Ed Beaumont
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Ed Beaumont is the sharp-witted political fixer and loyal right-hand man to a corrupt boss in the 1942 film noir "The Glass Key."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ed Beaumont canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6503818 — 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: Ed Beaumont Context triple: [The Glass Key (1942 film), mainCharacter, Ed Beaumont]
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A.
Ed Wynn
Ed Wynn was an American comedian and character actor known for his distinctive high-pitched voice and whimsical performances in early radio, film, and television.
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B.
Robert Wells
Robert Wells was an American songwriter and lyricist best known for co-writing classic popular songs, including holiday standards, often in collaboration with prominent singers like Mel Tormé.
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C.
Jack Carson
Jack Carson was a Canadian-born American character actor known for his comedic and supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1940s and 1950s.
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D.
Lewis Allen
Lewis Allen was a British-born film and television director best known for his atmospheric work in mid-20th-century Hollywood cinema.
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E.
Lewis Allen
Lewis Allen was a local figure of significance after whom the city of Allen Park, Michigan, was named.
- 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: Ed Beaumont Target entity description: Ed Beaumont is the sharp-witted political fixer and loyal right-hand man to a corrupt boss in the 1942 film noir "The Glass Key."
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A.
Ed Wynn
Ed Wynn was an American comedian and character actor known for his distinctive high-pitched voice and whimsical performances in early radio, film, and television.
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B.
Robert Wells
Robert Wells was an American songwriter and lyricist best known for co-writing classic popular songs, including holiday standards, often in collaboration with prominent singers like Mel Tormé.
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C.
Jack Carson
Jack Carson was a Canadian-born American character actor known for his comedic and supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1940s and 1950s.
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D.
Lewis Allen
Lewis Allen was a British-born film and television director best known for his atmospheric work in mid-20th-century Hollywood cinema.
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E.
Lewis Allen
Lewis Allen was a local figure of significance after whom the city of Allen Park, Michigan, was named.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Glass Key
ⓘ
linked to:
The Glass Key (novel)
|
| associatedWith | corrupt political boss ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from Dashiell Hammett novel "The Glass Key" ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| filmDirectorOfWork | Stuart Heisler ⓘ |
| genre | film noir ⓘ |
| inConflictWith | Nick Varna ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Paul Madvig ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | protagonist ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | investigates murder tied to political corruption ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
physically resilient
ⓘ
resourceful problem-solver ⓘ |
| occupation | political fixer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Alan Ladd ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfWork | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| relationship | friend and aide to Paul Madvig ⓘ |
| role | right-hand man ⓘ |
| settingOfWork | American city dominated by political corruption ⓘ |
| trait |
loyal
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sharp-witted ⓘ |
| workGenre | crime drama ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1942 ⓘ |
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: Ed Beaumont Description of subject: Ed Beaumont is the sharp-witted political fixer and loyal right-hand man to a corrupt boss in the 1942 film noir "The Glass Key."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.