Howard Jones
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Howard Jones is the tough, principled LAPD detective protagonist in the 1990 crime thriller film "The Last of the Finest."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Howard Jones canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11680766 — 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: Howard Jones Context triple: [The Last of the Finest, mainCharacter, Howard Jones]
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A.
Howard Jones
Howard Jones is a British singer, songwriter, and keyboardist best known for his synth-pop hits of the 1980s such as "What Is Love?" and "Things Can Only Get Better."
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B.
Paul Jones
Paul Jones was a film producer best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies, including several Bing Crosby and Bob Hope "Road to..." films.
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C.
Simon Jones
Simon Jones is a British actor best known for playing Arthur Dent in the original radio and television adaptations of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
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D.
Jack Jones
Jack Jones was a prominent British trade union leader and influential figure in the labor movement during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Jack Jones
Jack Jones is an American traditional pop and jazz singer known for his smooth baritone voice and classic interpretations of standards.
- 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: Howard Jones Target entity description: Howard Jones is the tough, principled LAPD detective protagonist in the 1990 crime thriller film "The Last of the Finest."
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A.
Howard Jones
Howard Jones is a British singer, songwriter, and keyboardist best known for his synth-pop hits of the 1980s such as "What Is Love?" and "Things Can Only Get Better."
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B.
Paul Jones
Paul Jones was a film producer best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies, including several Bing Crosby and Bob Hope "Road to..." films.
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C.
Simon Jones
Simon Jones is a British actor best known for playing Arthur Dent in the original radio and television adaptations of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
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D.
Jack Jones
Jack Jones was a prominent British trade union leader and influential figure in the labor movement during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Jack Jones
Jack Jones is an American traditional pop and jazz singer known for his smooth baritone voice and classic interpretations of standards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Last of the Finest ⓘ |
| appearsInYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| basedIn | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
principled
ⓘ
tough ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fictionalUniverse | The Last of the Finest ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Last of the Finest ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | crime thriller ⓘ |
| hasEthicalAlignment |
good
ⓘ
lawful ⓘ |
| isFictional | true ⓘ |
| lawEnforcementAgency | Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| occupation |
LAPD detective
ⓘ
police officer ⓘ |
| portrayedInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| roleIn | The Last of the Finest ⓘ |
| workLocation | Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ |
| workOfFictionType |
crime film
ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1990 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Howard Jones Description of subject: Howard Jones is the tough, principled LAPD detective protagonist in the 1990 crime thriller film "The Last of the Finest."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.