Jack Torrance
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Jack Torrance is the troubled writer and caretaker whose descent into madness drives the horror in Stephen King’s novel and Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of The Shining.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jack Torrance canonical | 18 |
| Jack Torrance (novel character) | 2 |
| Jack Torrance in The Shining | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1065538 — 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: Jack Torrance Context triple: [The Shining, hasMainCharacter, Jack Torrance]
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A.
Will Byers
Will Byers is a central character in the sci-fi horror series "Stranger Things," known for his mysterious disappearance into the Upside Down and its lasting supernatural effects on him and his friends.
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B.
Elias Loomis
Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.
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C.
Jack Ramsay
Jack Ramsay was a Hall of Fame NBA head coach best known for leading the Portland Trail Blazers to their 1977 championship and for his long, influential career in professional basketball.
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D.
Silas Laurence Loomis
Silas Laurence Loomis was a 19th-century American physician, inventor, and educator known for his contributions to medical science and technological innovation.
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E.
Nils Helstrom
Nils Helstrom is a scheming, villainous sea captain character from the 1933 adventure-fantasy film "Son of Kong."
- 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: Jack Torrance Target entity description: Jack Torrance is the troubled writer and caretaker whose descent into madness drives the horror in Stephen King’s novel and Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of The Shining.
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A.
Will Byers
Will Byers is a central character in the sci-fi horror series "Stranger Things," known for his mysterious disappearance into the Upside Down and its lasting supernatural effects on him and his friends.
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B.
Elias Loomis
Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.
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C.
Jack Ramsay
Jack Ramsay was a Hall of Fame NBA head coach best known for leading the Portland Trail Blazers to their 1977 championship and for his long, influential career in professional basketball.
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D.
Silas Laurence Loomis
Silas Laurence Loomis was a 19th-century American physician, inventor, and educator known for his contributions to medical science and technological innovation.
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E.
Nils Helstrom
Nils Helstrom is a scheming, villainous sea captain character from the 1933 adventure-fantasy film "Son of Kong."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
Jack Torrance
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Jack Torrance (novel character)
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| adaptedIn |
Doctor Sleep
ⓘ
surface form:
Doctor Sleep (2019 film, flashbacks/visions)
The Shining (1997 miniseries) ⓘ |
| antagonistRole | primary antagonist of The Shining ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Shining (1980 film)
ⓘ
The Shining ⓘ
surface form:
The Shining (novel)
|
| associatedQuote | Here’s Johnny! ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Jack Torrance
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Jack Torrance (novel character)
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| causeOfDownfall |
relapse into alcoholism
ⓘ
supernatural influence of the Overlook Hotel ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
alcoholism
ⓘ
frustrated ambition ⓘ mental instability ⓘ violent temper ⓘ |
| child | Danny Torrance ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Danny Torrance
ⓘ
Wendy Torrance ⓘ |
| creator | Stephen King ⓘ |
| death |
dies in boiler explosion at the Overlook Hotel (novel)
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freezes to death in the hedge maze (1980 film) ⓘ |
| employer |
Overlook Hotel site
ⓘ
surface form:
Overlook Hotel
|
| familyName | Torrance ⓘ |
| famousScene |
The Shining (1980 film)
ⓘ
surface form:
bathroom door attack in The Shining (1980 film)
|
| fictionalUniverse |
The Shining franchise
ⓘ
surface form:
The Shining universe
|
| firstAppearance |
The Shining
ⓘ
surface form:
The Shining (1977 novel)
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | horror ⓘ |
| givenName | Jack ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | horror fiction ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork | caretaking the Overlook Hotel ⓘ |
| occupation |
caretaker
ⓘ
schoolteacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Jack Nicholson
ⓘ
Steven Weber ⓘ |
| residence |
Boulder, Colorado
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surface form:
Boulder, Colorado (before Overlook job)
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| settingOfActivity |
Overlook Hotel site
ⓘ
surface form:
Overlook Hotel
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| spouse | Wendy Torrance ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
addiction
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domestic violence ⓘ isolation ⓘ madness ⓘ |
| weaponUsed |
axe (1980 film)
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roque mallet (novel) ⓘ |
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: Jack Torrance Description of subject: Jack Torrance is the troubled writer and caretaker whose descent into madness drives the horror in Stephen King’s novel and Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of The Shining.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jack Torrance (novel character)
this entity surface form:
Jack Torrance (novel character)
subject surface form:
"Here’s Johnny!" scene
subject surface form:
"Here’s Johnny!"
subject surface form:
"Here’s Johnny!"
this entity surface form:
Jack Torrance in The Shining