David Sutton in Turner & Hooch
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David Sutton in Turner & Hooch is the amiable, by-the-book police chief who serves as a supportive authority figure and occasional comic foil to Tom Hanks’s character in the 1989 buddy-cop comedy film.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Sutton in Turner & Hooch canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14808467 — 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: David Sutton in Turner & Hooch Context triple: [Reginald VelJohnson, notableCharacterIn, David Sutton in Turner & Hooch]
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A.
Jack Turner
Jack Turner is the protagonist of Alan Garner's novel "Thursbitch," a packman whose life and mysterious death in an isolated English valley intertwine with themes of landscape, memory, and ritual.
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B.
Dennis Spooner
Dennis Spooner was a British television writer and script editor best known for his influential work on early Doctor Who and other popular 1960s adventure and spy series.
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C.
Sylvester Potts
Sylvester Potts was an American singer best known as a key member of the Motown vocal group The Contours.
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D.
Hugh Sanders
Hugh Sanders was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Charlie Haggers
Charlie Haggers is a recurring character on the satirical 1970s television soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," known for his involvement in the show's darkly comedic small-town dramas.
- 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: David Sutton in Turner & Hooch Target entity description: David Sutton in Turner & Hooch is the amiable, by-the-book police chief who serves as a supportive authority figure and occasional comic foil to Tom Hanks’s character in the 1989 buddy-cop comedy film.
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A.
Jack Turner
Jack Turner is the protagonist of Alan Garner's novel "Thursbitch," a packman whose life and mysterious death in an isolated English valley intertwine with themes of landscape, memory, and ritual.
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B.
Dennis Spooner
Dennis Spooner was a British television writer and script editor best known for his influential work on early Doctor Who and other popular 1960s adventure and spy series.
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C.
Sylvester Potts
Sylvester Potts was an American singer best known as a key member of the Motown vocal group The Contours.
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D.
Hugh Sanders
Hugh Sanders was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Charlie Haggers
Charlie Haggers is a recurring character on the satirical 1970s television soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," known for his involvement in the show's darkly comedic small-town dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.