Andy Hanson
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Andy Hanson is a central, morally conflicted character in the crime drama film "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," whose desperate decisions drive the story's tragic events.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Andy Hanson canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10583459 — 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: Andy Hanson Context triple: [Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, hasCharacter, Andy Hanson]
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A.
Andrew Hines
Andrew Hines is a music video director known for his creative visual work in the contemporary music industry.
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B.
Scott Hanson
Scott Hanson is an American sportscaster best known as the longtime host of NFL RedZone, where he provides live, whip-around coverage of Sunday afternoon NFL games.
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C.
Ryan Hansen
Ryan Hansen is an American actor best known for his role as Dick Casablancas on the television series "Veronica Mars."
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D.
Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson is an entrepreneur and technologist known for co-founding Neuralink, a neurotechnology company developing brain–computer interface devices.
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E.
Sean Hopper
Sean Hopper is an American keyboardist best known as a longtime member of the rock band Huey Lewis and the News.
- 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: Andy Hanson Target entity description: Andy Hanson is a central, morally conflicted character in the crime drama film "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," whose desperate decisions drive the story's tragic events.
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A.
Andrew Hines
Andrew Hines is a music video director known for his creative visual work in the contemporary music industry.
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B.
Scott Hanson
Scott Hanson is an American sportscaster best known as the longtime host of NFL RedZone, where he provides live, whip-around coverage of Sunday afternoon NFL games.
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C.
Ryan Hansen
Ryan Hansen is an American actor best known for his role as Dick Casablancas on the television series "Veronica Mars."
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D.
Tim Hanson
Tim Hanson is an entrepreneur and technologist known for co-founding Neuralink, a neurotechnology company developing brain–computer interface devices.
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E.
Sean Hopper
Sean Hopper is an American keyboardist best known as a longtime member of the rock band Huey Lewis and the News.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | crime drama film ⓘ |
| causes | death of his mother Nanette Hanson ⓘ |
| coConspirator | Hank Hanson ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Charles Hanson
ⓘ
Hank Hanson ⓘ |
| createdBy | Kelly Masterson ⓘ |
| employer | New York real estate firm ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007 film)
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linked to:
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAddiction | heroin ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Hank Hanson ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Gina Hanson ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
addicted to drugs
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desperate ⓘ manipulative ⓘ morally conflicted ⓘ |
| involvedIn | failed jewelry store robbery ⓘ |
| motive |
drug addiction debts
ⓘ
financial problems ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
antihero
ⓘ
central protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation |
finance executive
ⓘ
real estate executive ⓘ |
| parentOf | Dakota Hanson ⓘ |
| plansRobberyOf | his parents' jewelry store ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Philip Seymour Hoffman ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
desperation and greed
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family tragedy ⓘ moral decay ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Andy Hanson Description of subject: Andy Hanson is a central, morally conflicted character in the crime drama film "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," whose desperate decisions drive the story's tragic events.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.