John Joel Glanton
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John Joel Glanton was a historical American soldier and scalp hunter whose violent exploits on the U.S.–Mexico border were famously fictionalized in Cormac McCarthy’s novel "Blood Meridian."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Joel Glanton canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12942350 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Joel Glanton Context triple: [Blood Meridian, notableCharacter, John Joel Glanton]
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A.
Frank McLaury
Frank McLaury was an outlaw cowboy and member of the Cowboys gang in Tombstone, Arizona, who was famously killed during the legendary 1881 gunfight involving the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday.
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B.
Jack S. Josey
Jack S. Josey was a prominent benefactor and supporter of scientific research, honored through the establishment of the Welch Foundation Chair in Science bearing his name.
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C.
Tom McLaury
Tom McLaury was an outlaw cowboy of the Old West and a member of the loosely organized Cochise County Cowboys, best known for being killed in the infamous 1881 gunfight in Tombstone, Arizona.
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D.
Reuben Kincaid
Reuben Kincaid is the harried yet loyal music manager of the fictional Partridge family band in the classic 1970s TV sitcom "The Partridge Family."
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E.
Gilmor Brown
Gilmor Brown was an American theater director and producer best known as the visionary founder and longtime guiding force of the Pasadena Playhouse.
- 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: John Joel Glanton Target entity description: John Joel Glanton was a historical American soldier and scalp hunter whose violent exploits on the U.S.–Mexico border were famously fictionalized in Cormac McCarthy’s novel "Blood Meridian."
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A.
Frank McLaury
Frank McLaury was an outlaw cowboy and member of the Cowboys gang in Tombstone, Arizona, who was famously killed during the legendary 1881 gunfight involving the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday.
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B.
Jack S. Josey
Jack S. Josey was a prominent benefactor and supporter of scientific research, honored through the establishment of the Welch Foundation Chair in Science bearing his name.
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C.
Tom McLaury
Tom McLaury was an outlaw cowboy of the Old West and a member of the loosely organized Cochise County Cowboys, best known for being killed in the infamous 1881 gunfight in Tombstone, Arizona.
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D.
Reuben Kincaid
Reuben Kincaid is the harried yet loyal music manager of the fictional Partridge family band in the classic 1970s TV sitcom "The Partridge Family."
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E.
Gilmor Brown
Gilmor Brown was an American theater director and producer best known as the visionary founder and longtime guiding force of the Pasadena Playhouse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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outlaw ⓘ scalp hunter ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| activity |
raiding Apache and other Indigenous groups for scalps
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raiding Mexican settlements for scalps and plunder ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Apache Wars
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Glanton gang ⓘ U.S.–Mexico borderlands ⓘ
linked to:
U.S.–Mexico borderlands region
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| causeOfDeath | killed in violent conflict ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employedBy |
Republic of Mexico
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linked to:
Centralist Republic of Mexico
State of Chihuahua ⓘ State of Sonora ⓘ
linked to:
Estado de Sonora
|
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| fictionalization | depicted with mythic and symbolic elements in "Blood Meridian" ⓘ |
| genreOfNotability | American Old West history ⓘ |
| hasReputation | notorious figure in U.S.–Mexico border history ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| influencedWork | Western literature ⓘ |
| inspired | the character Glanton in "Blood Meridian" ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Glanton gang’s operations along the lower Colorado River
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conflict with Yuma (Quechan) people at the Colorado River ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a historical basis for characters in Cormac McCarthy’s novel "Blood Meridian"
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extreme violence and brutality in frontier warfare ⓘ leading a scalp-hunting gang on the U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ |
| occupation |
bounty hunter
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mercenary ⓘ scalp hunter ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Colorado River region ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
novel "Blood Meridian"
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linked to:
Blood Meridian
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: John Joel Glanton Description of subject: John Joel Glanton was a historical American soldier and scalp hunter whose violent exploits on the U.S.–Mexico border were famously fictionalized in Cormac McCarthy’s novel "Blood Meridian."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.