Eddie Bartlett
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Eddie Bartlett is the fictional World War I veteran-turned-bootlegger portrayed by James Cagney in the classic 1939 gangster film "The Roaring Twenties."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eddie Bartlett canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4763936 — 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: Eddie Bartlett Context triple: [The Roaring Twenties, mainCharacter, Eddie Bartlett]
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A.
Eddie Spears
Eddie Spears is a Native American actor known for his roles in film and television, particularly in Western and Indigenous-themed productions.
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B.
Eddie Laughton
Eddie Laughton was a British-born American character actor best known for his supporting roles in numerous Columbia Pictures comedies, including several Three Stooges shorts, during the 1930s and 1940s.
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C.
Eddie Brown
Eddie Brown is a former star wide receiver widely regarded as one of the greatest players in Arena Football League history.
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D.
Eddie Dean
Eddie Dean is a key member of Roland Deschain’s ka-tet in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series, known as a former heroin addict from New York whose wit and loyalty make him a central and beloved character.
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E.
Eddie Pope
Eddie Pope is a retired American soccer defender renowned for his key role with D.C. United and the U.S. national team during the 1990s and early 2000s.
- 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: Eddie Bartlett Target entity description: Eddie Bartlett is the fictional World War I veteran-turned-bootlegger portrayed by James Cagney in the classic 1939 gangster film "The Roaring Twenties."
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A.
Eddie Spears
Eddie Spears is a Native American actor known for his roles in film and television, particularly in Western and Indigenous-themed productions.
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B.
Eddie Laughton
Eddie Laughton was a British-born American character actor best known for his supporting roles in numerous Columbia Pictures comedies, including several Three Stooges shorts, during the 1930s and 1940s.
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C.
Eddie Brown
Eddie Brown is a former star wide receiver widely regarded as one of the greatest players in Arena Football League history.
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D.
Eddie Dean
Eddie Dean is a key member of Roland Deschain’s ka-tet in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series, known as a former heroin addict from New York whose wit and loyalty make him a central and beloved character.
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E.
Eddie Pope
Eddie Pope is a retired American soccer defender renowned for his key role with D.C. United and the U.S. national team during the 1990s and early 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Roaring Twenties ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Prohibition
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linked to:
Prohibition era in the United States
bootlegging ⓘ organized crime ⓘ |
| basedInFictionalTimePeriod | Prohibition era ⓘ |
| characterType | antihero ⓘ |
| conflict | postwar disillusionment ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| createdForWork | The Roaring Twenties ⓘ |
| filmStudioContext |
Warner Bros.
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linked to:
Warner Bros. Entertainment
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| firstAppearanceYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| genre | gangster film character ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| militaryService | World War I veteran ⓘ |
| narrativeArc | war veteran to successful bootlegger to downfall ⓘ |
| notableFor | depicting a World War I veteran turned bootlegger ⓘ |
| occupation | bootlegger ⓘ |
| portrayalStyle | tough-talking urban gangster ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | James Cagney ⓘ |
| setIn | New York City ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement | rise and fall of a gangster ⓘ |
| warServiceSide |
American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
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linked to:
American Expeditionary Forces
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| workReleaseYear | 1939 ⓘ |
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: Eddie Bartlett Description of subject: Eddie Bartlett is the fictional World War I veteran-turned-bootlegger portrayed by James Cagney in the classic 1939 gangster film "The Roaring Twenties."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.