James Stewart as Ransom Stoddard
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James Stewart as Ransom Stoddard is the principled, bookish lawyer-turned-senator whose moral courage and clash with frontier violence drive the central conflict of the classic Western film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."
All labels observed (1)
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| James Stewart as Ransom Stoddard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Stewart as Ransom Stoddard Context triple: [The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, leadActorRole, James Stewart as Ransom Stoddard]
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Gregory Peck as Sam Bowden
Gregory Peck as Sam Bowden is the principled lawyer protagonist in the 1962 psychological thriller "Cape Fear," who becomes the target of a vengeful ex-convict he once helped imprison.
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Gregory Peck as Penny Baxter
Gregory Peck as Penny Baxter is the actor’s portrayal of the gentle, hardworking Florida farm father in the 1946 film adaptation of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ novel "The Yearling."
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Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady
Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady is the acclaimed portrayal of a fiery, populist prosecutor modeled on William Jennings Bryan in the 1960 film adaptation of the Scopes “Monkey” Trial drama Inherit the Wind.
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D.
Lieutenant Joe Clemons – Gregory Peck
Lieutenant Joe Clemons, portrayed by Gregory Peck, is the resolute U.S. Army officer leading a desperate defense during the Korean War in the film "Pork Chop Hill."
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E.
Charles Hayden
Charles Hayden was an American financier and philanthropist best known for his major contributions to science and education, including endowing the Hayden Planetarium in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Stewart as Ransom Stoddard Target entity description: James Stewart as Ransom Stoddard is the principled, bookish lawyer-turned-senator whose moral courage and clash with frontier violence drive the central conflict of the classic Western film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."
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A.
Gregory Peck as Sam Bowden
Gregory Peck as Sam Bowden is the principled lawyer protagonist in the 1962 psychological thriller "Cape Fear," who becomes the target of a vengeful ex-convict he once helped imprison.
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B.
Gregory Peck as Penny Baxter
Gregory Peck as Penny Baxter is the actor’s portrayal of the gentle, hardworking Florida farm father in the 1946 film adaptation of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ novel "The Yearling."
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C.
Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady
Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady is the acclaimed portrayal of a fiery, populist prosecutor modeled on William Jennings Bryan in the 1960 film adaptation of the Scopes “Monkey” Trial drama Inherit the Wind.
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D.
Lieutenant Joe Clemons – Gregory Peck
Lieutenant Joe Clemons, portrayed by Gregory Peck, is the resolute U.S. Army officer leading a desperate defense during the Korean War in the film "Pork Chop Hill."
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E.
Charles Hayden
Charles Hayden was an American financier and philanthropist best known for his major contributions to science and education, including endowing the Hayden Planetarium in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalCharacterPortrayal
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filmCharacter ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Liberty Valance
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Tom Doniphon ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (short story)
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linked to:
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
|
| centralConflictDriver | clash with Liberty Valance ⓘ |
| characterName | Ransom Stoddard ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
bookish
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morally courageous ⓘ principled ⓘ |
| conflictTheme |
civilization versus wilderness
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law versus frontier violence ⓘ |
| filmDirector | John Ford ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| genre | Western film ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| moralTheme |
cost of political mythmaking
ⓘ
power of law over violence ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
agent of social change
ⓘ
embodiment of rule of law ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableQuoteTheme | legend versus fact ⓘ |
| occupationInStory |
lawyer
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senator ⓘ |
| politicalPositionInStory | United States senator ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | James Stewart ⓘ |
| producedInCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| setting | Shinbone ⓘ |
| storyTimeframe |
American Old West
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linked to:
Old West
|
| symbolizes |
emergence of democratic institutions in the West
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transition from gunfighter justice to legal justice ⓘ |
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Subject: James Stewart as Ransom Stoddard Description of subject: James Stewart as Ransom Stoddard is the principled, bookish lawyer-turned-senator whose moral courage and clash with frontier violence drive the central conflict of the classic Western film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."
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