Rusty Regan
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Rusty Regan is a missing ex-bootlegger and the enigmatic former husband of Vivian Sternwood whose disappearance drives much of the mystery in Raymond Chandler’s novel "The Big Sleep."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rusty Regan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17101162 — 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: Rusty Regan Context triple: [The Big Sleep, featuresCharacter, Rusty Regan]
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A.
Rusty Egan
Rusty Egan is a British musician, DJ, and producer best known for helping pioneer the New Romantic club scene in late 1970s and early 1980s London.
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B.
Pat Sweeney
Pat Sweeney is a name shared by several notable individuals, including politicians and public figures in the United States and Ireland.
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C.
Rusty Anderson
Rusty Anderson is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a longtime lead guitarist for Paul McCartney’s touring and recording band.
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D.
Ronnie O’Malley
Ronnie O’Malley is a relative of George O’Malley, a character from the television series "Grey’s Anatomy."
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E.
Rusty Baillie
Rusty Baillie is a pioneering British rock climber and mountaineer known for making historic first ascents in the UK during the mid-20th century.
- 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: Rusty Regan Target entity description: Rusty Regan is a missing ex-bootlegger and the enigmatic former husband of Vivian Sternwood whose disappearance drives much of the mystery in Raymond Chandler’s novel "The Big Sleep."
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A.
Rusty Egan
Rusty Egan is a British musician, DJ, and producer best known for helping pioneer the New Romantic club scene in late 1970s and early 1980s London.
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B.
Pat Sweeney
Pat Sweeney is a name shared by several notable individuals, including politicians and public figures in the United States and Ireland.
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C.
Rusty Anderson
Rusty Anderson is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a longtime lead guitarist for Paul McCartney’s touring and recording band.
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D.
Ronnie O’Malley
Ronnie O’Malley is a relative of George O’Malley, a character from the television series "Grey’s Anatomy."
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E.
Rusty Baillie
Rusty Baillie is a pioneering British rock climber and mountaineer known for making historic first ascents in the UK during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.