Sergeant Quirt
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Sergeant Quirt is a hard-drinking, womanizing U.S. Marine noncommissioned officer and one of the two central, wisecracking protagonists in the World War I–era military comedy-drama "What Price Glory?".
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sergeant Quirt canonical | 6 |
| Sergeant (Quirt) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4764023 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sergeant Quirt Context triple: [What Price Glory, character, Sergeant Quirt]
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A.
Sergeant Gonzales
Sergeant Gonzales is a blustery, often comic Spanish soldier who serves as one of the primary antagonists to the masked hero Zorro in "The Mark of Zorro."
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B.
Sergeant Calhoun
Sergeant Calhoun is a tough, battle-hardened space marine and the heroic commander from the in-game world of "Hero's Duty" in Disney's animated film *Wreck-It Ralph*.
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C.
Sergeant King
Sergeant King is a tough, by-the-book Air Force noncommissioned officer who serves as a comic foil to the naive protagonist in the 1958 military comedy film "No Time for Sergeants."
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D.
Sergeant Benton
Sergeant Benton is a loyal and down-to-earth UNIT NCO who serves as a recurring ally to the Doctor in the classic Doctor Who television series.
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E.
Sergeant Gavin Troy
Sergeant Gavin Troy is a fictional police sergeant and the original junior partner to DCI Tom Barnaby in the British detective television series "Midsomer Murders."
- 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: Sergeant Quirt Target entity description: Sergeant Quirt is a hard-drinking, womanizing U.S. Marine noncommissioned officer and one of the two central, wisecracking protagonists in the World War I–era military comedy-drama "What Price Glory?".
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A.
Sergeant Gonzales
Sergeant Gonzales is a blustery, often comic Spanish soldier who serves as one of the primary antagonists to the masked hero Zorro in "The Mark of Zorro."
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B.
Sergeant Calhoun
Sergeant Calhoun is a tough, battle-hardened space marine and the heroic commander from the in-game world of "Hero's Duty" in Disney's animated film *Wreck-It Ralph*.
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C.
Sergeant King
Sergeant King is a tough, by-the-book Air Force noncommissioned officer who serves as a comic foil to the naive protagonist in the 1958 military comedy film "No Time for Sergeants."
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D.
Sergeant Benton
Sergeant Benton is a loyal and down-to-earth UNIT NCO who serves as a recurring ally to the Doctor in the classic Doctor Who television series.
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E.
Sergeant Gavin Troy
Sergeant Gavin Troy is a fictional police sergeant and the original junior partner to DCI Tom Barnaby in the British detective television series "Midsomer Murders."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ |
| alignment | sympathetic anti-hero ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
What Price Glory?
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linked to:
What Price Glory
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| characterTrait |
hard-drinking
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wisecracking ⓘ womanizing ⓘ |
| conflictSetting | World War I ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Laurence Stallings
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Maxwell Anderson ⓘ |
| createdForWork |
What Price Glory? (play)
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linked to:
What Price Glory
|
| fictionalStatus | veteran of World War I ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
What Price Glory? franchise
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linked to:
What Price Glory
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| firstAppearance |
What Price Glory? (1924 stage play)
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linked to:
What Price Glory
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreAssociation |
drama
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war comedy ⓘ |
| hasCompanion | Captain Flagg ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Sergeant ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
comic relief
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protagonist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bawdy humor
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irreverent attitude toward authority ⓘ |
| occupation | United States Marine Corps non-commissioned officer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Edmund Lowe
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James Cagney ⓘ other stage actors ⓘ |
| portrayedInMedium |
film
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radio adaptation ⓘ stage play ⓘ television adaptation ⓘ |
| primarySetting |
France
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Western Front ⓘ |
| relationshipWithCaptainFlagg |
friend
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rival ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
anti-war sentiment
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camaraderie ⓘ romantic rivalry ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | 1910s ⓘ |
| workTypeAppearsIn | military comedy-drama ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sergeant Quirt Description of subject: Sergeant Quirt is a hard-drinking, womanizing U.S. Marine noncommissioned officer and one of the two central, wisecracking protagonists in the World War I–era military comedy-drama "What Price Glory?".
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen "Quirt and Flagg" film series
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hasMainCharacters
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Sergeant Quirt
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Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen "Quirt and Flagg" film series
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leadCharacterRank
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Sergeant (Quirt)
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linked to: Sergeant Quirt