Joe Kavanagh
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Joe Kavanagh is the troubled, recovering alcoholic protagonist of the Irish film "My Name Is Joe," whose struggles with addiction, love, and poverty drive the story’s emotional core.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joe Kavanagh canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10917651 — 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: Joe Kavanagh Context triple: [My Name Is Joe, mainCharacter, Joe Kavanagh]
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A.
Jack Kavanagh
Jack Kavanagh was a Canadian socialist activist and political figure known for his involvement with the Socialist Party of Canada and his advocacy for Marxist principles.
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B.
Eddie Cahill
Eddie Cahill is an American actor best known for his role as Detective Don Flack on the television series CSI: NY.
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C.
John O'Brien
John O'Brien is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the 2004 film adaptation of the classic television series "Starsky & Hutch."
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D.
Jim Corrigan
Jim Corrigan is a DC Comics character best known as the human host of the powerful supernatural entity known as the Spectre.
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E.
Jack Doolan
Jack Doolan is a British actor best known for his role in the coming-of-age comedy-drama film "Cemetery Junction" and various appearances in UK television series.
- 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: Joe Kavanagh Target entity description: Joe Kavanagh is the troubled, recovering alcoholic protagonist of the Irish film "My Name Is Joe," whose struggles with addiction, love, and poverty drive the story’s emotional core.
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A.
Jack Kavanagh
Jack Kavanagh was a Canadian socialist activist and political figure known for his involvement with the Socialist Party of Canada and his advocacy for Marxist principles.
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B.
Eddie Cahill
Eddie Cahill is an American actor best known for his role as Detective Don Flack on the television series CSI: NY.
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C.
John O'Brien
John O'Brien is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the 2004 film adaptation of the classic television series "Starsky & Hutch."
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D.
Jim Corrigan
Jim Corrigan is a DC Comics character best known as the human host of the powerful supernatural entity known as the Spectre.
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E.
Jack Doolan
Jack Doolan is a British actor best known for his role in the coming-of-age comedy-drama film "Cemetery Junction" and various appearances in UK television series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | My Name Is Joe ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
personal redemption
ⓘ
self-destruction ⓘ social realism ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| centralThemeInvolvement |
poverty
ⓘ
recovery from addiction ⓘ romantic love ⓘ |
| characterTrait | recovering alcoholic ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Ken Loach
ⓘ
Paul Laverty ⓘ |
| drivesEmotionalCoreOf | My Name Is Joe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
film My Name Is Joe
ⓘ
linked to:
My Name Is Joe
|
| genreOfWork | drama film ⓘ |
| hasNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | unemployed man ⓘ |
| hasProblem | relapse risk ⓘ |
| hasRomanticRelationshipWith | Sarah ⓘ |
| hasSocioeconomicStatus | impoverished ⓘ |
| livesIn |
Glasgow
ⓘ
working-class neighborhood ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodies struggle for dignity in poverty
ⓘ
explores consequences of addiction ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Peter Mullan ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | My Name Is Joe ⓘ |
| releaseYearOfWork | 1998 ⓘ |
| settingOfWork | Glasgow ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
addiction
ⓘ
alcoholism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joe Kavanagh Description of subject: Joe Kavanagh is the troubled, recovering alcoholic protagonist of the Irish film "My Name Is Joe," whose struggles with addiction, love, and poverty drive the story’s emotional core.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.