Captain Charles Taylor
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Captain Charles Taylor is a key white officer character in Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize–winning play "A Soldier's Play," representing the tensions and racial dynamics within a segregated World War II-era military unit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Captain Charles Taylor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11318925 — 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: Captain Charles Taylor Context triple: [A Soldier's Play, notableCharacter, Captain Charles Taylor]
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A.
Charles H. Taylor
Charles H. Taylor was an American newspaper publisher best known for transforming The Boston Globe into a major modern daily and serving as its long-time first publisher.
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B.
Isaach de Bankolé
Isaach de Bankolé is an Ivorian-French actor known for his distinctive presence in international cinema, including prominent roles in several of Jim Jarmusch’s films.
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C.
Siaka Stevens
Siaka Stevens was a Sierra Leonean politician who led the country for many years, overseeing its transition to a republic and establishing a one-party state marked by authoritarian rule and corruption.
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D.
Samuel Doe
Samuel Doe was a Liberian military officer-turned-president whose authoritarian rule and eventual overthrow played a central role in triggering the First Liberian Civil War.
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E.
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is a Congolese militia leader who became the first person ever convicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes related to the use of child soldiers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain Charles Taylor Target entity description: Captain Charles Taylor is a key white officer character in Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize–winning play "A Soldier's Play," representing the tensions and racial dynamics within a segregated World War II-era military unit.
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A.
Charles H. Taylor
Charles H. Taylor was an American newspaper publisher best known for transforming The Boston Globe into a major modern daily and serving as its long-time first publisher.
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B.
Isaach de Bankolé
Isaach de Bankolé is an Ivorian-French actor known for his distinctive presence in international cinema, including prominent roles in several of Jim Jarmusch’s films.
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C.
Siaka Stevens
Siaka Stevens was a Sierra Leonean politician who led the country for many years, overseeing its transition to a republic and establishing a one-party state marked by authoritarian rule and corruption.
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D.
Samuel Doe
Samuel Doe was a Liberian military officer-turned-president whose authoritarian rule and eventual overthrow played a central role in triggering the First Liberian Civil War.
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E.
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is a Congolese militia leader who became the first person ever convicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes related to the use of child soldiers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A Soldier’s Play
ⓘ
linked to:
A Soldier's Play
|
| appearsInAdaptation |
A Soldier’s Story (film adaptation of A Soldier’s Play)
ⓘ
linked to:
A Soldier's Story
|
| conflictContext | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Charles Fuller ⓘ |
| dramaticArcInvolves |
conflict over investigative authority
ⓘ
negotiating racial tensions within the unit ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
foil to Captain Richard Davenport
ⓘ
mediator between white command and Black troops ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
crime drama
ⓘ
military drama ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
Captain Richard Davenport
ⓘ
Sergeant Vernon C. Waters ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodies institutional racism and hierarchy
ⓘ
represents racial tensions in the U.S. Army ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | key officer in segregated military unit ⓘ |
| occupation | United States Army officer ⓘ |
| race | white ⓘ |
| settingOfActions | segregated Louisiana Army base ⓘ |
| supervises |
Black enlisted soldiers
ⓘ
Black non-commissioned officers ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
military justice and investigation
ⓘ
power and authority ⓘ racism in the U.S. military ⓘ segregation and inequality ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1940s ⓘ |
| workAwardContext |
A Soldier’s Play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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linked to:
A Soldier's Play
|
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Captain Charles Taylor Description of subject: Captain Charles Taylor is a key white officer character in Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize–winning play "A Soldier's Play," representing the tensions and racial dynamics within a segregated World War II-era military unit.
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