Moose Malloy
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Moose Malloy is a hulking, simple-minded ex-convict and central antagonist in Raymond Chandler’s hardboiled crime novel "Farewell, My Lovely," notably brought to life on screen by actor Mike Mazurki.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Moose Malloy canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9257570 — 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: Moose Malloy Context triple: [Mike Mazurki, portrayedCharacter, Moose Malloy]
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A.
Charley Malloy
Charley Malloy is a pivotal supporting character in the classic film "On the Waterfront," known as the conflicted brother of protagonist Terry Malloy who is entangled in corrupt union dealings.
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B.
Moose Johnson
Moose Johnson was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey defenceman known for his rugged play and key role on several pioneering professional teams.
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C.
Sam Merlotte
Sam Merlotte is a shapeshifting bar owner and central figure in the supernatural drama series "True Blood."
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D.
Mutt Carey
Mutt Carey was an American jazz trumpeter known for his work in early New Orleans jazz bands and recordings, particularly in the 1920s and 1930s.
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E.
Eddie Applegate
Eddie Applegate is a fictional teenage character on the 1960s American sitcom "The Patty Duke Show," known as Patty Lane’s boyfriend.
- 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: Moose Malloy Target entity description: Moose Malloy is a hulking, simple-minded ex-convict and central antagonist in Raymond Chandler’s hardboiled crime novel "Farewell, My Lovely," notably brought to life on screen by actor Mike Mazurki.
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A.
Charley Malloy
Charley Malloy is a pivotal supporting character in the classic film "On the Waterfront," known as the conflicted brother of protagonist Terry Malloy who is entangled in corrupt union dealings.
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B.
Moose Johnson
Moose Johnson was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey defenceman known for his rugged play and key role on several pioneering professional teams.
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C.
Sam Merlotte
Sam Merlotte is a shapeshifting bar owner and central figure in the supernatural drama series "True Blood."
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D.
Mutt Carey
Mutt Carey was an American jazz trumpeter known for his work in early New Orleans jazz bands and recordings, particularly in the 1920s and 1930s.
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E.
Eddie Applegate
Eddie Applegate is a fictional teenage character on the 1960s American sitcom "The Patty Duke Show," known as Patty Lane’s boyfriend.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
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ex-convict ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedToMedium | film ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Farewell, My Lovely ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries | Philip Marlowe stories ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Raymond Chandler ⓘ |
| characterInGenre | hardboiled crime fiction ⓘ |
| conflictsWith | Philip Marlowe ⓘ |
| createdBy | Raymond Chandler ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Farewell, My Lovely (1940 novel)
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linked to:
Farewell, My Lovely
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
hulking
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obsessive ⓘ physically imposing ⓘ simple-minded ⓘ violent ⓘ |
| literaryEra | 20th-century American crime fiction ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | drives the plot of Farewell, My Lovely ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| occupation | ex-convict ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Mike Mazurki ⓘ |
| portrayedInFilm |
Farewell, My Lovely (1944 film adaptation, titled Murder, My Sweet)
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linked to:
Murder, My Sweet
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| roleInWork | central antagonist in Farewell, My Lovely ⓘ |
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: Moose Malloy Description of subject: Moose Malloy is a hulking, simple-minded ex-convict and central antagonist in Raymond Chandler’s hardboiled crime novel "Farewell, My Lovely," notably brought to life on screen by actor Mike Mazurki.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.