Major Marquis Warren
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Major Marquis Warren is a former Union cavalry officer turned bounty hunter in Quentin Tarantino’s film "The Hateful Eight," known for his sharp wit, moral ambiguity, and pivotal role in the story’s tense standoff.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Major Marquis Warren canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13138760 — 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: Major Marquis Warren Context triple: [Snowbound Haberdashery, associatedCharacter, Major Marquis Warren]
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A.
Colonel Strong Vincent
Colonel Strong Vincent was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for his decisive leadership and mortal wounding while defending Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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B.
Colonel McCormick
Colonel McCormick was a powerful American newspaper publisher and longtime editor and owner of the Chicago Tribune, known for his conservative political influence in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Lt. Col. Frank Slade
Lt. Col. Frank Slade is the blind, irascible yet deeply principled retired Army officer portrayed by Al Pacino in the film "Scent of a Woman."
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D.
Major James Martino
Major James Martino is the son of American actress Eva Amurri.
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E.
Colonel Creighton
Colonel Creighton is a British intelligence officer and scholar of Indian culture in Rudyard Kipling’s novel "Kim," serving as a key figure in the Great Game espionage network.
- 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: Major Marquis Warren Target entity description: Major Marquis Warren is a former Union cavalry officer turned bounty hunter in Quentin Tarantino’s film "The Hateful Eight," known for his sharp wit, moral ambiguity, and pivotal role in the story’s tense standoff.
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A.
Colonel Strong Vincent
Colonel Strong Vincent was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for his decisive leadership and mortal wounding while defending Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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B.
Colonel McCormick
Colonel McCormick was a powerful American newspaper publisher and longtime editor and owner of the Chicago Tribune, known for his conservative political influence in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Lt. Col. Frank Slade
Lt. Col. Frank Slade is the blind, irascible yet deeply principled retired Army officer portrayed by Al Pacino in the film "Scent of a Woman."
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D.
Major James Martino
Major James Martino is the son of American actress Eva Amurri.
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E.
Colonel Creighton
Colonel Creighton is a British intelligence officer and scholar of Indian culture in Rudyard Kipling’s novel "Kim," serving as a key figure in the Great Game espionage network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bounty hunter
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ former Union Army officer ⓘ |
| affiliation | Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allyOf | John Ruth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Hateful Eight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| backstory |
became a bounty hunter after the Civil War
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served as a Union officer during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| branchOfService | Union cavalry ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | Sheriff Chris Mannix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Quentin Tarantino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Daisy Domergue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jody Domingre NERFINISHED ⓘ The Domingre gang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Hateful Eight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDirector | Quentin Tarantino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmGenre |
Western
ⓘ
mystery ⓘ |
| filmMusicBy | Ennio Morricone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| fullName | Marquis Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| kills |
General Sandy Smithers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
members of the Domingre gang ⓘ |
| knownFor |
moral ambiguity
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pivotal role in the Minnie’s Haberdashery standoff ⓘ sharp wit ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| location | Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Major ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | exposes hidden identities of characters in Minnie’s Haberdashery ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableItem | Lincoln letter ⓘ |
| notableScene | confrontation with General Sandy Smithers ⓘ |
| occupation | bounty hunter ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Samuel L. Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| race | African American ⓘ |
| roleInPlot |
central protagonist in The Hateful Eight
ⓘ
drives interrogation and revelations in Minnie’s Haberdashery ⓘ |
| sharesStagecoachWith |
Daisy Domergue
NERFINISHED
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John Ruth NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheriff Chris Mannix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survivesUntil | final act of The Hateful Eight ⓘ |
| timePeriod | post-American Civil War era ⓘ |
| usesWeapon |
revolver
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rifle ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Major Marquis Warren Description of subject: Major Marquis Warren is a former Union cavalry officer turned bounty hunter in Quentin Tarantino’s film "The Hateful Eight," known for his sharp wit, moral ambiguity, and pivotal role in the story’s tense standoff.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Snowbound Haberdashery