Silas Adams in Deadwood
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Silas Adams in Deadwood is a supporting character in the HBO Western series "Deadwood," portrayed as a shrewd and morally ambiguous henchman entangled in the town’s violent power struggles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silas Adams in Deadwood canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10224214 — 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: Silas Adams in Deadwood Context triple: [Titus Welliver, televisionRole, Silas Adams in Deadwood]
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A.
Gus McCrae in Lonesome Dove
Gus McCrae in *Lonesome Dove* is a charismatic, witty former Texas Ranger whose adventurous spirit and deep loyalty drive much of the story’s emotional core.
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B.
Kit Carruthers in Badlands
Kit Carruthers in *Badlands* is the charismatic yet disturbingly detached young drifter and spree killer portrayed by Martin Sheen in Terrence Malick’s 1973 crime drama.
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C.
Seth Bullock
Seth Bullock was a Canadian-American frontiersman, lawman, and businessman who became the first sheriff of Deadwood in the Dakota Territory and a prominent figure in the town’s early history.
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D.
Gus Witherspoon
Gus Witherspoon is the gruff but warm-hearted grandfather and family patriarch played by Wilford Brimley on the 1980s television drama "Our House."
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E.
John Longmire
John Longmire is a former Australian rules footballer and long-serving head coach of the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League.
- 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: Silas Adams in Deadwood Target entity description: Silas Adams in Deadwood is a supporting character in the HBO Western series "Deadwood," portrayed as a shrewd and morally ambiguous henchman entangled in the town’s violent power struggles.
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A.
Gus McCrae in Lonesome Dove
Gus McCrae in *Lonesome Dove* is a charismatic, witty former Texas Ranger whose adventurous spirit and deep loyalty drive much of the story’s emotional core.
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B.
Kit Carruthers in Badlands
Kit Carruthers in *Badlands* is the charismatic yet disturbingly detached young drifter and spree killer portrayed by Martin Sheen in Terrence Malick’s 1973 crime drama.
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C.
Seth Bullock
Seth Bullock was a Canadian-American frontiersman, lawman, and businessman who became the first sheriff of Deadwood in the Dakota Territory and a prominent figure in the town’s early history.
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D.
Gus Witherspoon
Gus Witherspoon is the gruff but warm-hearted grandfather and family patriarch played by Wilford Brimley on the 1980s television drama "Our House."
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E.
John Longmire
John Longmire is a former Australian rules footballer and long-serving head coach of the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| alignment | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Deadwood
ⓘ
Deadwood: The Movie ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | revisionist Western ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Al Swearengen
ⓘ
Cy Tolliver ⓘ George Hearst ⓘ |
| basedOn | Silas Adams (historical figure) ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
calculating
ⓘ
pragmatic ⓘ shrewd ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | David Milch ⓘ |
| fictionalEthnicity | white American ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Deadwood universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Deadwood
|
| firstAppearance |
Deadwood Season 2
ⓘ
linked to:
Deadwood
|
| genre | Western television series ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | participant in town power struggles ⓘ |
| network | HBO ⓘ |
| notableFor | involvement in violent power struggles in Deadwood ⓘ |
| occupation |
enforcer
ⓘ
henchman ⓘ |
| originalNetworkRunEnd | 2006 ⓘ |
| originalNetworkRunStart | 2004 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Deadwood (franchise)
ⓘ
linked to:
Deadwood
|
| portrayedBy | Titus Welliver ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | live-action television ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
HBO Entertainment
ⓘ
linked to:
HBO
|
| roleInNarrative | supporting character ⓘ |
| setting |
Deadwood, Dakota Territory
ⓘ
linked to:
Deadwood, South Dakota
|
| timePeriod | 1870s ⓘ |
| toneOfWork |
gritty
ⓘ
violent ⓘ |
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Subject: Silas Adams in Deadwood Description of subject: Silas Adams in Deadwood is a supporting character in the HBO Western series "Deadwood," portrayed as a shrewd and morally ambiguous henchman entangled in the town’s violent power struggles.
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