Sergeant Red O'Neill
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Sergeant Red O'Neill is a tough, wisecracking U.S. Army non-commissioned officer character portrayed by John C. McGinley in the Vietnam War film "Platoon."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sergeant Red O'Neill canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13977401 — 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: Sergeant Red O'Neill Context triple: [John C. McGinley, filmRole, Sergeant Red O'Neill]
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A.
Sergeant Joe Swanson
Sergeant Joe Swanson is a tough, wheelchair-using police officer and Peter Griffin’s close friend on the animated television series "Family Guy."
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B.
Sergeant O’Neil
Sergeant O’Neil is a fictional police officer character depicted in the film "True History of the Kelly Gang," which reimagines the life and legend of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly.
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C.
Lieutenant Joe Clemons
Lieutenant Joe Clemons is the U.S. Army officer portrayed as the central combat leader in the Korean War drama film "Pork Chop Hill."
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D.
Lt. Harry Brubaker
Lt. Harry Brubaker is a U.S. Navy jet pilot and reluctant reservist protagonist in James A. Michener’s Korean War story "The Bridges at Toko-Ri," known for his conflicted sense of duty and sacrifice.
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E.
Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko
Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko is the fast-talking, scheming U.S. Army motor pool sergeant and central comic character from the classic television sitcom "The Phil Silvers Show."
- 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: Sergeant Red O'Neill Target entity description: Sergeant Red O'Neill is a tough, wisecracking U.S. Army non-commissioned officer character portrayed by John C. McGinley in the Vietnam War film "Platoon."
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A.
Sergeant Joe Swanson
Sergeant Joe Swanson is a tough, wheelchair-using police officer and Peter Griffin’s close friend on the animated television series "Family Guy."
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B.
Sergeant O’Neil
Sergeant O’Neil is a fictional police officer character depicted in the film "True History of the Kelly Gang," which reimagines the life and legend of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly.
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C.
Lieutenant Joe Clemons
Lieutenant Joe Clemons is the U.S. Army officer portrayed as the central combat leader in the Korean War drama film "Pork Chop Hill."
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D.
Lt. Harry Brubaker
Lt. Harry Brubaker is a U.S. Navy jet pilot and reluctant reservist protagonist in James A. Michener’s Korean War story "The Bridges at Toko-Ri," known for his conflicted sense of duty and sacrifice.
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E.
Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko
Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko is the fast-talking, scheming U.S. Army motor pool sergeant and central comic character from the classic television sitcom "The Phil Silvers Show."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.