Curly Bill Brocius
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Curly Bill Brocius is a notorious Old West outlaw and leader of the Cowboys gang, famously depicted as a central antagonist in the film "Tombstone."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Curly Bill Brocius canonical | 4 |
| “Curly Bill” Brocius | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7564498 — 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: Curly Bill Brocius Context triple: [Tombstone, mainCharacter, Curly Bill Brocius]
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A.
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid is a 1938 ballet by American composer Aaron Copland that evokes the mythic atmosphere of the American Wild West through folk-inspired orchestral music.
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B.
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid was a notorious 19th-century American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West, famed for his role in the Lincoln County War and his legendary reputation as a young desperado.
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C.
Wild Bill Hickok
Wild Bill Hickok was a legendary 19th-century American frontiersman, lawman, and gunfighter whose exploits helped define the mythology of the Wild West.
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D.
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid is a 1973 film soundtrack album by Bob Dylan, notable for featuring the classic song "Knockin' on Heaven's Door."
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E.
Virgil Earp
Virgil Earp was an American Old West lawman best known as the older brother of Wyatt Earp and a key participant in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
- 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: Curly Bill Brocius Target entity description: Curly Bill Brocius is a notorious Old West outlaw and leader of the Cowboys gang, famously depicted as a central antagonist in the film "Tombstone."
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A.
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid is a 1938 ballet by American composer Aaron Copland that evokes the mythic atmosphere of the American Wild West through folk-inspired orchestral music.
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B.
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid was a notorious 19th-century American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West, famed for his role in the Lincoln County War and his legendary reputation as a young desperado.
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C.
Wild Bill Hickok
Wild Bill Hickok was a legendary 19th-century American frontiersman, lawman, and gunfighter whose exploits helped define the mythology of the Wild West.
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D.
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid is a 1973 film soundtrack album by Bob Dylan, notable for featuring the classic song "Knockin' on Heaven's Door."
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E.
Virgil Earp
Virgil Earp was an American Old West lawman best known as the older brother of Wyatt Earp and a key participant in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Old West figure
ⓘ
historical person ⓘ outlaw ⓘ |
| activeIn |
American Old West
ⓘ
linked to:
Old West
Arizona Territory ⓘ |
| allegedInvolvement |
various robberies in the Arizona Territory
ⓘ
violent confrontations with lawmen ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cochise County Cowboys
ⓘ
Tombstone, Arizona Territory ⓘ
linked to:
Tombstone, Arizona
outlaw gang activity along the U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Earp family
ⓘ
linked to:
the Earp brothers
Wyatt Earp ⓘ lawmen in Tombstone, Arizona Territory ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culture |
American Old West
ⓘ
linked to:
Old West
|
| depictedAs | charismatic but violent outlaw in popular culture ⓘ |
| fictionalization | character based on him in the film "Tombstone" ⓘ |
| genreOfNotability |
American frontier folklore
ⓘ
Western history ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
leader among the Cowboys
ⓘ
notorious Old West outlaw ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
American Southwest
ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern United States
|
| influenced | later fictional portrayals of Old West outlaws ⓘ |
| languageOfContext | English ⓘ |
| legacy | iconic Old West outlaw figure in American popular culture ⓘ |
| mediumOfDepiction |
Western literature
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| memberOf | Cowboys (outlaw gang) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction as an antagonist in the film "Tombstone"
ⓘ
involvement in outlaw activities in the American Old West ⓘ leadership role in the Cowboys gang in Arizona Territory ⓘ |
| occupation |
cowboy
ⓘ
outlaw ⓘ |
| partOf | mythology of the American frontier ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | central antagonist in the film "Tombstone" ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Powers Boothe ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
"Tombstone" (1993 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Tombstone
|
| relatedToEvent | Earp–Cowboy conflict in Arizona Territory ⓘ |
| role | leader of the Cowboys gang ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
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: Curly Bill Brocius Description of subject: Curly Bill Brocius is a notorious Old West outlaw and leader of the Cowboys gang, famously depicted as a central antagonist in the film "Tombstone."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Curly Bill Brocius