Tom Horn
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Tom Horn is a 1980 Western film starring Steve McQueen as the historical frontier scout and hired gun of the same name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tom Horn canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9720477 — 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: Tom Horn Context triple: [Steve McQueen, notableWork, Tom Horn]
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A.
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp was a famed American lawman and gambler of the Old West, best known for his role in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
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B.
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp is a 1994 American biographical Western film that chronicles the life of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Kevin Costner in the title role.
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C.
Oscar Folsom
Oscar Folsom was an American lawyer from Buffalo, New York, best known as the father of Frances Folsom Cleveland, the youngest First Lady in U.S. history.
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D.
Geronimo Pratt
Geronimo Pratt was a prominent Black Panther Party leader and Vietnam War veteran who became a symbol of wrongful conviction and political repression in the United States after his controversial murder conviction was overturned.
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E.
Rufus Scott
Rufus Scott is a talented but troubled Black jazz musician whose emotional turmoil and alienation drive much of the tragedy in James Baldwin’s novel "Another Country."
- 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: Tom Horn Target entity description: Tom Horn is a 1980 Western film starring Steve McQueen as the historical frontier scout and hired gun of the same name.
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A.
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp is a 1994 American biographical Western film that chronicles the life of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Kevin Costner in the title role.
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B.
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp was a famed American lawman and gambler of the Old West, best known for his role in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
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C.
Oscar Folsom
Oscar Folsom was an American lawyer from Buffalo, New York, best known as the father of Frances Folsom Cleveland, the youngest First Lady in U.S. history.
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D.
Geronimo Pratt
Geronimo Pratt was a prominent Black Panther Party leader and Vietnam War veteran who became a symbol of wrongful conviction and political repression in the United States after his controversial murder conviction was overturned.
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E.
Rufus Scott
Rufus Scott is a talented but troubled Black jazz musician whose emotional turmoil and alienation drive much of the tragedy in James Baldwin’s novel "Another Country."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Tom Horn ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | John A. Alonzo ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | William Wiard ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros.
ⓘ
linked to:
Warner Bros. Pictures
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| editedBy | Tom Rolf ⓘ |
| eraOfRelease | 1980s American cinema ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Arizona ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
biographical film ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalFigureAsCharacter | Tom Horn ⓘ |
| leadActorPlays | Steve McQueen as Tom Horn ⓘ |
| musicBy | Ken Thorne ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | frontier scout and hired gun Tom Horn ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | Tom Horn ⓘ |
| portraysEvent | trial and execution of Tom Horn ⓘ |
| producer |
Steve McQueen
ⓘ
William Wiard ⓘ |
| productionCompany | First Artists ⓘ |
| ratingMPAA | R ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1980-03-28 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 98 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Bud Shrake
ⓘ
John Gay ⓘ Thomas McGuane ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Old West ⓘ |
| starring |
Billy Green Bush
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Linda Evans ⓘ Richard Farnsworth ⓘ Slim Pickens ⓘ Steve McQueen ⓘ |
| subject | Tom Horn ⓘ |
| title | Tom Horn ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tom Horn Description of subject: Tom Horn is a 1980 Western film starring Steve McQueen as the historical frontier scout and hired gun of the same name.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.