Henry Jones Sr.
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Henry Jones Sr. is a scholarly, eccentric Scottish-born professor of medieval literature and expert on the Holy Grail, best known as Indiana Jones’s strict yet endearing father in the Indiana Jones franchise.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henry Jones Sr. canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5317827 — 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: Henry Jones Sr. Context triple: [The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, featuresCharacter, Henry Jones Sr.]
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A.
Henry Jones
Henry Jones was an American character actor known for his distinctive supporting roles in film, television, and theater throughout the mid-20th century.
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B.
C. K. Dexter-Haven
C. K. Dexter-Haven is the charming, witty ex-husband of socialite Tracy Lord in the musical film "High Society," famously portrayed by Bing Crosby.
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C.
Walter Finch
Walter Finch is the elusive and morally ambiguous antagonist in the psychological thriller film "Insomnia" (2002), portrayed by Robin Williams.
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D.
Frank Campion
Frank Campion is a Canadian municipal politician who serves as the mayor of Welland, Ontario.
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E.
Mr. Tappitt
Mr. Tappitt is a fictional character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Rachel Ray," serving as one of the townspeople involved in the social and romantic intrigues of the story.
- 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: Henry Jones Sr. Target entity description: Henry Jones Sr. is a scholarly, eccentric Scottish-born professor of medieval literature and expert on the Holy Grail, best known as Indiana Jones’s strict yet endearing father in the Indiana Jones franchise.
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A.
Henry Jones
Henry Jones was an American character actor known for his distinctive supporting roles in film, television, and theater throughout the mid-20th century.
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B.
C. K. Dexter-Haven
C. K. Dexter-Haven is the charming, witty ex-husband of socialite Tracy Lord in the musical film "High Society," famously portrayed by Bing Crosby.
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C.
Walter Finch
Walter Finch is the elusive and morally ambiguous antagonist in the psychological thriller film "Insomnia" (2002), portrayed by Robin Williams.
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D.
Frank Campion
Frank Campion is a Canadian municipal politician who serves as the mayor of Welland, Ontario.
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E.
Mr. Tappitt
Mr. Tappitt is a fictional character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Rachel Ray," serving as one of the townspeople involved in the social and romantic intrigues of the story.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holy Grail scholar
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ professor of medieval literature ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures NERFINISHED ⓘ The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | traditional image of the absent-minded professor ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Nazis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catchphrase | “Junior” as nickname for Indiana Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
absent-minded
ⓘ
eccentric ⓘ emotionally reserved ⓘ scholarly ⓘ strict ⓘ |
| createdBy | George Lucas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdFor | Indiana Jones franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | highly educated in medieval studies ⓘ |
| expertise |
Christian mythology
ⓘ
medieval history ⓘ |
| familyName | Jones ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Indiana Jones universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Holy Grail
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
medieval literature ⓘ |
| fullName | Professor Henry Walton Jones, Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal | discover the Holy Grail ⓘ |
| healedBy | Holy Grail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| injuredBy | gunshot wound from Donovan ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableWork | Grail diary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Henry Walton Jones, Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indiana Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Sean Connery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipWith | strained but loving relationship with Indiana Jones ⓘ |
| religiousBelief | Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rescuedBy | Indiana Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Anna Mary Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teachesAt | university (unspecified in films) ⓘ |
| usesObject | Grail diary ⓘ |
| voicedBy |
Lloyd Bochner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tom Kane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Henry Jones Sr. Description of subject: Henry Jones Sr. is a scholarly, eccentric Scottish-born professor of medieval literature and expert on the Holy Grail, best known as Indiana Jones’s strict yet endearing father in the Indiana Jones franchise.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.