Dan Hollis
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Dan Hollis is a minor but pivotal adult resident in the classic The Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life," whose tragic birthday outburst exposes the terror and control exerted by the omnipotent child Anthony Fremont.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dan Hollis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9794674 — 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: Dan Hollis Context triple: [It's a Good Life, character, Dan Hollis]
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A.
Dave Hollister
Dave Hollister is an American R&B singer and songwriter known both for his solo work and as a former member of the influential 1990s group Blackstreet.
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B.
Dennis Wilkey
Dennis Wilkey is a songwriter best known for co-writing the lyrics to Grace Jones's hit song "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)."
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C.
Sam Haskins
Sam Haskins was a South African-born British photographer best known for his influential 1960s fashion and nude photography, particularly the book "Cowboy Kate & Other Stories."
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D.
John Hollar
John Hollar is the anxious, struggling young father-to-be at the center of the 2016 dramedy film "The Hollars," who returns to his small hometown when his mother falls ill.
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E.
Phil Cunningham
Phil Cunningham is an English guitarist and keyboardist best known for his work with the band New Order and previously with Marion.
- 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: Dan Hollis Target entity description: Dan Hollis is a minor but pivotal adult resident in the classic The Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life," whose tragic birthday outburst exposes the terror and control exerted by the omnipotent child Anthony Fremont.
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A.
Dave Hollister
Dave Hollister is an American R&B singer and songwriter known both for his solo work and as a former member of the influential 1990s group Blackstreet.
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B.
Dennis Wilkey
Dennis Wilkey is a songwriter best known for co-writing the lyrics to Grace Jones's hit song "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)."
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C.
Sam Haskins
Sam Haskins was a South African-born British photographer best known for his influential 1960s fashion and nude photography, particularly the book "Cowboy Kate & Other Stories."
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D.
John Hollar
John Hollar is the anxious, struggling young father-to-be at the center of the 2016 dramedy film "The Hollars," who returns to his small hometown when his mother falls ill.
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E.
Phil Cunningham
Phil Cunningham is an English guitarist and keyboardist best known for his work with the band New Order and previously with Marion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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television character ⓘ |
| ageGroup | adult ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Twilight Zone
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linked to:
The Twilight Zone (TV series)
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| appearsInEpisode |
"It's a Good Life"
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linked to:
It’s a Good Life
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| appearsInSeries |
"The Twilight Zone" (original series)
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linked to:
The Twilight Zone (TV series)
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| associatedTheme |
abuse of power
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fear and conformity ⓘ loss of free will ⓘ totalitarian control ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Rod Serling ⓘ |
| fears | Anthony Fremont ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
"It's a Good Life" (1961 TV episode)
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linked to:
It’s a Good Life
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| genre |
horror
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science fiction ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
catalyst for climax of the episode
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exposes the terror of Anthony Fremont's powers ⓘ |
| narrativeOutcome | punished by Anthony Fremont ⓘ |
| notableAction |
drinks alcohol at his birthday party
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publicly denounces Anthony Fremont ⓘ |
| notableEvent | birthday celebration in "It's a Good Life" ⓘ |
| oppressedBy | Anthony Fremont ⓘ |
| originalNetworkOfWork | CBS ⓘ |
| relationshipToAnthonyFremont | adult resident under Anthony's control ⓘ |
| residence |
Peaksville, Ohio (fictional town)
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linked to:
Peaksville, Ohio
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| roleInStory |
minor character
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pivotal character ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | mid-20th century America ⓘ |
| symbolism | represents repressed fear and resentment of the townspeople ⓘ |
| universe |
The Twilight Zone universe
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linked to:
The Twilight Zone franchise
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| workOfFiction |
"It's a Good Life"
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linked to:
It’s a Good Life
|
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: Dan Hollis Description of subject: Dan Hollis is a minor but pivotal adult resident in the classic The Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life," whose tragic birthday outburst exposes the terror and control exerted by the omnipotent child Anthony Fremont.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
It’s a Good Life