Old Man Marley
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Old Man Marley is the reclusive, misunderstood elderly neighbor in the film "Home Alone" who ultimately becomes an unexpected protector and ally to the young protagonist.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old Man Marley canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17655138 — 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: Old Man Marley Context triple: [Roberts Scott Blossom, playedCharacter, Old Man Marley]
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A.
Reverend Marley
Reverend Marley is a clergyman character in the British period drama series "Lark Rise to Candleford," set in a rural English community in the late 19th century.
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B.
Jacob Marley
Jacob Marley is the deceased former business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge whose ghost appears bound in chains to warn Scrooge to change his miserly ways in Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol."
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C.
Marley
Marley is the surname of the legendary Jamaican reggae musician and cultural icon Bob Marley.
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D.
Marley
Marley is a small settlement within the civil parish of Northbourne in Kent, England.
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E.
Marley
Marley is the lovable but mischievous Labrador Retriever who serves as the central canine character in the memoir and film "Marley & Me."
- 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: Old Man Marley Target entity description: Old Man Marley is the reclusive, misunderstood elderly neighbor in the film "Home Alone" who ultimately becomes an unexpected protector and ally to the young protagonist.
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A.
Reverend Marley
Reverend Marley is a clergyman character in the British period drama series "Lark Rise to Candleford," set in a rural English community in the late 19th century.
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B.
Jacob Marley
Jacob Marley is the deceased former business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge whose ghost appears bound in chains to warn Scrooge to change his miserly ways in Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol."
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C.
Marley
Marley is the surname of the legendary Jamaican reggae musician and cultural icon Bob Marley.
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D.
Marley
Marley is a small settlement within the civil parish of Northbourne in Kent, England.
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E.
Marley
Marley is the lovable but mischievous Labrador Retriever who serves as the central canine character in the memoir and film "Marley & Me."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.