Howard
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Howard is a seasoned, wise old prospector in the classic 1948 film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," known for his experience, moral insight, and pivotal role in the gold-hunting expedition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Howard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3913836 — 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: Howard Context triple: [The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, character, Howard]
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Howard
Howard is the middle name of William Howard Taft, the 27th president of the United States and later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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Howard
Howard is the given name of the influential American film director, producer, and screenwriter Howard Hawks.
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Howard
Howard is a common English surname shared by numerous notable figures across entertainment, politics, and other fields.
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Howard
Howard is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "high guardian" or "noble watchman," borne by numerous notable figures across politics, arts, and academia.
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E.
Howard
Howard is one of Sethe’s sons in Toni Morrison’s novel "Beloved," a child whose life is shaped by the trauma and legacy of slavery.
- 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: Howard Target entity description: Howard is a seasoned, wise old prospector in the classic 1948 film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," known for his experience, moral insight, and pivotal role in the gold-hunting expedition.
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Howard
Howard is a young boy who serves as a minor but symbolically important character in the play "Inherit the Wind," representing the town’s impressionable youth amid the evolution-versus-creationism trial.
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B.
Howard
Howard is the given name of the influential American film director, producer, and screenwriter Howard Hawks.
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C.
Howard
Howard is one of Sethe’s sons in Toni Morrison’s novel "Beloved," a child whose life is shaped by the trauma and legacy of slavery.
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D.
Howard
Howard is the middle name of William Howard Taft, the 27th president of the United States and later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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E.
Howard
Howard is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "high guardian" or "noble watchman," borne by numerous notable figures across politics, arts, and academia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| adaptedForScreenBy | John Huston ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
adventure film
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drama film ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sierra Madre mountain system
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surface form:
Sierra Madre mountains
gold prospecting ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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surface form:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (novel)
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| characterTrait |
experienced
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good judge of character ⓘ moral ⓘ observant ⓘ pragmatic ⓘ seasoned ⓘ wise ⓘ |
| createdBy | B. Traven ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| filmSettingRegion | Mexico ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givesMoralInsightOn |
greed
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the corrupting power of gold ⓘ |
| guidesCharacter |
Bob Curtin
ⓘ
Fred C. Dobbs ⓘ |
| moralPosition |
accepts loss of gold with equanimity
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values human life over gold ⓘ |
| name | Howard ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
explains dangers of gold fever
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provides comic relief at times ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableQuoteTheme | futility of greed ⓘ |
| occupation |
gold prospector
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prospector ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Walter Huston ⓘ |
| roleInStory |
member of gold-hunting expedition
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mentor ⓘ voice of reason ⓘ |
| survivesExpedition | true ⓘ |
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: Howard Description of subject: Howard is a seasoned, wise old prospector in the classic 1948 film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," known for his experience, moral insight, and pivotal role in the gold-hunting expedition.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.