Edmund Horman
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Edmund Horman is a central character in the film "Missing," portrayed as a father desperately searching for his son who disappeared during the Chilean military coup.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edmund Horman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10355033 — 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: Edmund Horman Context triple: [Missing, character, Edmund Horman]
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A.
Robert Harron
Robert Harron was a prominent American silent film actor of the 1910s, best known for his frequent collaborations with director D. W. Griffith.
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B.
Edward Garfield
Edward Garfield was the son of U.S. President James A. Garfield and First Lady Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, who died in infancy.
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C.
Joseph Goreed
Joseph Goreed, better known as Joe Williams, was an acclaimed American jazz and blues singer renowned for his rich baritone voice and work with the Count Basie Orchestra.
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D.
Walter Eckland
Walter Eckland is the gruff, reluctant hero and boozy beachcomber-turned-lookout portrayed by Cary Grant in the World War II comedy film "Father Goose."
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E.
John Norville
John Norville is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the story for Disney's adventure film "Jungle Cruise."
- 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: Edmund Horman Target entity description: Edmund Horman is a central character in the film "Missing," portrayed as a father desperately searching for his son who disappeared during the Chilean military coup.
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A.
Robert Harron
Robert Harron was a prominent American silent film actor of the 1910s, best known for his frequent collaborations with director D. W. Griffith.
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B.
Edward Garfield
Edward Garfield was the son of U.S. President James A. Garfield and First Lady Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, who died in infancy.
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C.
Joseph Goreed
Joseph Goreed, better known as Joe Williams, was an acclaimed American jazz and blues singer renowned for his rich baritone voice and work with the Count Basie Orchestra.
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D.
Walter Eckland
Walter Eckland is the gruff, reluctant hero and boozy beachcomber-turned-lookout portrayed by Cary Grant in the World War II comedy film "Father Goose."
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E.
John Norville
John Norville is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the story for Disney's adventure film "Jungle Cruise."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Missing ⓘ |
| appearsInYearOfRelease | 1982 ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | 1973 Chilean coup d'état ⓘ |
| basedOnRealPerson | true ⓘ |
| characterArc | from naive faith in authorities to political awareness ⓘ |
| characterBasedOn | Edmund C. Horman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emotionalState |
desperate
ⓘ
determined ⓘ |
| familyRole | father ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | protagonist ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jack Lemmon ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | film ⓘ |
| relatedWork | book "The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice" ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | central character ⓘ |
| searchContext |
Chile
ⓘ
Chilean military coup ⓘ political repression ⓘ |
| searchesFor | his son ⓘ |
| theme |
human rights
ⓘ
parental love ⓘ political violence ⓘ search for truth ⓘ |
| workAward |
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (for film "Missing")
ⓘ
linked to:
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Palme d'Or (for film "Missing") ⓘ
linked to:
Palme d’Or
|
| workCountryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| workDirectedBy | Costa-Gavras ⓘ |
| workGenre |
historical drama
ⓘ
political drama ⓘ |
| workLanguage | English ⓘ |
| workSettingPlace |
Santiago, Chile
ⓘ
linked to:
Santiago (Chile)
|
| workSettingTime | 1973 ⓘ |
| workWrittenBy |
Costa-Gavras
ⓘ
Donald E. Stewart ⓘ John Nichols ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Edmund Horman Description of subject: Edmund Horman is a central character in the film "Missing," portrayed as a father desperately searching for his son who disappeared during the Chilean military coup.
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