Donnie Darko (character)
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Donnie Darko (character) is a troubled, introspective teenager who experiences disturbing visions and time-bending events in the psychological sci-fi film "Donnie Darko."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Donnie Darko (character) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13481157 — 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: Donnie Darko (character) Context triple: [Donnie Darko, hasMainCharacter, Donnie Darko (character)]
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A.
David Dunn
David Dunn is the reluctant, superhumanly resilient security guard who discovers his extraordinary abilities in M. Night Shyamalan’s superhero thriller "Unbreakable."
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B.
Travis Bickle
Travis Bickle is the mentally unstable, alienated Vietnam War veteran who becomes a vigilante in Martin Scorsese’s film "Taxi Driver."
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C.
Sinister Dexter
Sinister Dexter is a long-running 2000 AD comic strip about two wisecracking hitmen, Finnigan Sinister and Ramone Dexter, operating in a violent, futuristic European city.
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D.
Harry Dunne
Harry Dunne is one of the two dim-witted but well-meaning protagonists in the comedy film "Dumb and Dumber," known for his goofy antics and close friendship with Lloyd Christmas.
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E.
Myles Spiegel
Myles Spiegel is the son of Australian model Miranda Kerr and her husband, Snapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel.
- 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: Donnie Darko (character) Target entity description: Donnie Darko (character) is a troubled, introspective teenager who experiences disturbing visions and time-bending events in the psychological sci-fi film "Donnie Darko."
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A.
David Dunn
David Dunn is the reluctant, superhumanly resilient security guard who discovers his extraordinary abilities in M. Night Shyamalan’s superhero thriller "Unbreakable."
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B.
Travis Bickle
Travis Bickle is the mentally unstable, alienated Vietnam War veteran who becomes a vigilante in Martin Scorsese’s film "Taxi Driver."
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C.
Sinister Dexter
Sinister Dexter is a long-running 2000 AD comic strip about two wisecracking hitmen, Finnigan Sinister and Ramone Dexter, operating in a violent, futuristic European city.
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D.
Harry Dunne
Harry Dunne is one of the two dim-witted but well-meaning protagonists in the comedy film "Dumb and Dumber," known for his goofy antics and close friendship with Lloyd Christmas.
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E.
Myles Spiegel
Myles Spiegel is the son of Australian model Miranda Kerr and her husband, Snapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| age | 17 ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Donnie Darko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
predestination
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sacrifice ⓘ tangent universe ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| attends | Middlesex High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | jet engine impact (primary timeline) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Richard Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemy |
Jim Cunningham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kitty Farmer NERFINISHED ⓘ Principal Cole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Darko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | film Donnie Darko (2001) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| friend |
Frank Anderson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gretchen Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological thriller
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Donald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| guidedBy | Frank the Bunny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasParent |
Eddie Darko
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rose Darko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Elizabeth Darko
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samantha Darko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVisionOf | Frank the Bunny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inUniverseAuthorInfluence | Roberta Sparrow (Grandma Death) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Gretchen Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentalDisorder |
depression (implied)
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schizophrenia (implied) ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nickname | Donnie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
jet engine crash incident
ⓘ
time loop in tangent universe ⓘ |
| notableWork | destruction of Jim Cunningham’s house ⓘ |
| occupation | high school student ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
emotionally unstable
ⓘ
intelligent ⓘ introspective ⓘ rebellious ⓘ troubled ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jake Gyllenhaal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reads | The Philosophy of Time Travel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Middlesex, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfLife | late 1980s ⓘ |
| usesMedication | antipsychotic drugs ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 2001 ⓘ |
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: Donnie Darko (character) Description of subject: Donnie Darko (character) is a troubled, introspective teenager who experiences disturbing visions and time-bending events in the psychological sci-fi film "Donnie Darko."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.