Sheriff Sam Brodie
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Sheriff Sam Brodie is the central lawman protagonist of the crime thriller "The China Lake Murders," tasked with unraveling a series of mysterious killings in a small desert town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sheriff Sam Brodie canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15063908 — 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: Sheriff Sam Brodie Context triple: [The China Lake Murders, mainCharacter, Sheriff Sam Brodie]
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A.
Sheriff Sam Galt
Sheriff Sam Galt is the principled frontier lawman protagonist of the Western film "The Iron Sheriff."
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B.
Sheriff Talbott
Sheriff Talbott is a minor law-enforcement character in Tennessee Williams’ play *Orpheus Descending*, representing the oppressive social order of the small Southern town.
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C.
Sheriff Gil Corrigan
Sheriff Gil Corrigan is a fictional lawman who appears as a key character in the Western film "A Man Alone."
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D.
Sheriff George Bannerman
Sheriff George Bannerman is a fictional lawman from Stephen King’s novel "The Dead Zone," known for working with psychic Johnny Smith to investigate a series of murders.
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E.
Sheriff Titus Semple
Sheriff Titus Semple is the corrupt, manipulative lawman who serves as the primary antagonist in the drama series "Flamingo Road."
- 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: Sheriff Sam Brodie Target entity description: Sheriff Sam Brodie is the central lawman protagonist of the crime thriller "The China Lake Murders," tasked with unraveling a series of mysterious killings in a small desert town.
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A.
Sheriff Sam Galt
Sheriff Sam Galt is the principled frontier lawman protagonist of the Western film "The Iron Sheriff."
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B.
Sheriff Talbott
Sheriff Talbott is a minor law-enforcement character in Tennessee Williams’ play *Orpheus Descending*, representing the oppressive social order of the small Southern town.
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C.
Sheriff Gil Corrigan
Sheriff Gil Corrigan is a fictional lawman who appears as a key character in the Western film "A Man Alone."
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D.
Sheriff George Bannerman
Sheriff George Bannerman is a fictional lawman from Stephen King’s novel "The Dead Zone," known for working with psychic Johnny Smith to investigate a series of murders.
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E.
Sheriff Titus Semple
Sheriff Titus Semple is the corrupt, manipulative lawman who serves as the primary antagonist in the drama series "Flamingo Road."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.