Detective Ray Hughes in Running Scared
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Detective Ray Hughes in Running Scared is the wisecracking, street-smart Chicago cop portrayed by Gregory Hines in the 1986 buddy action-comedy film.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Detective Ray Hughes in Running Scared canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1231036 — 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: Detective Ray Hughes in Running Scared Context triple: [Gregory Hines, notableRole, Detective Ray Hughes in Running Scared]
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A.
Detective Riley
Detective Riley is a supporting police investigator character in the 2016 psychological thriller film "The Girl on the Train," involved in unraveling the central mystery.
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B.
Inspector Daniel Clay
Inspector Daniel Clay is a fictional police inspector character from the cult 1959 science fiction horror film "Plan 9 from Outer Space."
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C.
Nicolas Cage as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Nicolas Cage as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed is the portrayal of a nerdy yet resourceful FBI chemical weapons expert who becomes an unlikely action hero in the film "The Rock."
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D.
Jack Crawford
Jack Crawford is a seasoned FBI agent and head of the Behavioral Science Unit who mentors Clarice Starling in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and their film adaptations.
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E.
Fred Ward as John Anglin
Fred Ward as John Anglin is the actor’s portrayal of one of the real-life inmate escapees in the 1979 prison drama film "Escape from Alcatraz."
- 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: Detective Ray Hughes in Running Scared Target entity description: Detective Ray Hughes in Running Scared is the wisecracking, street-smart Chicago cop portrayed by Gregory Hines in the 1986 buddy action-comedy film.
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A.
Detective Riley
Detective Riley is a supporting police investigator character in the 2016 psychological thriller film "The Girl on the Train," involved in unraveling the central mystery.
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B.
Inspector Daniel Clay
Inspector Daniel Clay is a fictional police inspector character from the cult 1959 science fiction horror film "Plan 9 from Outer Space."
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C.
Nicolas Cage as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed
Nicolas Cage as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed is the portrayal of a nerdy yet resourceful FBI chemical weapons expert who becomes an unlikely action hero in the film "The Rock."
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D.
Jack Crawford
Jack Crawford is a seasoned FBI agent and head of the Behavioral Science Unit who mentors Clarice Starling in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and their film adaptations.
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E.
Fred Ward as John Anglin
Fred Ward as John Anglin is the actor’s portrayal of one of the real-life inmate escapees in the 1979 prison drama film "Escape from Alcatraz."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Running Scared ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
courageous
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loyal ⓘ sarcastic ⓘ street-smart ⓘ wisecracking ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdFor |
Running Scared
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surface form:
Running Scared (1986 film)
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| employer |
Chicago police
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago Police Department
|
| filmReleaseYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
action comedy film
ⓘ
buddy cop film ⓘ |
| hasFriend | Detective Danny Costanzo ⓘ |
| hasGenreContext |
1980s action film
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buddy cop comedy ⓘ |
| hasOnScreenDynamicWith | Detective Danny Costanzo ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| occupation |
detective
ⓘ
police officer ⓘ |
| partner | Detective Danny Costanzo ⓘ |
| policeRank | detective ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Gregory Hines
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Gregory Hines ⓘ
surface form:
Gregory Oliver Hines
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| settingOfActivities |
City of Chicago
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
|
| workLocation |
City of Chicago
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Detective Ray Hughes in Running Scared Description of subject: Detective Ray Hughes in Running Scared is the wisecracking, street-smart Chicago cop portrayed by Gregory Hines in the 1986 buddy action-comedy film.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.