Danny Upshaw
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Danny Upshaw is a driven but troubled young sheriff’s deputy in James Ellroy’s crime novel *The Big Nowhere*, whose investigation into a series of brutal murders exposes deep corruption and paranoia in 1950s Los Angeles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Danny Upshaw canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23196165 — 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: Danny Upshaw Context triple: [The Big Nowhere, mainCharacter, Danny Upshaw]
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A.
Matt Dente
Matt Dente is known primarily as the husband of American actress and soap opera director Ellen Wheeler.
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B.
Brandon Koch
Brandon Koch is an individual gun owner who served as one of the petitioners challenging New York’s concealed-carry licensing restrictions in the U.S. Supreme Court case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen.
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C.
Stephen Upson
Stephen Upson was an American lawyer and politician from Georgia whose prominence in state affairs led to a county being named in his honor.
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D.
Garrett Randall
Garrett Randall is a character in the television series "Yellowstone," known as the estranged biological father of Jamie Dutton whose dark past and manipulative influence drive major conflicts in the storyline.
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E.
Phil Hughes
Phil Hughes is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the British family comedy film "Thunderpants."
- 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: Danny Upshaw Target entity description: Danny Upshaw is a driven but troubled young sheriff’s deputy in James Ellroy’s crime novel *The Big Nowhere*, whose investigation into a series of brutal murders exposes deep corruption and paranoia in 1950s Los Angeles.
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A.
Matt Dente
Matt Dente is known primarily as the husband of American actress and soap opera director Ellen Wheeler.
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B.
Brandon Koch
Brandon Koch is an individual gun owner who served as one of the petitioners challenging New York’s concealed-carry licensing restrictions in the U.S. Supreme Court case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen.
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C.
Stephen Upson
Stephen Upson was an American lawyer and politician from Georgia whose prominence in state affairs led to a county being named in his honor.
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D.
Garrett Randall
Garrett Randall is a character in the television series "Yellowstone," known as the estranged biological father of Jamie Dutton whose dark past and manipulative influence drive major conflicts in the storyline.
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E.
Phil Hughes
Phil Hughes is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the British family comedy film "Thunderpants."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.