John McFarland
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John McFarland is a central student character in Gus Van Sant’s 2003 drama film "Elephant," which portrays an ordinary day at an American high school leading up to a tragic shooting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John McFarland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13434622 — 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: John McFarland Context triple: [Elephant (2003 film), mainCharacter, John McFarland]
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A.
Michael McDowell
Michael McDowell was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his Southern Gothic horror fiction and for writing the screenplay for the film "Beetlejuice."
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B.
Michael Mahoney
Michael Mahoney is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the period crime drama miniseries "The Lizzie Borden Chronicles."
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C.
Brent Metcalf
Brent Metcalf is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler best known for his dominant collegiate career at Iowa, where he became a multiple-time NCAA champion and one of the program’s most celebrated competitors.
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D.
John Ferrell
John Ferrell was a photographer for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, contributing documentary images of American life during the Great Depression and World War II era.
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E.
Sean McKittrick
Sean McKittrick is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed and genre-defining films such as "BlacKkKlansman," "Get Out," and "Donnie Darko."
- 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 McFarland Target entity description: John McFarland is a central student character in Gus Van Sant’s 2003 drama film "Elephant," which portrays an ordinary day at an American high school leading up to a tragic shooting.
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A.
Michael McDowell
Michael McDowell was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his Southern Gothic horror fiction and for writing the screenplay for the film "Beetlejuice."
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B.
Michael Mahoney
Michael Mahoney is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the period crime drama miniseries "The Lizzie Borden Chronicles."
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C.
Brent Metcalf
Brent Metcalf is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler best known for his dominant collegiate career at Iowa, where he became a multiple-time NCAA champion and one of the program’s most celebrated competitors.
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D.
John Ferrell
John Ferrell was a photographer for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, contributing documentary images of American life during the Great Depression and World War II era.
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E.
Sean McKittrick
Sean McKittrick is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed and genre-defining films such as "BlacKkKlansman," "Get Out," and "Donnie Darko."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Elephant (2003 film)