Samuel Norton
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Samuel Norton is a fictional, authoritarian prison warden and primary antagonist in Stephen King's novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" and its film adaptation "The Shawshank Redemption."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samuel Norton canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8791515 — 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: Samuel Norton Context triple: [Warden Samuel Norton, name, Samuel Norton]
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Lemuel Shaw
Lemuel Shaw was a prominent 19th-century American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and was the father-in-law of novelist Herman Melville.
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B.
Amasa Stone
Amasa Stone was a prominent 19th-century American industrialist and railroad magnate based in Cleveland, Ohio.
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C.
James Mott
James Mott was a 19th-century American Quaker merchant and reformer known for his support of abolitionism and women’s rights alongside his wife, Lucretia Mott.
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D.
Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
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Benjamin Coffin III
Benjamin Coffin III is a central antagonist in the musical "Rent," portrayed as the former roommate-turned-landlord whose actions highlight themes of gentrification and conflict with the bohemian main characters.
- 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: Samuel Norton Target entity description: Samuel Norton is a fictional, authoritarian prison warden and primary antagonist in Stephen King's novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" and its film adaptation "The Shawshank Redemption."
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A.
Lemuel Shaw
Lemuel Shaw was a prominent 19th-century American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and was the father-in-law of novelist Herman Melville.
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B.
Amasa Stone
Amasa Stone was a prominent 19th-century American industrialist and railroad magnate based in Cleveland, Ohio.
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C.
James Mott
James Mott was a 19th-century American Quaker merchant and reformer known for his support of abolitionism and women’s rights alongside his wife, Lucretia Mott.
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D.
Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
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E.
Benjamin Coffin III
Benjamin Coffin III is a central antagonist in the musical "Rent," portrayed as the former roommate-turned-landlord whose actions highlight themes of gentrification and conflict with the bohemian main characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
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fictional character ⓘ prison warden ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
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The Shawshank Redemption ⓘ
linked to:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994 film)
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| appearsInMedium |
film
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literature ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Andy Dufresne
ⓘ
Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkType | novella ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
authoritarian
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corrupt ⓘ hypocritical ⓘ religious hypocrite ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Stephen King ⓘ |
| employer | Shawshank State Penitentiary ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearsIn |
drama
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prison drama ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | villain ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | obstacle to Andy Dufresne ⓘ |
| occupation | warden of Shawshank State Penitentiary ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Shawshank series of Stephen King works ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
primary antagonist in Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
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primary antagonist in The Shawshank Redemption ⓘ |
| workAdaptation | film adaptation The Shawshank Redemption ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Samuel Norton Description of subject: Samuel Norton is a fictional, authoritarian prison warden and primary antagonist in Stephen King's novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" and its film adaptation "The Shawshank Redemption."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Samuel Norton in The Shawshank Redemption
subject linked to:
strict prison warden Samuel Norton in The Shawshank Redemption