Calamity Jane
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Calamity Jane was a legendary American frontierswoman and sharpshooter of the Old West, famed for her association with Wild Bill Hickok and the town of Deadwood.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Calamity Jane canonical | 12 |
| frontierswoman Calamity Jane | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9286210 — 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: Calamity Jane Context triple: [Deadwood, South Dakota, burialPlaceOf, Calamity Jane]
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A.
Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane is a 1953 Technicolor musical Western film starring Doris Day as the legendary frontierswoman in a lighthearted, song-filled romantic adventure.
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B.
Mrs. Sundance
Mrs. Sundance is a 1974 Western television film starring Elizabeth Montgomery as the widow of the outlaw Sundance Kid.
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C.
Viva Laughlin
Viva Laughlin is a short-lived American musical drama television series, adapted from the British show "Viva Blackpool," that blended crime, family drama, and song-and-dance numbers.
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D.
Mattie Appleyard
Mattie Appleyard is the central ex-convict protagonist of the novel and film "Fools' Parade," whose struggle to claim his rightful savings after release from prison drives the story's conflict.
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E.
Mattie Birkett
Mattie Birkett was the wife of Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and a prominent figure in early Alberta’s social and political life.
- 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: Calamity Jane Target entity description: Calamity Jane was a legendary American frontierswoman and sharpshooter of the Old West, famed for her association with Wild Bill Hickok and the town of Deadwood.
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A.
Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane is a 1953 Technicolor musical Western film starring Doris Day as the legendary frontierswoman in a lighthearted, song-filled romantic adventure.
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B.
Mrs. Sundance
Mrs. Sundance is a 1974 Western television film starring Elizabeth Montgomery as the widow of the outlaw Sundance Kid.
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C.
Viva Laughlin
Viva Laughlin is a short-lived American musical drama television series, adapted from the British show "Viva Blackpool," that blended crime, family drama, and song-and-dance numbers.
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D.
Mattie Appleyard
Mattie Appleyard is the central ex-convict protagonist of the novel and film "Fools' Parade," whose struggle to claim his rightful savings after release from prison drives the story's conflict.
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E.
Mattie Birkett
Mattie Birkett was the wife of Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and a prominent figure in early Alberta’s social and political life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk hero
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frontierswoman ⓘ human ⓘ scout ⓘ sharpshooter ⓘ |
| activePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Martha Jane Cannary
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linked to:
Martha Jane Canary
|
| associatedWith |
Buffalo Bill Cody
ⓘ
linked to:
William F. Cody
Deadwood, South Dakota ⓘ Wild Bill Hickok ⓘ |
| birthName | Martha Jane Canary ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, South Dakota
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linked to:
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood
|
| buriedNextTo | Wild Bill Hickok ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalDepiction | American frontier legend ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth |
1852-05-01
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1856-05-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirthPrecision | disputed ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1903-08-01 ⓘ |
| era |
American Old West
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linked to:
Old West
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| ethnicity | white American ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| knownFor |
association with Deadwood, South Dakota
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association with Wild Bill Hickok ⓘ colorful and exaggerated frontier stories ⓘ marksmanship ⓘ riding and scouting skills ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| militaryAllegiance | United States Army ⓘ |
| name | Calamity Jane ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
cross-dressing in men’s clothing
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heavy drinking ⓘ rough frontier manners ⓘ storytelling and self-mythologizing ⓘ |
| occupation |
frontierswoman
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performer ⓘ scout ⓘ sharpshooter ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Indian Wars
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linked to:
United States–Native American wars
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| performedIn |
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show
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linked to:
Buffalo Bill's Wild West
various dime-museum and Wild West exhibitions ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Princeton, Missouri ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Terry, South Dakota
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near Deadwood, South Dakota ⓘ |
| servedAs | scout for the U.S. Army ⓘ |
| stateOfBirth | Missouri ⓘ |
| stateOfDeath | South Dakota ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
films and television portrayals
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numerous dime novels ⓘ the 1953 film "Calamity Jane" ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Calamity Jane Description of subject: Calamity Jane was a legendary American frontierswoman and sharpshooter of the Old West, famed for her association with Wild Bill Hickok and the town of Deadwood.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Calamity Jane