Johnny Caspar
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Johnny Caspar is a volatile and scheming Italian mob boss in the Coen brothers' Prohibition-era crime film "Miller's Crossing."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Johnny Caspar canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8278843 — 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: Johnny Caspar Context triple: [Miller's Crossing, hasCharacter, Johnny Caspar]
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A.
John Clarence Karcher
John Clarence Karcher was an American geophysicist and pioneer of reflection seismology whose work helped lay the foundations of modern petroleum exploration.
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B.
John Spellman
John Spellman was an American Republican politician who served as King County Executive before becoming the 18th governor of Washington state.
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C.
Charles Paul
Charles Paul was an American composer and organist best known for his work scoring and providing theme music for classic radio and television soap operas.
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D.
Richard Haldeman
Richard Haldeman was an American journalist and public relations executive, best known as the father of H. R. Haldeman, President Richard Nixon’s White House Chief of Staff.
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E.
Carl Schenkel
Carl Schenkel was a Swiss film director known for his work on thrillers and adventure films in both European and Hollywood cinema.
- 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: Johnny Caspar Target entity description: Johnny Caspar is a volatile and scheming Italian mob boss in the Coen brothers' Prohibition-era crime film "Miller's Crossing."
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A.
John Clarence Karcher
John Clarence Karcher was an American geophysicist and pioneer of reflection seismology whose work helped lay the foundations of modern petroleum exploration.
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B.
John Spellman
John Spellman was an American Republican politician who served as King County Executive before becoming the 18th governor of Washington state.
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C.
Charles Paul
Charles Paul was an American composer and organist best known for his work scoring and providing theme music for classic radio and television soap operas.
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D.
Richard Haldeman
Richard Haldeman was an American journalist and public relations executive, best known as the father of H. R. Haldeman, President Richard Nixon’s White House Chief of Staff.
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E.
Carl Schenkel
Carl Schenkel was a Swiss film director known for his work on thrillers and adventure films in both European and Hollywood cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ mob boss ⓘ |
| affiliation | Italian crime syndicate ⓘ |
| alignment | criminal underworld ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Miller's Crossing ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
corruption
ⓘ
ethics in crime ⓘ loyalty and betrayal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Ethan Coen
ⓘ
Joel Coen ⓘ |
| employs | The Dane ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Leo O'Bannon
ⓘ
Tom Reagan ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Italian-American ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Miller's Crossing (1990)
ⓘ
linked to:
Miller's Crossing
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
gangster film ⓘ |
| hairColor | dark ⓘ |
| killedBy | Tom Reagan ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | primary antagonist ⓘ |
| notableQuote |
"Ethics!"
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"It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight." ⓘ |
| occupation |
crime boss
ⓘ
racketeer ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
paranoid
ⓘ
scheming ⓘ superstitious ⓘ violent ⓘ volatile ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jon Polito ⓘ |
| setting | Prohibition-era American city ⓘ |
| weaponOfChoice | handgun ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Johnny Caspar Description of subject: Johnny Caspar is a volatile and scheming Italian mob boss in the Coen brothers' Prohibition-era crime film "Miller's Crossing."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Tom Reagan in Miller's Crossing
subject linked to:
Tom Reagan in Miller's Crossing