Jim Corrigan
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Jim Corrigan is a DC Comics character best known as the human host of the powerful supernatural entity known as the Spectre.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jim Corrigan canonical | 6 |
| Jim Corrigan (fictional character) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4506669 — 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: Jim Corrigan Context triple: [Justice Society of America, notableMember, Jim Corrigan]
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A.
Tom Kilpatrick
Tom Kilpatrick was a screenwriter best known for his work on the 1940 science fiction horror film "Dr. Cyclops."
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B.
John O'Brien
John O'Brien is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the 2004 film adaptation of the classic television series "Starsky & Hutch."
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C.
Tom Ryan
Tom Ryan is the central protagonist of the television series "The Unit," depicted as a highly skilled and seasoned leader of an elite U.S. Army special operations team.
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D.
Robert Nolan
Robert Nolan is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including arts, sports, and public life.
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E.
James Dillon
James Dillon was an Irish politician who led the Fine Gael party and served as a prominent member of Dáil Éireann in the mid-20th century.
- 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: Jim Corrigan Target entity description: Jim Corrigan is a DC Comics character best known as the human host of the powerful supernatural entity known as the Spectre.
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A.
Tom Kilpatrick
Tom Kilpatrick was a screenwriter best known for his work on the 1940 science fiction horror film "Dr. Cyclops."
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B.
John O'Brien
John O'Brien is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the 2004 film adaptation of the classic television series "Starsky & Hutch."
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C.
Tom Ryan
Tom Ryan is the central protagonist of the television series "The Unit," depicted as a highly skilled and seasoned leader of an elite U.S. Army special operations team.
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D.
Robert Nolan
Robert Nolan is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including arts, sports, and public life.
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E.
James Dillon
James Dillon was an Irish politician who led the Fine Gael party and served as a prominent member of Dáil Éireann in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DC Comics character
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fictional police detective ⓘ human host of the Spectre ⓘ |
| alignment | supernatural agent of vengeance ⓘ |
| alterEgoOf | The Spectre ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
DC Comics
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superhero comics ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Heavenly judgment
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The Spectre ⓘ afterlife ⓘ |
| characterType | supernatural-themed hero ⓘ |
| connectedTo | mystical forces in the DC Universe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre | superhero fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlias | Detective Jim Corrigan ⓘ |
| hasEnemy | various supernatural and criminal foes ⓘ |
| hasIdentity | secret identity of the Spectre in early stories ⓘ |
| hasPower |
access to the Spectre's divine powers
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reality manipulation via the Spectre ⓘ spirit of vengeance via the Spectre ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium | comic books ⓘ |
| motive | divine vengeance against evil ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the original host of the Spectre
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serving as the Spectre's human anchor ⓘ |
| occupation | police detective ⓘ |
| publisher | DC Comics ⓘ |
| role | host of a powerful supernatural entity ⓘ |
| status | deceased human bonded to a spirit ⓘ |
| universe | DC Universe ⓘ |
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: Jim Corrigan Description of subject: Jim Corrigan is a DC Comics character best known as the human host of the powerful supernatural entity known as the Spectre.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jim Corrigan