Roy L. "Rocky" Dennis
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Roy L. "Rocky" Dennis was an American teenager with a rare cranial disorder whose life story of resilience and close bond with his mother inspired the film "Mask."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roy L. "Rocky" Dennis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11170085 — 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: Roy L. "Rocky" Dennis Context triple: [Mask, portraysRealPerson, Roy L. "Rocky" Dennis]
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A.
Dennis Scott
Dennis Scott is a former American professional basketball player best known as a prolific three-point shooter in the NBA, particularly with the Orlando Magic in the 1990s.
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B.
Pete Cochran
Pete Cochran is a troubled rich-kid-turned-undercover-cop who serves as one of the three young protagonists in the late-1960s crime drama series "The Mod Squad."
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C.
Dennis McAuliffe
Dennis McAuliffe is a journalist and author known for his work on Native American issues and his book investigating the mysterious death of his Osage grandmother.
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D.
Dennis Elliott
Dennis Elliott is a British musician best known as the original drummer for the rock band Foreigner.
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E.
Ray Cusick
Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
- 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: Roy L. "Rocky" Dennis Target entity description: Roy L. "Rocky" Dennis was an American teenager with a rare cranial disorder whose life story of resilience and close bond with his mother inspired the film "Mask."
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A.
Dennis Scott
Dennis Scott is a former American professional basketball player best known as a prolific three-point shooter in the NBA, particularly with the Orlando Magic in the 1990s.
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B.
Pete Cochran
Pete Cochran is a troubled rich-kid-turned-undercover-cop who serves as one of the three young protagonists in the late-1960s crime drama series "The Mod Squad."
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C.
Dennis McAuliffe
Dennis McAuliffe is a journalist and author known for his work on Native American issues and his book investigating the mysterious death of his Osage grandmother.
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D.
Dennis Elliott
Dennis Elliott is a British musician best known as the original drummer for the rock band Foreigner.
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E.
Ray Cusick
Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American teenager
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human ⓘ person with disability ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 16 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | biker community friends of his mother ⓘ |
| attended | Sandburg Junior High School, Glendora, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Rowland Heights, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications of craniodiaphyseal dysplasia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1961-12-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1978-10-04 ⓘ |
| educationLevel | junior high school student ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicity | White American ⓘ |
| father | Roy Dennis Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasThemeInBiographicalWorks |
challenging social stigma
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mother–son relationship ⓘ resilience in the face of disability ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | Mask (1985 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | being subject of the film "Mask" ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legacy |
inspired discussions about inclusion of people with facial differences
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raised public awareness of rare cranial disorders ⓘ |
| mediaRepresentation | subject of magazine and newspaper articles following release of "Mask" ⓘ |
| medicalCondition | craniodiaphyseal dysplasia ⓘ |
| mother | Florence "Rusty" Dennis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Roy L. Dennis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Rocky Dennis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
optimistic outlook despite medical prognosis
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severe craniofacial deformity ⓘ strong bond with his mother ⓘ |
| notableFor | living significantly longer than doctors initially predicted ⓘ |
| occupation | student ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Glendora, California, United States
NERFINISHED
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Los Angeles County, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Citrus Valley Medical Center – Queen of the Valley Campus, West Covina, California, United States
NERFINISHED
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West Covina, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedInFictionBy | Eric Stoltz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prognosisAtChildhood | doctors predicted he would not live past early childhood ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
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Covina, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Joshua Dennis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Roy L. "Rocky" Dennis Description of subject: Roy L. "Rocky" Dennis was an American teenager with a rare cranial disorder whose life story of resilience and close bond with his mother inspired the film "Mask."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.