John Carradine as Bob Ford
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John Carradine as Bob Ford refers to the veteran American character actor’s portrayal of the infamous outlaw Robert Ford, known for killing Jesse James, in the Western film "The Return of Frank James."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Carradine as Bob Ford canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9105901 — 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: John Carradine as Bob Ford Context triple: [The Return of Frank James, portrays, John Carradine as Bob Ford]
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A.
Gene Hackman as Little Bill Daggett
Gene Hackman as Little Bill Daggett is a ruthless, authoritarian sheriff whose chilling performance in the Western film "Unforgiven" earned Hackman widespread acclaim and an Academy Award.
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B.
Clint Eastwood as Philo Beddoe
Clint Eastwood as Philo Beddoe is the tough but easygoing trucker and bare-knuckle brawler, often accompanied by his pet orangutan Clyde, in the comedic action films of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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C.
Woody Strode
Woody Strode was an American actor and former professional football player known for his pioneering roles in Hollywood Westerns and action films, often portraying strong, stoic characters.
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D.
Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton was an American character actor and musician known for his distinctive, world-weary presence in films such as "Paris, Texas," "Repo Man," and "Alien."
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E.
Billy Crawford
Billy Crawford is a Filipino-American singer, songwriter, dancer, and television host known for his pop and R&B music career and for hosting various talent shows in the Philippines and abroad.
- 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: John Carradine as Bob Ford Target entity description: John Carradine as Bob Ford refers to the veteran American character actor’s portrayal of the infamous outlaw Robert Ford, known for killing Jesse James, in the Western film "The Return of Frank James."
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A.
Gene Hackman as Little Bill Daggett
Gene Hackman as Little Bill Daggett is a ruthless, authoritarian sheriff whose chilling performance in the Western film "Unforgiven" earned Hackman widespread acclaim and an Academy Award.
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B.
Clint Eastwood as Philo Beddoe
Clint Eastwood as Philo Beddoe is the tough but easygoing trucker and bare-knuckle brawler, often accompanied by his pet orangutan Clyde, in the comedic action films of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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C.
Woody Strode
Woody Strode was an American actor and former professional football player known for his pioneering roles in Hollywood Westerns and action films, often portraying strong, stoic characters.
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D.
Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton was an American character actor and musician known for his distinctive, world-weary presence in films such as "Paris, Texas," "Repo Man," and "Alien."
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E.
Billy Crawford
Billy Crawford is a Filipino-American singer, songwriter, dancer, and television host known for his pop and R&B music career and for hosting various talent shows in the Philippines and abroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
acting role
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film character portrayal ⓘ |
| actorNationality | American ⓘ |
| actorProfession | character actor ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm | The Return of Frank James ⓘ |
| associatedWithFranchise | Jesse James film cycle ⓘ |
| basedOn | Robert Ford ⓘ |
| characterName | Bob Ford ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| filmGenre | Western film ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of the killer of Jesse James ⓘ |
| portrayalType | live-action performance ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | John Carradine ⓘ |
| portraysHistoricalFigure | Robert Ford ⓘ |
| portraysNotableAct | killing Jesse James ⓘ |
| portraysOccupation | outlaw ⓘ |
| relatedCharacter |
Frank James
ⓘ
Jesse James ⓘ |
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: John Carradine as Bob Ford Description of subject: John Carradine as Bob Ford refers to the veteran American character actor’s portrayal of the infamous outlaw Robert Ford, known for killing Jesse James, in the Western film "The Return of Frank James."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.