Detective Loki
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Detective Loki is the intense, methodical police investigator portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal in the 2013 thriller film "Prisoners."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Detective Loki canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5653040 — 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: Detective Loki Context triple: [Prisoners, mainCharacter, Detective Loki]
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A.
Loki
Loki is a trickster god in Norse mythology known for his shape-shifting, cunning, and role in both aiding and undermining the other gods.
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B.
avengers of murder
Avengers of murder are divine or supernatural agents of retribution who relentlessly pursue and punish those guilty of homicide.
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C.
Loki Schmidt
Loki Schmidt was a German environmentalist, botanist, and educator best known as the wife of former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and for her prominent work in nature conservation.
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D.
Loki (season 2)
Loki (season 2) is the second season of the Marvel Studios Disney+ series following the God of Mischief through time-bending adventures that further explore the multiverse and the Time Variance Authority.
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E.
Hangsaman
Hangsaman is a 1951 psychological novel by Shirley Jackson that follows a troubled young woman’s descent into isolation and unreality at a New England college.
- 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: Detective Loki Target entity description: Detective Loki is the intense, methodical police investigator portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal in the 2013 thriller film "Prisoners."
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A.
Loki
Loki is a trickster god in Norse mythology known for his shape-shifting, cunning, and role in both aiding and undermining the other gods.
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B.
avengers of murder
Avengers of murder are divine or supernatural agents of retribution who relentlessly pursue and punish those guilty of homicide.
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C.
Loki Schmidt
Loki Schmidt was a German environmentalist, botanist, and educator best known as the wife of former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and for her prominent work in nature conservation.
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D.
Loki (season 2)
Loki (season 2) is the second season of the Marvel Studios Disney+ series following the God of Mischief through time-bending adventures that further explore the multiverse and the Time Variance Authority.
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E.
Hangsaman
Hangsaman is a 1951 psychological novel by Shirley Jackson that follows a troubled young woman’s descent into isolation and unreality at a New England college.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Prisoners ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alex Jones
ⓘ
Captain Richard O’Malley ⓘ Franklin Birch ⓘ Grace Dover ⓘ Holly Jones ⓘ Keller Dover ⓘ Nancy Birch ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Denis Villeneuve ⓘ |
| distributorOfWork | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| employer |
Pennsylvania police department
ⓘ
linked to:
Pennsylvania State Police
|
| filmDirectorOfWork | Denis Villeneuve ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
crime drama film
ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ |
| hasVisualFeature |
buttoned-up shirt and tie
ⓘ
slicked-back hair ⓘ tattoos on neck and hands ⓘ |
| investigates |
kidnapping of Anna Dover
ⓘ
kidnapping of Joy Birch ⓘ |
| investigativeMethod |
careful attention to small clues
ⓘ
systematic search of suspects and locations ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
co-protagonist of Prisoners
ⓘ
lead investigator in kidnapping case ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
dedicated to solving cases
ⓘ
emotionally controlled demeanor ⓘ intense ⓘ methodical ⓘ observant ⓘ |
| notableScene |
discovering the hidden maze drawings
ⓘ
final confrontation at Holly Jones’s house ⓘ interrogation of Alex Jones ⓘ |
| occupation |
detective
ⓘ
police officer ⓘ |
| partOf |
Prisoners (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Prisoners
|
| portrayedBy | Jake Gyllenhaal ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfWork | Alcon Entertainment ⓘ |
| roleIn | Prisoners ⓘ |
| screenwriterOfWork | Aaron Guzikowski ⓘ |
| setIn | suburban Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| workLocation | Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 2013 ⓘ |
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: Detective Loki Description of subject: Detective Loki is the intense, methodical police investigator portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal in the 2013 thriller film "Prisoners."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.