Captain Flint
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Captain Flint is a ruthless and cunning pirate captain and central character in the television series "Black Sails," known for his strategic brilliance and relentless pursuit of power in the Golden Age of Piracy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Captain Flint canonical | 1 |
| Captain Flint (fictional pirate in "Treasure Island") | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20610088 — 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: Captain Flint Context triple: [Black Sails, followsCharacter, Captain Flint]
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A.
Captain Flint
Captain Flint is the talking parrot owned by Long John Silver in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "Treasure Island," famous for squawking pirate phrases like “Pieces of eight!”.
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B.
Captain Long
Captain Long is the nickname of Ma Long, the legendary Chinese table tennis player widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history.
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C.
Billy Bones
Billy Bones is a musician best known as a member of the Los Angeles punk band The Weirdos.
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D.
Billy Bones
Billy Bones is the old, hard-drinking pirate whose arrival at the Admiral Benbow inn sets off the events of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "Treasure Island."
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E.
Long John Silver
Long John Silver is a cunning, one-legged pirate and master manipulator who serves as the charismatic antihero in Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure novel "Treasure Island."
- 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: Captain Flint Target entity description: Captain Flint is a ruthless and cunning pirate captain and central character in the television series "Black Sails," known for his strategic brilliance and relentless pursuit of power in the Golden Age of Piracy.
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A.
Captain Flint
Captain Flint is the talking parrot owned by Long John Silver in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "Treasure Island," famous for squawking pirate phrases like “Pieces of eight!”.
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B.
Captain Long
Captain Long is the nickname of Ma Long, the legendary Chinese table tennis player widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history.
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C.
Billy Bones
Billy Bones is the old, hard-drinking pirate whose arrival at the Admiral Benbow inn sets off the events of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "Treasure Island."
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D.
Billy Bones
Billy Bones is a musician best known as a member of the Los Angeles punk band The Weirdos.
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E.
Long John Silver
Long John Silver is a cunning, one-legged pirate and master manipulator who serves as the charismatic antihero in Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure novel "Treasure Island."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Captain Flint