Nathan Arizona in Raising Arizona
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Nathan Arizona in "Raising Arizona" is the brash, fast-talking furniture magnate and father of the kidnapped quintuplet whose abduction drives the film’s offbeat crime-comedy plot.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nathan Arizona Sr. in Raising Arizona | 1 |
| Nathan Arizona in Raising Arizona canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2887457 — 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: Nathan Arizona in Raising Arizona Context triple: [Trey Wilson, playedCharacter, Nathan Arizona in Raising Arizona]
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A.
Kit Carruthers in Badlands
Kit Carruthers in *Badlands* is the charismatic yet disturbingly detached young drifter and spree killer portrayed by Martin Sheen in Terrence Malick’s 1973 crime drama.
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B.
Sundance Kid
Sundance Kid was a notorious American outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch gang in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Rooster Cogburn
Rooster Cogburn was a legendary racing greyhound celebrated for his exceptional speed and success on the track.
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D.
Rooster Cogburn
Rooster Cogburn is a 1975 Western film starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn, serving as a sequel to True Grit and following the grizzled U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn on a new adventure.
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E.
Denny Colt
Denny Colt is the masked vigilante alter ego known as The Spirit, a crime-fighting hero created by cartoonist Will Eisner.
- 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: Nathan Arizona in Raising Arizona Target entity description: Nathan Arizona in "Raising Arizona" is the brash, fast-talking furniture magnate and father of the kidnapped quintuplet whose abduction drives the film’s offbeat crime-comedy plot.
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A.
Kit Carruthers in Badlands
Kit Carruthers in *Badlands* is the charismatic yet disturbingly detached young drifter and spree killer portrayed by Martin Sheen in Terrence Malick’s 1973 crime drama.
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B.
Sundance Kid
Sundance Kid was a notorious American outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch gang in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Rooster Cogburn
Rooster Cogburn was a legendary racing greyhound celebrated for his exceptional speed and success on the track.
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D.
Rooster Cogburn
Rooster Cogburn is a 1975 Western film starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn, serving as a sequel to True Grit and following the grizzled U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn on a new adventure.
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E.
Denny Colt
Denny Colt is the masked vigilante alter ego known as The Spirit, a crime-fighting hero created by cartoonist Will Eisner.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| alias | Nathan Huffheins ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Raising Arizona ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | American comedy film ⓘ |
| businessType | furniture store chain ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
brash
ⓘ
fast-talking ⓘ tough-talking ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Ethan Coen
ⓘ
Joel Coen ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| genreContext | crime comedy ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Arizona quintuplets
ⓘ
Nathan Junior ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableQuote |
If a frog had wings, he wouldn’t bump his ass a-hoppin’.
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Son, you got a panty on your head. ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
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furniture magnate ⓘ |
| owns | Unpainted Arizona ⓘ |
| plotFunction | catalyst for kidnapping investigation ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Trey Wilson ⓘ |
| residence | Arizona ⓘ |
| roleInPlot |
father of kidnapped baby
ⓘ
victim of kidnapping scheme ⓘ |
| spouse |
Florence, Arizona
ⓘ
surface form:
Florence Arizona
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nathan Arizona in Raising Arizona Description of subject: Nathan Arizona in "Raising Arizona" is the brash, fast-talking furniture magnate and father of the kidnapped quintuplet whose abduction drives the film’s offbeat crime-comedy plot.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nathan Arizona Sr. in Raising Arizona