Melquiades Estrada
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Melquiades Estrada is a Mexican cowboy whose death and posthumous journey for a proper burial drive the emotional and moral core of the film "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Melquiades Estrada canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7630655 — 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: Melquiades Estrada Context triple: [The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, mainCharacter, Melquiades Estrada]
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A.
Santos Degollado
Santos Degollado was a 19th-century Mexican liberal politician and military leader known for his role in the Reform War and his defense of the liberal cause.
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B.
Alfredo Escalera
Alfredo Escalera is a former Puerto Rican professional boxer best known as a long-reigning WBC super featherweight champion during the 1970s.
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C.
Alfonso Salmerón
Alfonso Salmerón was a 16th-century Spanish Jesuit priest and theologian who was one of the original companions of Ignatius of Loyola and a co-founder of the Society of Jesus.
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D.
Horacio Gutiérrez
Horacio Gutiérrez is a Cuban-American classical pianist renowned for his virtuosic technique and interpretations of the Romantic repertoire.
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E.
Manuel Murguía
Manuel Murguía was a prominent 19th-century Galician historian, writer, and cultural activist who played a key role in the Galician Rexurdimento (cultural revival) movement.
- 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: Melquiades Estrada Target entity description: Melquiades Estrada is a Mexican cowboy whose death and posthumous journey for a proper burial drive the emotional and moral core of the film "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada."
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A.
Santos Degollado
Santos Degollado was a 19th-century Mexican liberal politician and military leader known for his role in the Reform War and his defense of the liberal cause.
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B.
Alfredo Escalera
Alfredo Escalera is a former Puerto Rican professional boxer best known as a long-reigning WBC super featherweight champion during the 1970s.
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C.
Alfonso Salmerón
Alfonso Salmerón was a 16th-century Spanish Jesuit priest and theologian who was one of the original companions of Ignatius of Loyola and a co-founder of the Society of Jesus.
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D.
Horacio Gutiérrez
Horacio Gutiérrez is a Cuban-American classical pianist renowned for his virtuosic technique and interpretations of the Romantic repertoire.
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E.
Manuel Murguía
Manuel Murguía was a prominent 19th-century Galician historian, writer, and cultural activist who played a key role in the Galician Rexurdimento (cultural revival) movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
cross-border relations
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dignity in death ⓘ friendship ⓘ guilt ⓘ immigration ⓘ justice ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
U.S.–Mexico border region
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linked to:
U.S.–Mexico borderlands region
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| bodyTransportedBy | Pete Perkins ⓘ |
| burialLocation | rural Mexico (his claimed hometown) ⓘ |
| burialWish | to be buried in his hometown in Mexico ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| closeFriend | Pete Perkins ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Mexico ⓘ |
| diegeticTimePeriod | contemporary era ⓘ |
| employer | Pete Perkins ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mexican ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext |
drama
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neo-Western ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Spanish ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central character
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title character ⓘ |
| narrativeStatus | deceased for most of the film ⓘ |
| occupation |
cowboy
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ranch hand ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Texas ⓘ |
| portrayedInMedium | film ⓘ |
| relationshipToPetePerkins | best friend ⓘ |
| storyFunction |
catalyst for moral reckoning
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symbol of friendship and loyalty ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Melquiades Estrada Description of subject: Melquiades Estrada is a Mexican cowboy whose death and posthumous journey for a proper burial drive the emotional and moral core of the film "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada."
Referenced by (3)
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