Cody
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Cody is a surname most famously associated with William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, the American scout, showman, and iconic figure of the American Old West.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cody canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3035110 — 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: Cody Context triple: [William F. Cody, familyName, Cody]
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A.
Cody
Cody is the young Australian boy protagonist in Disney's animated film "The Rescuers Down Under," known for his bravery and bond with a rare golden eagle.
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B.
Joshua "J" Cody
Joshua "J" Cody is the conflicted teenage protagonist of the crime drama film and TV series "Animal Kingdom," who becomes entangled in his extended family's violent criminal enterprises.
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C.
Deran Cody
Deran Cody is a central character in the TV series "Animal Kingdom," known as the youngest Cody brother who struggles with loyalty, identity, and his role in his family's criminal enterprise.
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D.
Craig Cody
Craig Cody is the troubled yet cunning teenage grandson of a Southern California crime family matriarch in the television drama series "Animal Kingdom."
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E.
Colton
Colton is a small city in Southern California’s Inland Empire region, located within San Bernardino County.
- 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: Cody Target entity description: Cody is a surname most famously associated with William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, the American scout, showman, and iconic figure of the American Old West.
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A.
Cody
Cody is the young Australian boy protagonist in Disney's animated film "The Rescuers Down Under," known for his bravery and bond with a rare golden eagle.
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B.
Joshua "J" Cody
Joshua "J" Cody is the conflicted teenage protagonist of the crime drama film and TV series "Animal Kingdom," who becomes entangled in his extended family's violent criminal enterprises.
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C.
Deran Cody
Deran Cody is a central character in the TV series "Animal Kingdom," known as the youngest Cody brother who struggles with loyalty, identity, and his role in his family's criminal enterprise.
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D.
Craig Cody
Craig Cody is the troubled yet cunning teenage grandson of a Southern California crime family matriarch in the television drama series "Animal Kingdom."
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E.
Colton
Colton is a small city in Southern California’s Inland Empire region, located within San Bernardino County.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
human ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ touring show ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
William F. Cody
ⓘ
surface form:
Buffalo Bill
|
| associatedWith |
Old West
ⓘ
surface form:
American Old West
Buffalo Bill's Wild West ⓘ
surface form:
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show
|
| birthName |
William F. Cody
ⓘ
surface form:
William Frederick Cody
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| creator | William F. Cody ⓘ |
| depicts |
Old West
ⓘ
surface form:
American Old West
|
| ethnicGroup | American ⓘ |
| familyName | Cody self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| genre |
Wild West entertainment
ⓘ
Wild West show ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
William F. Cody
ⓘ
surface form:
Buffalo Bill
William F. Cody ⓘ William F. Cody ⓘ
surface form:
William Frederick Cody
|
| hasPart |
Buffalo Bill's Wild West
ⓘ
surface form:
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show
|
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Wild West show
ⓘ
surface form:
Wild West shows
role in popularizing the American Old West ⓘ |
| occupation |
bison hunter
ⓘ
scout ⓘ showman ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Scott County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Denver, Colorado ⓘ |
| usedIn | English language ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Cody Description of subject: Cody is a surname most famously associated with William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, the American scout, showman, and iconic figure of the American Old West.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
William F. Cody