Teddy Daniels
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Teddy Daniels is the troubled U.S. Marshal protagonist of the psychological thriller film "Shutter Island," known for his investigation of a mysterious disappearance at a remote mental institution.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Teddy Daniels canonical | 9 |
| Edward "Teddy" Daniels | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T433899 — 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: Teddy Daniels Context triple: [Leonardo DiCaprio, portrayed, Teddy Daniels]
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A.
Henry Lucas
Henry Lucas was a 17th-century English clergyman, politician, and benefactor whose endowment led to the creation of the prestigious Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge.
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B.
Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson was a famed Old West lawman, gambler, and later New York City sportswriter known for his colorful life on the American frontier.
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C.
Raymond
Raymond is a surname most notably associated with Eric S. Raymond, an American software developer, open-source advocate, and author of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
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D.
C. K. Dexter-Haven
C. K. Dexter-Haven is the charming, witty ex-husband of socialite Tracy Lord in the musical film "High Society," famously portrayed by Bing Crosby.
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E.
Harmon Jones
Harmon Jones was an American film editor and director active in Hollywood during the mid-20th century, known for his work on several notable studio productions.
- 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: Teddy Daniels Target entity description: Teddy Daniels is the troubled U.S. Marshal protagonist of the psychological thriller film "Shutter Island," known for his investigation of a mysterious disappearance at a remote mental institution.
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A.
Henry Lucas
Henry Lucas was a 17th-century English clergyman, politician, and benefactor whose endowment led to the creation of the prestigious Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge.
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B.
Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson was a famed Old West lawman, gambler, and later New York City sportswriter known for his colorful life on the American frontier.
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C.
Raymond
Raymond is a surname most notably associated with Eric S. Raymond, an American software developer, open-source advocate, and author of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
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D.
C. K. Dexter-Haven
C. K. Dexter-Haven is the charming, witty ex-husband of socialite Tracy Lord in the musical film "High Society," famously portrayed by Bing Crosby.
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E.
Harmon Jones
Harmon Jones was an American film editor and director active in Hollywood during the mid-20th century, known for his work on several notable studio productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | Martin Scorsese ⓘ |
| affiliation | United States Marshals Service ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Andrew Laeddis
ⓘ
Teddy ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Shutter Island
ⓘ
surface form:
film "Shutter Island"
|
| basedOnCharacterIn |
Shutter Island (novel)
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surface form:
novel "Shutter Island"
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| believesConspiracy | experiments on patients at Ashecliffe ⓘ |
| confinedAt |
Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane
ⓘ
surface form:
Ashecliffe Hospital
|
| createdBy | Dennis Lehane ⓘ |
| experiences |
flashbacks
ⓘ
hallucinations ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYearContext | 2010 ⓘ |
| fullName | Edward Daniels ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkContext | psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasChild | three children (deceased) ⓘ |
| investigates | disappearance of patient Rachel Solando ⓘ |
| keyScene |
lighthouse confrontation
ⓘ
revelation of his true identity as Andrew Laeddis ⓘ |
| mentalHealthCondition |
delusional disorder
ⓘ
post-traumatic stress symptoms ⓘ |
| militaryRole | U.S. Army soldier ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | American ⓘ |
| occupation | U.S. Marshal ⓘ |
| participatedIn | liberation of Dachau concentration camp ⓘ |
| partner | Chuck Aule ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
determined
ⓘ
obsessive ⓘ paranoid ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Leonardo DiCaprio ⓘ |
| primaryMotivation | to uncover the truth about Shutter Island ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist of the film "Shutter Island" ⓘ |
| servedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| settingOfInvestigation |
Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane
ⓘ
Shutter Island (novel) ⓘ
surface form:
Shutter Island
|
| spouse | Dolores Chanal ⓘ |
| storyThemeAssociation |
denial
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guilt ⓘ reality versus delusion ⓘ |
| trauma |
death of his wife Dolores
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drowning of his children ⓘ |
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: Teddy Daniels Description of subject: Teddy Daniels is the troubled U.S. Marshal protagonist of the psychological thriller film "Shutter Island," known for his investigation of a mysterious disappearance at a remote mental institution.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Edward "Teddy" Daniels