Hank Mitchell
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Hank Mitchell is the morally conflicted protagonist of the crime thriller novel and film "A Simple Plan," whose discovery of a fortune in cash leads him down a tragic path of greed and betrayal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hank Mitchell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10368213 — 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 Mitchell Context triple: [A Simple Plan, character, Hank Mitchell]
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A.
Hank Evans
Hank Evans is a central character in the 2004 drama film "We Don't Live Here Anymore," whose troubled marriage and infidelity drive much of the story’s emotional conflict.
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B.
Hank
Hank is the curmudgeonly but soft-hearted septopus (seven-tentacled octopus) who helps Dory on her journey in Pixar's animated film "Finding Dory."
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C.
Hank
Hank is the central character in the 1996 drama film "Marvin's Room," around whom the story’s family conflicts and emotional developments revolve.
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D.
Hank
Hank is the nickname of Hank Stram, a Hall of Fame American football coach best known for leading the Kansas City Chiefs to multiple AFL titles and a Super Bowl victory.
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E.
Hank
Hank is the nickname of Hank Greenberg, a Hall of Fame American baseball player renowned as one of the greatest power hitters of the 1930s and 1940s.
- 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 Mitchell Target entity description: Hank Mitchell is the morally conflicted protagonist of the crime thriller novel and film "A Simple Plan," whose discovery of a fortune in cash leads him down a tragic path of greed and betrayal.
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A.
Hank Evans
Hank Evans is a central character in the 2004 drama film "We Don't Live Here Anymore," whose troubled marriage and infidelity drive much of the story’s emotional conflict.
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B.
Hank
Hank is a male given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often associated with American culture and notable figures in sports and entertainment.
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C.
Hank
Hank is the curmudgeonly but soft-hearted septopus (seven-tentacled octopus) who helps Dory on her journey in Pixar's animated film "Finding Dory."
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D.
Hank
Hank is the central character in the 1996 drama film "Marvin's Room," around whom the story’s family conflicts and emotional developments revolve.
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E.
Hank
Hank is the nickname of Hank Stram, a Hall of Fame American football coach best known for leading the Kansas City Chiefs to multiple AFL titles and a Super Bowl victory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsInAdaptation |
A Simple Plan (1998 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
A Simple Plan
|
| appearsInGenre |
crime thriller
ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
A Simple Plan (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
A Simple Plan
A Simple Plan (novel) ⓘ
linked to:
A Simple Plan
|
| associatedWith |
crime cover-up
ⓘ
found money ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
betrayal
ⓘ
corrupting influence of money ⓘ moral compromise ⓘ |
| createdBy | Scott Smith ⓘ |
| experiences |
guilt
ⓘ
moral deterioration ⓘ paranoia ⓘ |
| finds |
crashed airplane containing money
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large sum of cash ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
A Simple Plan (1993 novel)
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linked to:
A Simple Plan
|
| genreOfWork | psychological crime drama ⓘ |
| hasFullName |
Henry "Hank" Mitchell
ⓘ
linked to:
Hank Mitchell
|
| hasSibling | Jacob Mitchell ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Sarah Mitchell ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
cautious
ⓘ
increasingly ruthless ⓘ intelligent ⓘ morally conflicted ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
betrayal of friends and family
ⓘ
cover-up of found money ⓘ series of crimes ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
desire for financial security
ⓘ
fear of being caught ⓘ greed ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | unreliable narrator (novel) ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | American ⓘ |
| occupation | accountant ⓘ |
| plansTo | keep found money secretly ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Bill Paxton ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | A Simple Plan ⓘ |
| relationshipWith | friend of Lou Chambers ⓘ |
| setIn | rural Minnesota ⓘ |
| storyFunction | explores how ordinary people commit extreme acts ⓘ |
| storyOutcome | tragic downfall ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Hank Mitchell Description of subject: Hank Mitchell is the morally conflicted protagonist of the crime thriller novel and film "A Simple Plan," whose discovery of a fortune in cash leads him down a tragic path of greed and betrayal.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.