Lamont Cranston
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Lamont Cranston is the alter ego of the pulp-era crime-fighting vigilante known as The Shadow, a mysterious figure who battles criminals using stealth, disguise, and psychic abilities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lamont Cranston canonical | 2 |
| Lamont Cranston (pulp character) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14013614 — 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: Lamont Cranston Context triple: [The Shadow, hasMainCharacter, Lamont Cranston]
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A.
Jack Weston
Jack Weston was an American character actor known for his comic and dramatic roles in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1980s.
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B.
Archie Goodwin
Archie Goodwin is the witty, street-smart assistant and narrator who serves as the legman for armchair detective Nero Wolfe in Rex Stout’s mystery stories.
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C.
Archie Goodwin
Archie Goodwin was an influential American comic book writer, editor, and longtime Marvel and DC contributor renowned for his storytelling and editorial leadership in the industry.
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D.
Guy Haines
Guy Haines is the ambitious tennis player and central protagonist of Patricia Highsmith’s psychological thriller "Strangers on a Train," whose fateful encounter with a stranger leads to a deadly murder pact.
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E.
Jack Crawford
Jack Crawford is a seasoned FBI agent and head of the Behavioral Science Unit who mentors Clarice Starling in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and their film adaptations.
- 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: Lamont Cranston Target entity description: Lamont Cranston is the alter ego of the pulp-era crime-fighting vigilante known as The Shadow, a mysterious figure who battles criminals using stealth, disguise, and psychic abilities.
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A.
Jack Weston
Jack Weston was an American character actor known for his comic and dramatic roles in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1980s.
-
B.
Archie Goodwin
Archie Goodwin is the witty, street-smart assistant and narrator who serves as the legman for armchair detective Nero Wolfe in Rex Stout’s mystery stories.
-
C.
Archie Goodwin
Archie Goodwin was an influential American comic book writer, editor, and longtime Marvel and DC contributor renowned for his storytelling and editorial leadership in the industry.
-
D.
Guy Haines
Guy Haines is the ambitious tennis player and central protagonist of Patricia Highsmith’s psychological thriller "Strangers on a Train," whose fateful encounter with a stranger leads to a deadly murder pact.
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E.
Jack Crawford
Jack Crawford is a seasoned FBI agent and head of the Behavioral Science Unit who mentors Clarice Starling in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and their film adaptations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Lamont Cranston in The Shadow (radio series)
linked to: Lamont Cranston
subject linked to:
The Shadow