Avery Tolar
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Avery Tolar is a senior partner at the prestigious but corrupt law firm in John Grisham’s legal thriller "The Firm," portrayed as a mentor figure who becomes entangled in the firm’s criminal activities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Avery Tolar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10210705 — 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: Avery Tolar Context triple: [The Firm, mainCharacter, Avery Tolar]
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A.
Aubrey Powell
Aubrey Powell is a British graphic designer and co-founder of the design studio Hipgnosis, renowned for creating iconic album covers for major rock bands in the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Rory Dames
Rory Dames is an American soccer coach best known for his long tenure leading the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League and for later being the subject of multiple abuse and misconduct allegations.
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C.
Carter Mulavey
Carter Mulavey is an actor known for appearing in the film "Where Is Everybody?".
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D.
Morgan Saylor
Morgan Saylor is an American actress best known for her role as Dana Brody on the television series "Homeland" and for appearances in films such as "McFarland, USA."
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E.
Reilly Marie Anspaugh
Reilly Marie Anspaugh is the daughter of Irish actress and producer Roma Downey and her former husband, director David Anspaugh.
- 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: Avery Tolar Target entity description: Avery Tolar is a senior partner at the prestigious but corrupt law firm in John Grisham’s legal thriller "The Firm," portrayed as a mentor figure who becomes entangled in the firm’s criminal activities.
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A.
Aubrey Powell
Aubrey Powell is a British graphic designer and co-founder of the design studio Hipgnosis, renowned for creating iconic album covers for major rock bands in the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Rory Dames
Rory Dames is an American soccer coach best known for his long tenure leading the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League and for later being the subject of multiple abuse and misconduct allegations.
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C.
Carter Mulavey
Carter Mulavey is an actor known for appearing in the film "Where Is Everybody?".
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D.
Morgan Saylor
Morgan Saylor is an American actress best known for her role as Dana Brody on the television series "Homeland" and for appearances in films such as "McFarland, USA."
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E.
Reilly Marie Anspaugh
Reilly Marie Anspaugh is the daughter of Irish actress and producer Roma Downey and her former husband, director David Anspaugh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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lawyer ⓘ senior partner ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Firm
NERFINISHED
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The Firm (1993 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Firm (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bendini, Lambert & Locke law firm
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mitch McDeere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
charismatic
ⓘ
morally compromised ⓘ |
| creator | John Grisham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Bendini, Lambert & Locke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Firm (1991 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | legal thriller ⓘ |
| involvedIn | criminal activities of Bendini, Lambert & Locke ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
acting as a mentor figure who is complicit in corruption
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being a senior partner in a corrupt law firm ⓘ |
| occupation |
attorney
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senior partner at Bendini, Lambert & Locke ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Gene Hackman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork | mentor to Mitch McDeere ⓘ |
| setting | Memphis, Tennessee (fictional setting of The Firm) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Avery Tolar Description of subject: Avery Tolar is a senior partner at the prestigious but corrupt law firm in John Grisham’s legal thriller "The Firm," portrayed as a mentor figure who becomes entangled in the firm’s criminal activities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.