Gus McCrae in Lonesome Dove
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Gus McCrae in *Lonesome Dove* is a charismatic, witty former Texas Ranger whose adventurous spirit and deep loyalty drive much of the story’s emotional core.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gus McCrae in Lonesome Dove canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8802830 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gus McCrae in Lonesome Dove Context triple: [Robert Duvall, role, Gus McCrae in Lonesome Dove]
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A.
Festus Haggen in Gunsmoke
Festus Haggen in Gunsmoke is the scruffy, good-hearted deputy and comic sidekick to Marshal Matt Dillon on the long-running Western television series.
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B.
Randall McCoy in Hatfields & McCoys
Randall McCoy in *Hatfields & McCoys* is the deeply religious but stubborn patriarch of the McCoy family whose feud with the neighboring Hatfields drives the central conflict of the miniseries.
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C.
Kit Carruthers in Badlands
Kit Carruthers in *Badlands* is the charismatic yet disturbingly detached young drifter and spree killer portrayed by Martin Sheen in Terrence Malick’s 1973 crime drama.
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D.
Chester Goode in Gunsmoke
Chester Goode in Gunsmoke is the limping, loyal deputy and comic yet heartfelt sidekick to Marshal Matt Dillon in the classic American Western television series.
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E.
Doc Adams in Gunsmoke
Doc Adams in Gunsmoke is the gruff but compassionate frontier physician who serves as Dodge City's moral and medical backbone in the long-running Western television series.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gus McCrae in Lonesome Dove Target entity description: Gus McCrae in *Lonesome Dove* is a charismatic, witty former Texas Ranger whose adventurous spirit and deep loyalty drive much of the story’s emotional core.
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A.
Festus Haggen in Gunsmoke
Festus Haggen in Gunsmoke is the scruffy, good-hearted deputy and comic sidekick to Marshal Matt Dillon on the long-running Western television series.
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B.
Randall McCoy in Hatfields & McCoys
Randall McCoy in *Hatfields & McCoys* is the deeply religious but stubborn patriarch of the McCoy family whose feud with the neighboring Hatfields drives the central conflict of the miniseries.
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C.
Kit Carruthers in Badlands
Kit Carruthers in *Badlands* is the charismatic yet disturbingly detached young drifter and spree killer portrayed by Martin Sheen in Terrence Malick’s 1973 crime drama.
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D.
Chester Goode in Gunsmoke
Chester Goode in Gunsmoke is the limping, loyal deputy and comic yet heartfelt sidekick to Marshal Matt Dillon in the classic American Western television series.
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E.
Doc Adams in Gunsmoke
Doc Adams in Gunsmoke is the gruff but compassionate frontier physician who serves as Dodge City's moral and medical backbone in the long-running Western television series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Texas Ranger
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Comanche Moon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dead Man’s Walk NERFINISHED ⓘ Lonesome Dove NERFINISHED ⓘ Streets of Laredo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hat Creek Cattle Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of Texas era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessPartner | Woodrow F. Call NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | wounds from Indian attack ⓘ |
| closeFriend | Woodrow F. Call NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounderOf |
Hat Creek Cattle Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Livery Emporium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Woodrow F. Call NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Larry McMurtry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Montana Territory (fictional depiction) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemy | Blue Duck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Lonesome Dove series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Augustus McCrae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPersonality |
extroverted
ⓘ
risk-taking ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leads | cattle drive from Texas to Montana ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Clara Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nickname | Gus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
adventurous
ⓘ
charismatic ⓘ humorous ⓘ loyal ⓘ philosophical ⓘ witty ⓘ |
| occupation |
Texas Ranger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
rancher ⓘ |
| partner | Clara Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
David Arquette
NERFINISHED
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Robert Duvall NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Zahn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
Comanche Moon (2008 miniseries)
NERFINISHED
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Dead Man’s Walk (1996 miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lonesome Dove (1989 miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork | co-protagonist of Lonesome Dove ⓘ |
| settingEra | 19th-century American West ⓘ |
| species | human ⓘ |
| storyFunction | emotional core of Lonesome Dove ⓘ |
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Subject: Gus McCrae in Lonesome Dove Description of subject: Gus McCrae in *Lonesome Dove* is a charismatic, witty former Texas Ranger whose adventurous spirit and deep loyalty drive much of the story’s emotional core.
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