Major Duncan
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Major Duncan is a fictional military officer who appears as a supporting character in James Fenimore Cooper’s frontier novel "The Pathfinder; or, The Inland Sea."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Major Duncan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17334696 — 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: Major Duncan Context triple: [The Pathfinder; or, The Inland Sea, character, Major Duncan]
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A.
Major Charles Dowling
Major Charles Dowling was a British intelligence officer and member of the Cairo Gang, the undercover group targeted and largely assassinated by the IRA in Dublin on Bloody Sunday in 1920.
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B.
Major William Campbell
Major William Campbell was a British military officer known for overseeing the construction and command of frontier fortifications in North America during the late 18th century.
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C.
Major Duncan Heyward
Major Duncan Heyward is a British army officer and central figure in James Fenimore Cooper’s novel "The Last of the Mohicans," whose sense of duty and honor shape much of the story’s conflict and romance.
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D.
Major Amos Charles Dundee
Major Amos Charles Dundee is the hard-driven, controversial Union cavalry officer portrayed by Charlton Heston in Sam Peckinpah’s 1965 Western war film "Major Dundee."
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E.
Major William Lauderdale
Major William Lauderdale was a U.S. Army officer in the Second Seminole War whose leadership in establishing a military post in Florida led to the city of Fort Lauderdale being named in his honor.
- 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 Duncan Target entity description: Major Duncan is a fictional military officer who appears as a supporting character in James Fenimore Cooper’s frontier novel "The Pathfinder; or, The Inland Sea."
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A.
Major Charles Dowling
Major Charles Dowling was a British intelligence officer and member of the Cairo Gang, the undercover group targeted and largely assassinated by the IRA in Dublin on Bloody Sunday in 1920.
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B.
Major William Campbell
Major William Campbell was a British military officer known for overseeing the construction and command of frontier fortifications in North America during the late 18th century.
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C.
Major Duncan Heyward
Major Duncan Heyward is a British army officer and central figure in James Fenimore Cooper’s novel "The Last of the Mohicans," whose sense of duty and honor shape much of the story’s conflict and romance.
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D.
Major Amos Charles Dundee
Major Amos Charles Dundee is the hard-driven, controversial Union cavalry officer portrayed by Charlton Heston in Sam Peckinpah’s 1965 Western war film "Major Dundee."
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E.
Major William Lauderdale
Major William Lauderdale was a U.S. Army officer in the Second Seminole War whose leadership in establishing a military post in Florida led to the city of Fort Lauderdale being named in his honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.