Mr. Corcoran
E951682
Mr. Corcoran is a central character in the 1972 romantic comedy film "The Heartbreak Kid," serving as the protective and skeptical father of the woman the protagonist pursues.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mr. Corcoran canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11857885 — 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: Mr. Corcoran Context triple: [The Heartbreak Kid (1972 film), leadCharacter, Mr. Corcoran]
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A.
Mr. Curran
Mr. Curran is the father of Jenny Curran, a character in the novel and film "Forrest Gump."
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B.
Mr. Phelan
Mr. Phelan is a fictional Mississippi businessman and the traditional, conservative husband of Charlotte Phelan in Kathryn Stockett’s novel and its film adaptation, "The Help."
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C.
Ambrose O’Brien
Ambrose O’Brien was a Canadian sports executive and entrepreneur best known for helping to establish professional ice hockey leagues that were precursors to the modern NHL.
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D.
James Corrigan
James Corrigan was an early 20th-century American film actor known for his roles in silent-era dramas.
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E.
Patrick O'Rorke
Patrick O'Rorke was an Irish-born Union Army officer and colonel of the 140th New York Infantry who was killed in action during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
- 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: Mr. Corcoran Target entity description: Mr. Corcoran is a central character in the 1972 romantic comedy film "The Heartbreak Kid," serving as the protective and skeptical father of the woman the protagonist pursues.
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A.
Mr. Curran
Mr. Curran is the father of Jenny Curran, a character in the novel and film "Forrest Gump."
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B.
Mr. Phelan
Mr. Phelan is a fictional Mississippi businessman and the traditional, conservative husband of Charlotte Phelan in Kathryn Stockett’s novel and its film adaptation, "The Help."
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C.
Ambrose O’Brien
Ambrose O’Brien was a Canadian sports executive and entrepreneur best known for helping to establish professional ice hockey leagues that were precursors to the modern NHL.
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D.
James Corrigan
James Corrigan was an early 20th-century American film actor known for his roles in silent-era dramas.
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E.
Patrick O'Rorke
Patrick O'Rorke was an Irish-born Union Army officer and colonel of the 140th New York Infantry who was killed in action during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
1972 film The Heartbreak Kid
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The Heartbreak Kid ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Minnesota
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| basedInWorkYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdFor |
The Heartbreak Kid (1972 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
1972 film The Heartbreak Kid
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| fictionalUniverse |
The Heartbreak Kid (1972 film universe)
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linked to:
1972 film The Heartbreak Kid
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| filmReleaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacterArcElement |
evaluation of the protagonist’s suitability
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growing suspicion of the protagonist ⓘ |
| hasFamilyRole | father ⓘ |
| hasFirstAppearance |
The Heartbreak Kid (1972 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
1972 film The Heartbreak Kid
|
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasLastAppearance |
The Heartbreak Kid (1972 film)
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linked to:
1972 film The Heartbreak Kid
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| hasMaritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
pragmatic
ⓘ
protective ⓘ suspicious ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Kelly Corcoran ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
represents parental authority
ⓘ
tests the protagonist’s intentions ⓘ |
| notableAwardAssociation | portrayal by Eddie Albert nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ |
| notableFor |
protective attitude toward his daughter
ⓘ
skepticism toward the protagonist ⓘ |
| occupation | businessman ⓘ |
| partOf | The Heartbreak Kid (1972 film) cast of characters ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Eddie Albert ⓘ |
| relationshipTo | father of Kelly Corcoran ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
obstacle to protagonist
ⓘ
protective father ⓘ skeptical father ⓘ |
| spouse | Mrs. Corcoran ⓘ |
| workDirector | Elaine May ⓘ |
| workWriter | Neil Simon ⓘ |
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: Mr. Corcoran Description of subject: Mr. Corcoran is a central character in the 1972 romantic comedy film "The Heartbreak Kid," serving as the protective and skeptical father of the woman the protagonist pursues.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Heartbreak Kid