Brutus "Brutal" Howell
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Brutus "Brutal" Howell is a compassionate and level-headed prison guard in Stephen King’s story "The Green Mile," known for his loyalty to his fellow officers and humane treatment of death row inmates.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brutus "Brutal" Howell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1714651 — 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: Brutus "Brutal" Howell Context triple: [The Green Mile, mainCharacter, Brutus "Brutal" Howell]
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A.
Cassius Brown
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B.
Charles McEvers Jr.
Charles McEvers Jr. was an early American financier and broker who helped lay the foundations of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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C.
Boston Corbett
Boston Corbett was a Union Army sergeant best known for fatally shooting John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
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D.
Hazard Stevens
Hazard Stevens was a 19th-century American soldier, politician, and mountaineer best known for making the first documented ascent of Mount Rainier.
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E.
Frankito Wright
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- 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: Brutus "Brutal" Howell Target entity description: Brutus "Brutal" Howell is a compassionate and level-headed prison guard in Stephen King’s story "The Green Mile," known for his loyalty to his fellow officers and humane treatment of death row inmates.
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A.
Cassius Brown
Cassius Brown is a member of the Houston-Brown family, known publicly as a step-sibling of the late Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.
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B.
Charles McEvers Jr.
Charles McEvers Jr. was an early American financier and broker who helped lay the foundations of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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C.
Boston Corbett
Boston Corbett was a Union Army sergeant best known for fatally shooting John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
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D.
Hazard Stevens
Hazard Stevens was a 19th-century American soldier, politician, and mountaineer best known for making the first documented ascent of Mount Rainier.
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E.
Frankito Wright
Frankito Wright is the son of Tré Cool, the drummer of the American punk rock band Green Day.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
corrections officer
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ prison guard ⓘ supporting character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Green Mile ⓘ |
| appearsInAdaptation |
The Green Mile
ⓘ
surface form:
The Green Mile (1999 film)
|
| appearsInFormat | serial novel ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkType | novel ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
capital punishment
ⓘ
compassion in authority ⓘ morality and justice ⓘ |
| colleague |
Dean Stanton
ⓘ
Harry Terwilliger ⓘ Paul Edgecombe ⓘ Percy Wetmore ⓘ |
| creator | Stephen King ⓘ |
| employer | Cold Mountain Penitentiary ⓘ |
| ensures | dignity of condemned prisoners ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| fullName | Brutus Howell ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
drama
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ horror ⓘ |
| helps |
John Coffey
ⓘ
Paul Edgecombe ⓘ |
| loyalTo | fellow officers ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | good ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| nickname | Brutal ⓘ |
| occupation | prison guard ⓘ |
| participatesIn | execution procedures ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | David Morse ⓘ |
| roleInStory | member of the E Block guard team ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | Louisiana ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| trait |
compassionate
ⓘ
humane ⓘ level-headed ⓘ loyal ⓘ |
| treats | death row inmates humanely ⓘ |
| workplace |
E Block
ⓘ
The Green Mile ⓘ |
| worksUnder | Paul Edgecombe ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Brutus "Brutal" Howell Description of subject: Brutus "Brutal" Howell is a compassionate and level-headed prison guard in Stephen King’s story "The Green Mile," known for his loyalty to his fellow officers and humane treatment of death row inmates.
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