Eddie Felson
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Eddie Felson is a fiercely ambitious, self-destructive pool hustler whose rise and fall in the world of high-stakes billiards explores themes of pride, integrity, and redemption.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eddie Felson canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4567521 — 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 Felson Context triple: [The Hustler, character, Eddie Felson]
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A.
Myron Futterman
Myron Futterman was an American businessman best known for being the first husband of actress Jane Wyman.
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B.
Cliff Eidelman
Cliff Eidelman is an American composer best known for his orchestral film scores, including his acclaimed work on movies such as Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and other major Hollywood productions.
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C.
Stanley Saitowitz
Stanley Saitowitz is a South African-born American architect known for his minimalist, modernist designs and influential work in contemporary urban architecture.
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D.
Larry Brezner
Larry Brezner was an American film producer and talent manager known for producing popular comedies such as "Good Morning, Vietnam," "The 'Burbs," and "Ride Along."
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E.
Bill Sackter
Bill Sackter was a developmentally disabled man whose life story of institutionalization, friendship, and late-in-life independence became widely known through the film "Bill" and helped change public perceptions of people with disabilities.
- 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 Felson Target entity description: Eddie Felson is a fiercely ambitious, self-destructive pool hustler whose rise and fall in the world of high-stakes billiards explores themes of pride, integrity, and redemption.
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A.
Myron Futterman
Myron Futterman was an American businessman best known for being the first husband of actress Jane Wyman.
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B.
Cliff Eidelman
Cliff Eidelman is an American composer best known for his orchestral film scores, including his acclaimed work on movies such as Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and other major Hollywood productions.
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C.
Stanley Saitowitz
Stanley Saitowitz is a South African-born American architect known for his minimalist, modernist designs and influential work in contemporary urban architecture.
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D.
Larry Brezner
Larry Brezner was an American film producer and talent manager known for producing popular comedies such as "Good Morning, Vietnam," "The 'Burbs," and "Ride Along."
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E.
Bill Sackter
Bill Sackter was a developmentally disabled man whose life story of institutionalization, friendship, and late-in-life independence became widely known through the film "Bill" and helped change public perceptions of people with disabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ novel character ⓘ pool hustler ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Color of Money (1986 film)
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linked to:
The Color of Money
The Color of Money (novel) ⓘ
linked to:
The Color of Money
The Hustler (1961 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Hustler
The Hustler (novel) ⓘ
linked to:
The Hustler
|
| awardConnection | Paul Newman won Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying Eddie Felson in The Color of Money ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Walter Tevis ⓘ |
| characterArc |
quest for personal integrity
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rise and fall in high-stakes pool ⓘ search for redemption ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ambitious
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arrogant ⓘ competitive ⓘ prideful ⓘ self-destructive ⓘ talented ⓘ |
| creator | Walter Tevis ⓘ |
| filmDebut |
The Hustler (1961 film)
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linked to:
The Hustler
|
| firstAppearanceWorkType | novel ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| fullName | Fast Eddie Felson ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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sports drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Eddie ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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literature ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
integrity
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pride ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nickname | Fast Eddie ⓘ |
| notableOpponent |
Amos "Minnesota Fats"
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linked to:
Minnesota Fats
Minnesota Fats ⓘ |
| occupation |
billiards player
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pool hustler ⓘ stakehorse ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Paul Newman ⓘ |
| primarySkill |
nine-ball pool
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straight pool ⓘ |
| sequelAppearance |
The Color of Money (1986 film)
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linked to:
The Color of Money
|
| setting |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| sport |
billiards
ⓘ
pool ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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 Felson Description of subject: Eddie Felson is a fiercely ambitious, self-destructive pool hustler whose rise and fall in the world of high-stakes billiards explores themes of pride, integrity, and redemption.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.