Gunsmoke
E156550
American actor
American actress
American television series
Western television series
fictional character
television Western
Gunsmoke is a classic American Western television series that follows U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon as he maintains law and order in the frontier town of Dodge City.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gunsmoke canonical | 33 |
| Gunsmoke (TV series) | 6 |
| Gunsmoke (radio series) | 5 |
| Gunsmoke (TV episodes) | 1 |
| Gunsmoke (radio series, recurring roles) | 1 |
| Gunsmoke episodes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1365910 — 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: Gunsmoke Context triple: [Lydia Reed, notableWork, Gunsmoke]
-
A.
Winchester '73
Winchester '73 is a classic 1950 American Western film starring James Stewart, renowned for its innovative focus on a prized rifle that links multiple characters and stories.
-
B.
The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter is a 1950 American Western film starring Gregory Peck as an aging gunslinger trying to escape his violent past.
-
C.
Ride the High Country
Ride the High Country is a 1962 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, celebrated for its elegiac tone and exploration of aging lawmen facing a changing frontier.
-
D.
Fort Apache
Fort Apache is a 1948 Western film directed by John Ford, renowned for its portrayal of U.S. cavalry life and frontier conflict and for helping define the classic American Western genre.
-
E.
Wild West
Wild West refers to the American frontier period of the late 19th century, characterized by westward expansion, lawlessness, cowboys, and conflicts between settlers, Native Americans, and outlaws.
- 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: Gunsmoke Target entity description: Gunsmoke is a classic American Western television series that follows U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon as he maintains law and order in the frontier town of Dodge City.
-
A.
Winchester '73
Winchester '73 is a classic 1950 American Western film starring James Stewart, renowned for its innovative focus on a prized rifle that links multiple characters and stories.
-
B.
The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter is a 1950 American Western film starring Gregory Peck as an aging gunslinger trying to escape his violent past.
-
C.
Ride the High Country
Ride the High Country is a 1962 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, celebrated for its elegiac tone and exploration of aging lawmen facing a changing frontier.
-
D.
Fort Apache
Fort Apache is a 1948 Western film directed by John Ford, renowned for its portrayal of U.S. cavalry life and frontier conflict and for helping define the classic American Western genre.
-
E.
Wild West
Wild West refers to the American frontier period of the late 19th century, characterized by westward expansion, lawlessness, cowboys, and conflicts between settlers, Native Americans, and outlaws.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
American actor ⓘ American actor ⓘ American actor ⓘ American actress ⓘ American television series ⓘ Western television series ⓘ fictional character ⓘ television Western ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Gunsmoke
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Gunsmoke (radio series)
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator |
John Meston
ⓘ
Norman Macdonnell ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| format | live-action ⓘ |
| genre | Western ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Matt Dillon ⓘ |
| mainCharacterName | Matt Dillon ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | U.S. Marshal ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the longest-running primetime scripted TV series in U.S. history ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Chester Goode in Gunsmoke
ⓘ
Doc Adams in Gunsmoke ⓘ Festus Haggen in Gunsmoke ⓘ Kitty Russell in Gunsmoke ⓘ James Arness ⓘ
surface form:
Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke
|
| numberOfEpisodes | 635 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 20 ⓘ |
| occupation | U.S. Marshal ⓘ |
| originalChannelType | broadcast television ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| originalReleaseEnd | 1975-03-31 ⓘ |
| originalReleaseStart | 1955-09-10 ⓘ |
| pictureFormat |
black-and-white (early seasons)
ⓘ
color (later seasons) ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Gunsmoke
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Gunsmoke (radio series)
|
| productionCompany |
CBS
ⓘ
surface form:
CBS Television
|
| runtimePerEpisode |
30 minutes (early seasons)
ⓘ
60 minutes (later seasons) ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Dodge City, Kansas ⓘ |
| stars |
Amanda Blake
ⓘ
Dennis Weaver ⓘ James Arness ⓘ Ken Curtis ⓘ Milburn Stone ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| theme | law and order in the American frontier ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century American Old West ⓘ |
| worksIn |
Dodge City, Kansas
ⓘ
surface form:
Dodge City
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Gunsmoke Description of subject: Gunsmoke is a classic American Western television series that follows U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon as he maintains law and order in the frontier town of Dodge City.
Referenced by (47)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gunsmoke (TV episodes)
this entity surface form:
Gunsmoke (TV series)
this entity surface form:
Gunsmoke (radio series, recurring roles)
this entity surface form:
Gunsmoke (TV series)
this entity surface form:
Gunsmoke (radio series)
this entity surface form:
Gunsmoke (radio series)
this entity surface form:
Gunsmoke (TV series)
this entity surface form:
Gunsmoke (radio series)
this entity surface form:
Gunsmoke (TV series)
this entity surface form:
Gunsmoke (TV series)
this entity surface form:
Gunsmoke (TV series)
this entity surface form:
Gunsmoke (radio series)
this entity surface form:
Gunsmoke episodes
this entity surface form:
Gunsmoke (radio series)