Frank Bannister
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Frank Bannister is a psychic investigator and con artist who can see and communicate with ghosts in the horror-comedy film "The Frighteners."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Frank Bannister canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11046591 — 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: Frank Bannister Context triple: [The Frighteners, mainCharacter, Frank Bannister]
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A.
Arthur Bannister
Arthur Bannister is a cunning, crippled defense attorney and one of the central, morally ambiguous figures in Orson Welles’s film noir *The Lady from Shanghai*.
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B.
Ray Fensome
Ray Fensome is a British musician and guitarist best known as the former husband of television personality and singer Coleen Nolan.
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C.
Bernard Hart
Bernard Hart was an early American financier and broker known for being among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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D.
Murray Firth
The Moray Firth is a large triangular inlet of the North Sea on the northeast coast of Scotland, known for its rich marine wildlife and coastal landscapes.
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E.
Frank Bunce
Frank Bunce is a former New Zealand rugby union centre best known for his influential international career with the All Blacks in the 1990s.
- 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: Frank Bannister Target entity description: Frank Bannister is a psychic investigator and con artist who can see and communicate with ghosts in the horror-comedy film "The Frighteners."
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A.
Arthur Bannister
Arthur Bannister is a cunning, crippled defense attorney and one of the central, morally ambiguous figures in Orson Welles’s film noir *The Lady from Shanghai*.
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B.
Ray Fensome
Ray Fensome is a British musician and guitarist best known as the former husband of television personality and singer Coleen Nolan.
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C.
Bernard Hart
Bernard Hart was an early American financier and broker known for being among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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D.
Murray Firth
The Moray Firth is a large triangular inlet of the North Sea on the northeast coast of Scotland, known for its rich marine wildlife and coastal landscapes.
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E.
Frank Bunce
Frank Bunce is a former New Zealand rugby union centre best known for his influential international career with the All Blacks in the 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| ability |
can communicate with ghosts
ⓘ
can see ghosts ⓘ |
| ally | Lucy Lynskey ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Frighteners ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | horror-comedy film ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization | FBI (through investigation subplot) ⓘ |
| backstoryEvent | lost his wife in a car accident ⓘ |
| causeOfPowers | near-death experience in car accident ⓘ |
| characterArc | from fraudulent psychic to genuine hero ⓘ |
| countryOfSetting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Fran Walsh
ⓘ
Peter Jackson ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeature | can see numbers on victims foreheads before death ⓘ |
| enemy |
Grim Reaper spirit
ⓘ
Johnny Bartlett ⓘ Patricia Bradley ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Frighteners (1996 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Frighteners
|
| genreContext | supernatural comedy horror ⓘ |
| hasAssociate |
Cyrus
ⓘ
Stuart ⓘ The Judge ⓘ |
| hasGenreRelation |
ghost film
ⓘ
paranormal investigation fiction ⓘ |
| hasVehicle | old station wagon ⓘ |
| investigates | mysterious heart-attack deaths in Fairwater ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist of The Frighteners ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping spirits move on
ⓘ
staging fake hauntings using real ghosts ⓘ |
| occupation |
con artist
ⓘ
psychic investigator ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Michael J. Fox ⓘ |
| residence | small American town of Fairwater ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Frank Bannister Description of subject: Frank Bannister is a psychic investigator and con artist who can see and communicate with ghosts in the horror-comedy film "The Frighteners."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Lucy Lynskey in The Frighteners
subject linked to:
Lucy Lynskey in The Frighteners