Charley Anderson
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Charley Anderson is a central fictional figure in John Dos Passos’s U.S.A. trilogy, representing the restless, ambitious American everyman shaped by early 20th-century industrialization and war.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charley Anderson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14802692 — 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: Charley Anderson Context triple: [The 42nd Parallel, hasCharacter, Charley Anderson]
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A.
Charley Malloy
Charley Malloy is a pivotal supporting character in the classic film "On the Waterfront," known as the conflicted brother of protagonist Terry Malloy who is entangled in corrupt union dealings.
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B.
Charley Butts
Charley Butts is a fictional inmate character in the film "Escape from Alcatraz," depicted as an associate of Frank Morris in the prison escape plot.
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C.
Charley Eckman
Charley Eckman was an American basketball referee-turned-coach best known for leading the Fort Wayne Pistons in the 1950s and later working as a colorful sports broadcaster.
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D.
Charley Waite
Charley Waite is the stoic, principled former gunslinger and cattleman portrayed by Kevin Costner in the Western film "Open Range."
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E.
Charley Partanna
Charley Partanna is a loyal but dim-witted hitman for a powerful New York crime family in the darkly comic crime film "Prizzi's Honor."
- 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: Charley Anderson Target entity description: Charley Anderson is a central fictional figure in John Dos Passos’s U.S.A. trilogy, representing the restless, ambitious American everyman shaped by early 20th-century industrialization and war.
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A.
Charley Malloy
Charley Malloy is a pivotal supporting character in the classic film "On the Waterfront," known as the conflicted brother of protagonist Terry Malloy who is entangled in corrupt union dealings.
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B.
Charley Butts
Charley Butts is a fictional inmate character in the film "Escape from Alcatraz," depicted as an associate of Frank Morris in the prison escape plot.
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C.
Charley Eckman
Charley Eckman was an American basketball referee-turned-coach best known for leading the Fort Wayne Pistons in the 1950s and later working as a colorful sports broadcaster.
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D.
Charley Waite
Charley Waite is the stoic, principled former gunslinger and cattleman portrayed by Kevin Costner in the Western film "Open Range."
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E.
Charley Partanna
Charley Partanna is a loyal but dim-witted hitman for a powerful New York crime family in the darkly comic crime film "Prizzi's Honor."
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.