Ransom Stoddard
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Ransom Stoddard is a principled lawyer-turned-politician in the classic Western film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," whose rise to fame is built on a legendary but misunderstood act of frontier justice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ransom Stoddard canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4337405 — 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: Ransom Stoddard Context triple: [The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, mainCharacter, Ransom Stoddard]
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A.
Montgomery Brewster
Montgomery Brewster is the hapless minor-league baseball player who must spend a vast inheritance under strict conditions in the comedy film "Brewster's Millions."
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B.
Wilmot Reed
Wilmot Reed is the given first and middle name of Reed Hastings, the American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Netflix.
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C.
Nathaniel Giles
Nathaniel Giles was an English composer and church musician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known for his work with the Chapel Royal and involvement in early English theatre music.
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D.
George Deever
George Deever is a pivotal character in Arthur Miller's play "All My Sons," serving as a morally driven figure whose return and accusations help expose the Keller family's buried guilt and wartime wrongdoing.
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E.
Rayford Young
Rayford Young is a former Texas Tech college basketball player best known as the father of NBA All-Star point guard Trae Young.
- 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: Ransom Stoddard Target entity description: Ransom Stoddard is a principled lawyer-turned-politician in the classic Western film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," whose rise to fame is built on a legendary but misunderstood act of frontier justice.
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A.
Montgomery Brewster
Montgomery Brewster is the hapless minor-league baseball player who must spend a vast inheritance under strict conditions in the comedy film "Brewster's Millions."
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B.
Wilmot Reed
Wilmot Reed is the given first and middle name of Reed Hastings, the American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Netflix.
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C.
Nathaniel Giles
Nathaniel Giles was an English composer and church musician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known for his work with the Chapel Royal and involvement in early English theatre music.
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D.
George Deever
George Deever is a pivotal character in Arthur Miller's play "All My Sons," serving as a morally driven figure whose return and accusations help expose the Keller family's buried guilt and wartime wrongdoing.
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E.
Rayford Young
Rayford Young is a former Texas Tech college basketball player best known as the father of NBA All-Star point guard Trae Young.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
democracy
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rule of law ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ⓘ |
| basedOnEvent | misunderstood act of frontier justice ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation | “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend” ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
courageous
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idealistic ⓘ nonviolent ⓘ principled ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States (fictional context)
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linked to:
United States (fictional setting)
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| creator | John Ford ⓘ |
| educationMethod | teaches reading and civics to townspeople ⓘ |
| enemy | Liberty Valance ⓘ |
| feelsGuiltAbout | taking credit for Tom Doniphon’s act ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance universe ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962 film)
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linked to:
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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| friend | Tom Doniphon ⓘ |
| fullName | Ransom Foster Stoddard ⓘ |
| genre | Western ⓘ |
| keyEvent |
acceptance of credit for Liberty Valance’s death
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confrontation with Liberty Valance ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Hallie ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| moralConflict | truth versus legend ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bringing law and order to Shinbone
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legendary shooting of Liberty Valance ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| opposes | vigilante justice ⓘ |
| politicalOffice | United States Senator ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | James Stewart ⓘ |
| representsRegion |
Shinbone region
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linked to:
Shinbone
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| setting |
American Old West
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linked to:
Old West
Shinbone ⓘ |
| spouse | Hallie Stoddard ⓘ |
| storyStructureRole | framing narrator in flashback ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
civilization encroaching on the frontier
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power of law over violence ⓘ |
| usesWeapon |
education
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law books ⓘ |
| workType | Western film ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ransom Stoddard Description of subject: Ransom Stoddard is a principled lawyer-turned-politician in the classic Western film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," whose rise to fame is built on a legendary but misunderstood act of frontier justice.
Referenced by (12)
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