to:
Roseanne
|
| spouse | Roseanne Conner ⓘ |
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: Dan Conner Description of subject: Dan Conner is the blue-collar, wisecracking yet caring family patriarch on the sitcom "Roseanne" and its sequel "The Conners."
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.