Brian Earl Spilner
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Brian Earl Spilner is the undercover police identity used by Brian O'Conner, a central character in the Fast & Furious film franchise.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brian Earl Spilner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11378187 — 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)
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Target entity: Brian Earl Spilner Context triple: [Brian O'Conner, alias, Brian Earl Spilner]
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A.
Cliff Schmautz
Cliff Schmautz was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger best known for his prolific scoring in the Western Hockey League and later play in the NHL during the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Brian Blosil
Brian Blosil is an American record producer and the former husband of entertainer Marie Osmond.
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C.
Lou Criger
Lou Criger was a prominent early 20th-century Major League Baseball catcher best known for his work with pitcher Cy Young and his defensive prowess behind the plate.
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D.
Charlie Korsmo
Charlie Korsmo is an American former child actor and current law professor best known for his roles in early 1990s films such as "Dick Tracy," "Hook," and "What About Bob?".
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E.
Michael Sarnoski
Michael Sarnoski is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for directing the acclaimed drama "Pig" and later helming the horror prequel "A Quiet Place: Day One."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Brian Earl Spilner Target entity description: Brian Earl Spilner is the undercover police identity used by Brian O'Conner, a central character in the Fast & Furious film franchise.
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A.
Cliff Schmautz
Cliff Schmautz was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger best known for his prolific scoring in the Western Hockey League and later play in the NHL during the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Brian Blosil
Brian Blosil is an American record producer and the former husband of entertainer Marie Osmond.
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C.
Lou Criger
Lou Criger was a prominent early 20th-century Major League Baseball catcher best known for his work with pitcher Cy Young and his defensive prowess behind the plate.
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D.
Charlie Korsmo
Charlie Korsmo is an American former child actor and current law professor best known for his roles in early 1990s films such as "Dick Tracy," "Hook," and "What About Bob?".
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E.
Michael Sarnoski
Michael Sarnoski is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for directing the acclaimed drama "Pig" and later helming the horror prequel "A Quiet Place: Day One."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional identity
ⓘ
undercover police identity ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm |
The Fast and the Furious
ⓘ
linked to:
The Fast and the Furious (2001 film)
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| appearsInFranchise | Fast & Furious ⓘ |
| cityOfFictionalSetting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| coverStoryAffiliation | street racing community ⓘ |
| coverStoryOccupation |
aftermarket parts buyer
ⓘ
street racer ⓘ |
| coverStoryResidence | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| coverStoryVehicle |
Mitsubishi Eclipse
ⓘ
Toyota Supra (later) ⓘ
linked to:
Toyota Supra A90
|
| employerUnderCover |
FBI (later association via Brian O'Conner)
ⓘ
Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Fast and the Furious (2001 film)
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| franchise | Fast & Furious ⓘ |
| genre |
action
ⓘ
street racing ⓘ |
| hasAliasUser | Brian O'Conner ⓘ |
| hasFictionalBackgroundDetail |
claims to be from Arizona (in cover story)
ⓘ
claims to have prior driving experience ⓘ |
| hasFictionalLegalStatus | licensed driver ⓘ |
| hasFictionalRecord | clean driving record (cover story) ⓘ |
| identityStatus | temporary ⓘ |
| identityType | false identity ⓘ |
| investigates |
Dominic Toretto
ⓘ
Toretto crew ⓘ
linked to:
Dominic Toretto's crew
|
| isAliasOf | Brian O'Conner ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | to allow Brian O'Conner to infiltrate the street racing scene ⓘ |
| occupationUnderCover | police officer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Paul Walker (as Brian O'Conner using this identity)
ⓘ
linked to:
Brian O'Conner
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| primaryPurpose | covert investigation of hijacking ring ⓘ |
| realOccupationOfUser |
LAPD officer
ⓘ
undercover cop ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Fast & Furious (film series)
ⓘ
linked to:
Fast & Furious
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| universe |
Fast & Furious universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Fast & Furious
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| usedBy | Brian O'Conner ⓘ |
| usedByAgency | LAPD undercover unit ⓘ |
| usedInGenre | undercover cop narrative ⓘ |
| usedInOperation |
infiltration of Dominic Toretto's crew
ⓘ
investigation of truck hijackings ⓘ |
| usedInTimePeriod | early 2000s (within story timeline) ⓘ |
| usedToGainTrustOf |
Dominic Toretto
ⓘ
Mia Toretto ⓘ Toretto crew members ⓘ |
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: Brian Earl Spilner Description of subject: Brian Earl Spilner is the undercover police identity used by Brian O'Conner, a central character in the Fast & Furious film franchise.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.