McCabe
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McCabe is the central character of Edmund Naughton’s novel “McCabe,” a small-time gambler and entrepreneur in the American West whose story inspired the film “McCabe & Mrs. Miller.”
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McCabe canonical | 4 |
| novel "McCabe" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5714110 — 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: McCabe Context triple: [McCabe & Mrs. Miller, basedOn, McCabe]
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A.
Callahan
Callahan is a surname most notably associated with American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan, known for his introspective and minimalist folk music.
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B.
McGuire
McGuire is a surname most notably associated with American actress Dorothy McGuire, known for her work in classic Hollywood films.
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C.
Callaghan
Callaghan is a surname of Irish origin borne by numerous notable individuals in politics, sports, and the arts.
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D.
McClure
McClure is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as exploration, politics, and the arts.
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E.
Robert McCall
Robert McCall is a former intelligence operative who uses his skills to vigilantly protect the vulnerable and deliver justice in "The Equalizer" franchise.
- 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: McCabe Target entity description: McCabe is the central character of Edmund Naughton’s novel “McCabe,” a small-time gambler and entrepreneur in the American West whose story inspired the film “McCabe & Mrs. Miller.”
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A.
Callahan
Callahan is a surname most notably associated with American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan, known for his introspective and minimalist folk music.
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B.
McGuire
McGuire is a surname most notably associated with American actress Dorothy McGuire, known for her work in classic Hollywood films.
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C.
Callaghan
Callaghan is a surname of Irish origin borne by numerous notable individuals in politics, sports, and the arts.
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D.
McClure
McClure is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as exploration, politics, and the arts.
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E.
Robert McCall
Robert McCall is a former intelligence operative who uses his skills to vigilantly protect the vulnerable and deliver justice in "The Equalizer" franchise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
novel "McCabe"
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linked to:
McCabe
|
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Edmund Naughton ⓘ |
| genreContext | Western fiction ⓘ |
| inspired | film character in "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| nameOf | central character of the novel "McCabe" ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | small-time gambler whose ambitions drive the plot ⓘ |
| occupation |
entrepreneur
ⓘ
gambler ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist of Edmund Naughton’s novel "McCabe" ⓘ |
| setting |
American West
ⓘ
linked to:
Old West
|
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: McCabe Description of subject: McCabe is the central character of Edmund Naughton’s novel “McCabe,” a small-time gambler and entrepreneur in the American West whose story inspired the film “McCabe & Mrs. Miller.”
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.