Jack Regan in The Sweeney (2012 film)
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Jack Regan in *The Sweeney* (2012 film) is the tough, rule-bending Flying Squad detective protagonist who leads a specialist London police unit in their fight against armed crime.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jack Regan in The Sweeney (2012 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7546055 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Jack Regan in The Sweeney (2012 film) Context triple: [Ray Winstone, hasRole, Jack Regan in The Sweeney (2012 film)]
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A.
Tom Reagan in Miller's Crossing
Tom Reagan in Miller's Crossing is the coolly intelligent, morally ambiguous consigliere at the center of the Coen brothers' Prohibition-era gangster film, known for his strategic manipulation and conflicted loyalties.
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B.
Detective Danny Reagan
Detective Danny Reagan is a tough, hot-headed NYPD detective and devoted family man on the television series "Blue Bloods."
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C.
Frank Hogan
Frank Hogan was a long-serving and highly influential New York County district attorney known for his vigorous prosecution of organized crime and political corruption in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints
Connor MacManus in *The Boondock Saints* is one of two Irish-American vigilante brothers who embark on a bloody crusade against organized crime in Boston.
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E.
Jed Marshall in The Night Manager
Jed Marshall in *The Night Manager* is the glamorous yet vulnerable girlfriend of arms dealer Richard Roper, whose relationship with undercover agent Jonathan Pine draws her into a dangerous web of espionage and betrayal.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack Regan in The Sweeney (2012 film) Target entity description: Jack Regan in *The Sweeney* (2012 film) is the tough, rule-bending Flying Squad detective protagonist who leads a specialist London police unit in their fight against armed crime.
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A.
Tom Reagan in Miller's Crossing
Tom Reagan in Miller's Crossing is the coolly intelligent, morally ambiguous consigliere at the center of the Coen brothers' Prohibition-era gangster film, known for his strategic manipulation and conflicted loyalties.
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B.
Detective Danny Reagan
Detective Danny Reagan is a tough, hot-headed NYPD detective and devoted family man on the television series "Blue Bloods."
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C.
Frank Hogan
Frank Hogan was a long-serving and highly influential New York County district attorney known for his vigorous prosecution of organized crime and political corruption in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints
Connor MacManus in *The Boondock Saints* is one of two Irish-American vigilante brothers who embark on a bloody crusade against organized crime in Boston.
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E.
Jed Marshall in The Night Manager
Jed Marshall in *The Night Manager* is the glamorous yet vulnerable girlfriend of arms dealer Richard Roper, whose relationship with undercover agent Jonathan Pine draws her into a dangerous web of espionage and betrayal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional character ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Jack Regan from The Sweeney (1970s TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alignment | anti-hero ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Sweeney (2012 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Jack Regan (The Sweeney TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
aggressive
ⓘ
determined ⓘ rule-bending ⓘ streetwise ⓘ tough ⓘ |
| conflictWith | armed criminals in London ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalWork | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Metropolitan Police Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Sweeney (film continuity) ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
action film
ⓘ
crime film ⓘ |
| hasFullName | Jack Regan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | The Sweeney (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| lawEnforcementApproach |
unorthodox methods
ⓘ
willingness to bend rules ⓘ |
| loyalty |
Flying Squad team
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metropolitan Police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Flying Squad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | main character ⓘ |
| occupation | detective ⓘ |
| partOf | The Sweeney franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ray Winstone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | leader of the Flying Squad ⓘ |
| worksOn |
armed robbery cases
ⓘ
serious organised crime cases ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jack Regan in The Sweeney (2012 film) Description of subject: Jack Regan in *The Sweeney* (2012 film) is the tough, rule-bending Flying Squad detective protagonist who leads a specialist London police unit in their fight against armed crime.
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