Jonathan E.
E268035
Jonathan E. is the star athlete and rebellious hero of the dystopian science fiction film "Rollerball," who challenges a corporate-controlled future through his defiance in the violent sport.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jonathan E. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2459475 — 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: Jonathan E. Context triple: [Rollerball, mainCharacter, Jonathan E.]
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A.
Jonathan
Jonathan is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin, meaning "Yahweh has given."
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B.
Jonathan Eastman Johnson
Jonathan Eastman Johnson was a 19th-century American painter renowned for his genre scenes and portraits, and is often regarded as a co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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C.
Jared C. Nicholson
Jared C. Nicholson is an American politician and attorney who serves as the mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.
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D.
Eric Alan Edwards
Eric Alan Edwards is an American cinematographer known for his work on a range of feature films, including the comedy "Fist Fight."
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E.
Michael Jenkins
Michael Jenkins is an Australian screenwriter and director known for his work in film and television, including influential Australian dramas.
- 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: Jonathan E. Target entity description: Jonathan E. is the star athlete and rebellious hero of the dystopian science fiction film "Rollerball," who challenges a corporate-controlled future through his defiance in the violent sport.
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A.
Jonathan
Jonathan is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin, meaning "Yahweh has given."
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B.
Jonathan Eastman Johnson
Jonathan Eastman Johnson was a 19th-century American painter renowned for his genre scenes and portraits, and is often regarded as a co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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C.
Jared C. Nicholson
Jared C. Nicholson is an American politician and attorney who serves as the mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.
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D.
Eric Alan Edwards
Eric Alan Edwards is an American cinematographer known for his work on a range of feature films, including the comedy "Fist Fight."
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E.
Michael Jenkins
Michael Jenkins is an Australian screenwriter and director known for his work in film and television, including influential Australian dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Rollerball ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
corporate entertainment culture
ⓘ
violent televised sport ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Energy Corporation
ⓘ
corporate elite ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy |
Norman Jewison
ⓘ
William Harrison ⓘ |
| fightsAgainst | use of sport as social control ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Rollerball
ⓘ
surface form:
Rollerball (1975 film)
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | dystopian science fiction film ⓘ |
| goal |
to continue playing despite corporate pressure
ⓘ
to expose the truth about the corporations ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
courageous
ⓘ
independent-minded ⓘ stubborn ⓘ |
| homeLocation | Houston team (Rollerball) ⓘ |
| influences | public opinion within the film’s world ⓘ |
| inUniverseStatus | most famous Rollerball player ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
symbol of individualism
ⓘ
symbol of resistance to dehumanization ⓘ |
| notableFor |
defiance of corporate authority
ⓘ
rebellion against the system ⓘ |
| occupation | rollerball player ⓘ |
| participatesIn | Rollerball championship games ⓘ |
| partOf |
Rollerball
ⓘ
surface form:
Rollerball franchise
|
| portrayedBy | James Caan ⓘ |
| position | star athlete ⓘ |
| resists | retirement imposed by corporations ⓘ |
| role |
hero
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| setting | corporate-controlled future ⓘ |
| sport |
Rollerball
ⓘ
surface form:
Rollerball (sport)
|
| symbolizes | threat to corporate power structure ⓘ |
| team | Houston ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
free will vs. control
ⓘ
individual vs. system ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1975 ⓘ |
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: Jonathan E. Description of subject: Jonathan E. is the star athlete and rebellious hero of the dystopian science fiction film "Rollerball," who challenges a corporate-controlled future through his defiance in the violent sport.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.