Jonathan Ford

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fictional character naval officer

Jonathan Ford is a senior naval officer and executive officer aboard the seaQuest DSV in the science fiction television series "seaQuest DSV."

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Jonathan Ford canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5188636 — 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 Ford
Context triple: [Nathan Bridger, notableRelationship, Jonathan Ford]

A. David Ford
David Ford is a Northern Irish politician and former leader of the Alliance Party who became the first person to serve as Northern Ireland’s Minister of Justice after the devolution of policing and justice powers.
B. Robert Fletcher
Robert Fletcher was an American costume designer best known for creating the iconic uniforms and outfits for the early Star Trek films.
C. Paul Ford
Paul Ford was an American character actor best known for his comedic roles in mid-20th-century film and television, including his portrayal of blustery authority figures.
D. Douglas Roberts
Douglas Roberts is known primarily as one of the sons of American cable television pioneer and Comcast co-founder Ralph J. Roberts.
E. Charles Ardai
Charles Ardai is an American writer, editor, and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Hard Case Crime imprint and for his award-winning crime and mystery fiction.
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 Ford
Target entity description: Jonathan Ford is a senior naval officer and executive officer aboard the seaQuest DSV in the science fiction television series "seaQuest DSV."

A. David Ford
David Ford is a Northern Irish politician and former leader of the Alliance Party who became the first person to serve as Northern Ireland’s Minister of Justice after the devolution of policing and justice powers.
B. Robert Fletcher
Robert Fletcher was an American costume designer best known for creating the iconic uniforms and outfits for the early Star Trek films.
C. Paul Ford
Paul Ford was an American character actor best known for his comedic roles in mid-20th-century film and television, including his portrayal of blustery authority figures.
D. Douglas Roberts
Douglas Roberts is known primarily as one of the sons of American cable television pioneer and Comcast co-founder Ralph J. Roberts.
E. Charles Ardai
Charles Ardai is an American writer, editor, and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Hard Case Crime imprint and for his award-winning crime and mystery fiction.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ naval officer ⓘ
appearsIn	seaQuest DSV ⓘ linked to: SeaQuest DSV
appearsInGenre	science fiction ⓘ
appearsInMedium	television series ⓘ
commandStructure	reports to Captain Nathan Bridger ⓘ
employer	UEO ⓘ United Earth Oceans Organization ⓘ
fictionalStatus	character in a television series ⓘ
firstAppearance	seaQuest DSV Season 1 ⓘ linked to: SeaQuest DSV
fullName	Jonathan Ford ⓘ
genre	military science fiction character ⓘ
loyalty	United Earth Oceans Organization ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
occupation	naval officer ⓘ
portrayedBy	Don Franklin ⓘ
position	XO of seaQuest DSV ⓘ executive officer ⓘ
rank	commander ⓘ senior naval officer ⓘ
role	second-in-command of seaQuest DSV ⓘ
servesOn	seaQuest DSV ⓘ linked to: SeaQuest DSV
serviceBranch	United Earth Oceans Organization Navy ⓘ linked to: UEO Navy
universe	seaQuest DSV universe ⓘ linked to: SeaQuest DSV
vesselType	deep-submergence vehicle ⓘ