Holly Gennaro McClane
E433179
Holly Gennaro McClane is a key character in the Die Hard film series, known as John McClane’s estranged yet resilient wife who becomes embroiled in the Nakatomi Plaza hostage crisis.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holly Gennaro McClane canonical | 2 |
| Holly Gennero McClane | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4356067 — 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: Holly Gennaro McClane Context triple: [Die Hard, character, Holly Gennaro McClane]
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A.
Jacqueline Logan
Jacqueline Logan was an American silent film actress best known for her prominent roles in 1920s Hollywood cinema.
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B.
Marla Gibbs
Marla Gibbs is an American actress and comedian best known for her Emmy-nominated role as the sharp-tongued maid Florence Johnston on the classic sitcom "The Jeffersons."
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C.
Honey Ryder
Honey Ryder is a fictional Bond girl and shell diver who becomes James Bond’s ally and love interest in the 1962 film "Dr. No."
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D.
Mary Walsh James
Mary Walsh James was the mother of novelist Henry James and a member of the prominent 19th-century James family known for its intellectual and literary influence.
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E.
Linda Creed
Linda Creed was an American songwriter best known for penning numerous soul and R&B hits in the 1970s and 1980s, often in collaboration with producer Thom Bell.
- 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: Holly Gennaro McClane Target entity description: Holly Gennaro McClane is a key character in the Die Hard film series, known as John McClane’s estranged yet resilient wife who becomes embroiled in the Nakatomi Plaza hostage crisis.
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A.
Jacqueline Logan
Jacqueline Logan was an American silent film actress best known for her prominent roles in 1920s Hollywood cinema.
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B.
Marla Gibbs
Marla Gibbs is an American actress and comedian best known for her Emmy-nominated role as the sharp-tongued maid Florence Johnston on the classic sitcom "The Jeffersons."
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C.
Honey Ryder
Honey Ryder is a fictional Bond girl and shell diver who becomes James Bond’s ally and love interest in the 1962 film "Dr. No."
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D.
Mary Walsh James
Mary Walsh James was the mother of novelist Henry James and a member of the prominent 19th-century James family known for its intellectual and literary influence.
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E.
Linda Creed
Linda Creed was an American songwriter best known for penning numerous soul and R&B hits in the 1970s and 1980s, often in collaboration with producer Thom Bell.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Die Hard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Die Hard 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Die Hard film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Holly Gennero from the novel Nothing Lasts Forever ⓘ |
| centralEvent | Nakatomi Plaza hostage crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
courageous
ⓘ
resilient ⓘ resourceful ⓘ |
| creator | Roderick Thorp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Nakatomi Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName |
Gennaro
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
McClane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Die Hard franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
action film
ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ |
| givenName | Holly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
John McClane Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lucy McClane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | estranged ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | deuteragonist in Die Hard ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | corporate executive ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Bonnie Bedelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
John McClane
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John McClane Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy McClane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
Nakatomi Plaza hostage crisis victim
ⓘ
hostage negotiator’s interlocutor ⓘ |
| spouse | John McClane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesAlias | Holly Gennaro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesSurname |
Gennaro
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
McClane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worksAt | Nakatomi Plaza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Holly Gennaro McClane Description of subject: Holly Gennaro McClane is a key character in the Die Hard film series, known as John McClane’s estranged yet resilient wife who becomes embroiled in the Nakatomi Plaza hostage crisis.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Die Hard
this entity surface form:
Holly Gennero McClane