Lieutenant Spangler
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Lieutenant Spangler is a fictional police officer character who appears in Raymond Chandler’s hardboiled detective novel "The Little Sister."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lieutenant Spangler canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17101289 — 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: Lieutenant Spangler Context triple: [The Little Sister, hasCharacter, Lieutenant Spangler]
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Lieutenant Baugh
Lieutenant Baugh was a British officer involved in the 1857 Barrackpore incident, a key early flashpoint in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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Lieutenant Carpenter
Lieutenant Carpenter is a bumbling, sycophantic junior officer and frequent comic foil to Captain Binghamton on the 1960s sitcom "McHale's Navy."
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Lieutenant Hearn
Lieutenant Hearn is a central character in Norman Mailer’s World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead," serving as a thoughtful, conflicted army officer whose clashes with authority explore themes of power and morality in wartime.
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Lieutenant Jerome "Jerry" Bragg
Lieutenant Jerome "Jerry" Bragg is a fictional U.S. Army officer portrayed by Dirk Blocker on the World War II–themed television series Baa Baa Black Sheep (also known as Black Sheep Squadron).
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E.
Lt. Jim Bledsoe
Lt. Jim Bledsoe is a key U.S. Navy submarine officer in the World War II drama "Run Silent, Run Deep," known for his conflict with the commanding captain over tactics and command.
- 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: Lieutenant Spangler Target entity description: Lieutenant Spangler is a fictional police officer character who appears in Raymond Chandler’s hardboiled detective novel "The Little Sister."
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A.
Lieutenant Baugh
Lieutenant Baugh was a British officer involved in the 1857 Barrackpore incident, a key early flashpoint in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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B.
Lieutenant Carpenter
Lieutenant Carpenter is a bumbling, sycophantic junior officer and frequent comic foil to Captain Binghamton on the 1960s sitcom "McHale's Navy."
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C.
Lieutenant Hearn
Lieutenant Hearn is a central character in Norman Mailer’s World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead," serving as a thoughtful, conflicted army officer whose clashes with authority explore themes of power and morality in wartime.
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D.
Lieutenant Jerome "Jerry" Bragg
Lieutenant Jerome "Jerry" Bragg is a fictional U.S. Army officer portrayed by Dirk Blocker on the World War II–themed television series Baa Baa Black Sheep (also known as Black Sheep Squadron).
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E.
Lt. Jim Bledsoe
Lt. Jim Bledsoe is a key U.S. Navy submarine officer in the World War II drama "Run Silent, Run Deep," known for his conflict with the commanding captain over tactics and command.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.