Hank Deerfield
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Hank Deerfield is a stoic, retired military police officer and grieving father who doggedly investigates his soldier son's mysterious disappearance in the film "In the Valley of Elah."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hank Deerfield canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7630748 — 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: Hank Deerfield Context triple: [In the Valley of Elah, mainCharacter, Hank Deerfield]
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A.
Edmund Fowle
Edmund Fowle was a colonial-era Massachusetts resident and civic figure after whom the historic Edmund Fowle House in Watertown is named.
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B.
Christian Van Dyke
Christian Van Dyke is one of the children of legendary American actor and entertainer Dick Van Dyke.
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C.
Montgomery Brewster
Montgomery Brewster is the hapless minor-league baseball player who must spend a vast inheritance under strict conditions in the comedy film "Brewster's Millions."
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D.
John Harper
John Harper was a 19th-century American publisher best known as a co-founder of the influential New York publishing house that became Harper & Brothers.
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E.
John Harper
John Harper is a member of the Harper family, known primarily in relation to this familial association.
- 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: Hank Deerfield Target entity description: Hank Deerfield is a stoic, retired military police officer and grieving father who doggedly investigates his soldier son's mysterious disappearance in the film "In the Valley of Elah."
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A.
Edmund Fowle
Edmund Fowle was a colonial-era Massachusetts resident and civic figure after whom the historic Edmund Fowle House in Watertown is named.
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B.
Christian Van Dyke
Christian Van Dyke is one of the children of legendary American actor and entertainer Dick Van Dyke.
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C.
Montgomery Brewster
Montgomery Brewster is the hapless minor-league baseball player who must spend a vast inheritance under strict conditions in the comedy film "Brewster's Millions."
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D.
John Harper
John Harper is a business leader known for helping establish the influential CEO-led association Business Roundtable, which advocates for pro-business public policies in the United States.
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E.
John Harper
John Harper was a 19th-century American publisher best known as a co-founder of the influential New York publishing house that became Harper & Brothers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | In the Valley of Elah ⓘ |
| characterArc | from unquestioning patriotism to critical awareness of war’s consequences ⓘ |
| characterInFilm | In the Valley of Elah ⓘ |
| child |
David Deerfield
ⓘ
Mike Deerfield ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | Detective Emily Sanders ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Paul Haggis ⓘ |
| formerRank | sergeant ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| investigates | disappearance of his son ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableAction |
challenges official military account of events
ⓘ
conducts independent investigation into his son’s death ⓘ |
| occupation | military police officer ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
disciplined
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methodical ⓘ patriotic ⓘ stoic ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Tommy Lee Jones ⓘ |
| residence | New Mexico ⓘ |
| spouse | Joan Deerfield ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
family loss
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grief ⓘ military trauma ⓘ patriotism questioned ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hank Deerfield Description of subject: Hank Deerfield is a stoic, retired military police officer and grieving father who doggedly investigates his soldier son's mysterious disappearance in the film "In the Valley of Elah."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.