Jonathan Stark
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Jonathan Stark is an American actor and television writer best known for his role in the 1985 horror-comedy film "Fright Night" and for his work on sitcoms such as "According to Jim."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jonathan Stark canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5142512 — 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: Jonathan Stark Context triple: [Fright Night (1985 film), portrayedBy, Jonathan Stark]
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A.
Dan Stark
Dan Stark is a fictional, rule-bending veteran detective from the TV series "The Good Guys," portrayed by actor Bradley Whitford.
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B.
Stephen Stanton
Stephen Stanton is an American voice actor known for his work in animation, film, and video games, including roles in various Star Wars projects and other popular franchises.
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C.
Chris Rosenau
Chris Rosenau is an American guitarist and composer best known for his intricate, experimental work in projects like Volcano Choir and the duo Collections of Colonies of Bees.
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D.
Ross Malinger
Ross Malinger is an American former child actor best known for playing Tom Hanks’s young son in the romantic comedy film "Sleepless in Seattle."
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E.
Matthew Rhodes
Matthew Rhodes is a film producer known for his work on projects such as the psychological thriller "The Voices."
- 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: Jonathan Stark Target entity description: Jonathan Stark is an American actor and television writer best known for his role in the 1985 horror-comedy film "Fright Night" and for his work on sitcoms such as "According to Jim."
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A.
Dan Stark
Dan Stark is a fictional, rule-bending veteran detective from the TV series "The Good Guys," portrayed by actor Bradley Whitford.
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B.
Stephen Stanton
Stephen Stanton is an American voice actor known for his work in animation, film, and video games, including roles in various Star Wars projects and other popular franchises.
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C.
Chris Rosenau
Chris Rosenau is an American guitarist and composer best known for his intricate, experimental work in projects like Volcano Choir and the duo Collections of Colonies of Bees.
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D.
Ross Malinger
Ross Malinger is an American former child actor best known for playing Tom Hanks’s young son in the romantic comedy film "Sleepless in Seattle."
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E.
Matthew Rhodes
Matthew Rhodes is a film producer known for his work on projects such as the psychological thriller "The Voices."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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human ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| basedIn | United States television industry ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
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situation comedy ⓘ television ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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horror comedy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
According to Jim
NERFINISHED
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According to Jim (as writer) NERFINISHED ⓘ Becker NERFINISHED ⓘ Cheers NERFINISHED ⓘ Dharma & Greg NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellen NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellen (as writer) NERFINISHED ⓘ Fright Night NERFINISHED ⓘ Fright Night (1985 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Head of the Class NERFINISHED ⓘ House II: The Second Story NERFINISHED ⓘ Mad About You NERFINISHED ⓘ The Drew Carey Show NERFINISHED ⓘ The Drew Carey Show (as writer) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Nanny NERFINISHED ⓘ Wings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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screenwriter ⓘ television producer ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
According to Jim
NERFINISHED
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Becker NERFINISHED ⓘ Cheers NERFINISHED ⓘ Dharma & Greg NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellen NERFINISHED ⓘ Fright Night NERFINISHED ⓘ Head of the Class NERFINISHED ⓘ House II: The Second Story NERFINISHED ⓘ Mad About You NERFINISHED ⓘ The Drew Carey Show NERFINISHED ⓘ The Nanny NERFINISHED ⓘ Wings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork | Billy Cole in Fright Night NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
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: Jonathan Stark Description of subject: Jonathan Stark is an American actor and television writer best known for his role in the 1985 horror-comedy film "Fright Night" and for his work on sitcoms such as "According to Jim."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.