Scratchy Wilson
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Scratchy Wilson is a notorious, gun-toting troublemaker in Stephen Crane’s short story "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," symbolizing the fading lawless Old West.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scratchy Wilson canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4610279 — 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: Scratchy Wilson Context triple: [The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, mainCharacter, Scratchy Wilson]
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A.
Whitey Marsh
Whitey Marsh is the tough, streetwise orphan who becomes the central reformed youth in the classic 1938 film "Boys Town."
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B.
Billy Bickle
Billy Bickle is a volatile yet oddly endearing dog-kidnapper and best friend to the protagonist in the dark comedy crime film "Seven Psychopaths."
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C.
Jack McDuff
Jack McDuff was an American jazz organist and bandleader known for his soulful Hammond B-3 playing and influential work in the soul-jazz and hard bop genres.
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D.
Bumpy Johnson
Bumpy Johnson was a notorious mid-20th-century Harlem crime boss known for his influence over the neighborhood’s underworld and connections to the Italian Mafia.
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E.
Roscoe Maples
Roscoe Maples was a benefactor whose contributions to Stanford University led to the campus arena Maples Pavilion being named in his honor.
- 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: Scratchy Wilson Target entity description: Scratchy Wilson is a notorious, gun-toting troublemaker in Stephen Crane’s short story "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," symbolizing the fading lawless Old West.
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A.
Whitey Marsh
Whitey Marsh is the tough, streetwise orphan who becomes the central reformed youth in the classic 1938 film "Boys Town."
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B.
Billy Bickle
Billy Bickle is a volatile yet oddly endearing dog-kidnapper and best friend to the protagonist in the dark comedy crime film "Seven Psychopaths."
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C.
Jack McDuff
Jack McDuff was an American jazz organist and bandleader known for his soulful Hammond B-3 playing and influential work in the soul-jazz and hard bop genres.
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D.
Bumpy Johnson
Bumpy Johnson was a notorious mid-20th-century Harlem crime boss known for his influence over the neighborhood’s underworld and connections to the Italian Mafia.
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E.
Roscoe Maples
Roscoe Maples was a benefactor whose contributions to Stanford University led to the campus arena Maples Pavilion being named in his honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky ⓘ |
| appearsInForm | short story ⓘ |
| armedWith |
revolvers
ⓘ
six-shooters ⓘ |
| behavior |
challenges others to gunfights
ⓘ
drunkenly roams the town ⓘ |
| characterType |
gunslinger
ⓘ
outlaw ⓘ troublemaker ⓘ |
| conflictType | man vs. changing society ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | domesticity and marriage of Jack Potter ⓘ |
| createdBy | Stephen Crane ⓘ |
| createdByNationality | American author ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1898 ⓘ |
| genre | Western fiction ⓘ |
| hasClothing |
gaudy cowboy outfit
ⓘ
noisy boots ⓘ |
| interactsWith | Jack Potter ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American realism
ⓘ
linked to:
Realism
|
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodies obsolete frontier violence ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
boisterous
ⓘ
gun-toting ⓘ rowdy ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Jack Potter ⓘ |
| represents | resistance to civilization ⓘ |
| roleInWork | antagonist ⓘ |
| setting | Yellow Sky, Texas ⓘ |
| storyThemeConnection | transition from Old West to modern order ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
fading lawless Old West
ⓘ
frontier violence ⓘ outmoded cowboy code ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century American West ⓘ |
| workCountryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Scratchy Wilson Description of subject: Scratchy Wilson is a notorious, gun-toting troublemaker in Stephen Crane’s short story "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," symbolizing the fading lawless Old West.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.