Hawkeye Pierce
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Hawkeye Pierce is the wisecracking, compassionate chief surgeon of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the TV series M*A*S*H, known for his surgical brilliance, anti-war stance, and irreverent humor.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hawkeye Pierce canonical | 8 |
| Hawkeye | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2173080 — 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: Hawkeye Pierce Context triple: [MASH, character, Hawkeye Pierce]
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A.
Hawkeye
Hawkeye is a Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series centered on the archer superhero Clint Barton and his protégé Kate Bishop.
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B.
Bucky Barnes
Bucky Barnes is a Marvel Comics character best known as Captain America's childhood friend who becomes the brainwashed assassin Winter Soldier before seeking redemption.
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C.
Nick Fury
Nick Fury is the one-eyed, trench-coat-wearing spymaster and director of S.H.I.E.L.D. who orchestrates and oversees the Avengers in the Marvel universe.
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D.
Ironhide
Ironhide is a tough, battle-hardened Autobot warrior from the Transformers franchise, typically portrayed as a heavily armed security or weapons specialist fiercely loyal to Optimus Prime.
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E.
Sam Wilson
Sam Wilson is a Marvel Comics superhero better known as the Falcon, an ally of Captain America who later takes up the Captain America mantle himself.
- 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: Hawkeye Pierce Target entity description: Hawkeye Pierce is the wisecracking, compassionate chief surgeon of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the TV series M*A*S*H, known for his surgical brilliance, anti-war stance, and irreverent humor.
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A.
Hawkeye
Hawkeye is a Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series centered on the archer superhero Clint Barton and his protégé Kate Bishop.
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B.
Bucky Barnes
Bucky Barnes is a Marvel Comics character best known as Captain America's childhood friend who becomes the brainwashed assassin Winter Soldier before seeking redemption.
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C.
Nick Fury
Nick Fury is the one-eyed, trench-coat-wearing spymaster and director of S.H.I.E.L.D. who orchestrates and oversees the Avengers in the Marvel universe.
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D.
Ironhide
Ironhide is a tough, battle-hardened Autobot warrior from the Transformers franchise, typically portrayed as a heavily armed security or weapons specialist fiercely loyal to Optimus Prime.
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E.
Sam Wilson
Sam Wilson is a Marvel Comics superhero better known as the Falcon, an ally of Captain America who later takes up the Captain America mantle himself.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| antagonisticRelationship |
Frank Burns
ⓘ
Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan ⓘ
surface form:
Major Margaret Houlihan (early seasons)
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| appearsIn |
M*A*S*H (TV series)
ⓘ
MASH ⓘ
surface form:
MASH (1970 film)
MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors ⓘ |
| awards | Emmy recognition for portrayal by Alan Alda ⓘ |
| closeFriend |
B.J. Hunnicutt
ⓘ
Trapper John McIntyre ⓘ |
| conflict | Korean War ⓘ |
| createdBy | Richard Hooker ⓘ |
| fictionalHometown |
Cabot Cove, Maine
ⓘ
surface form:
Crabapple Cove, Maine
|
| fullName |
Franklin Pierce
ⓘ
surface form:
Benjamin Franklin Pierce
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin ⓘ |
| ideology | anti-war ⓘ |
| knownFor |
anti-authoritarian attitude
ⓘ
practical jokes ⓘ strong medical ethics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
novel ⓘ television ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nickname |
Ben
ⓘ
Hawkeye Pierce self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Hawkeye
|
| notableTrait |
heavy drinking
ⓘ
womanizing (early seasons) ⓘ |
| occupation |
captain in the U.S. Army
ⓘ
physician ⓘ surgeon ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
compassionate
ⓘ
irreverent ⓘ wisecracking ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Alan Alda
ⓘ
Donald Sutherland ⓘ |
| rank | Captain ⓘ |
| role | chief surgeon of the 4077th MASH ⓘ |
| setting | Korean Peninsula ⓘ |
| skill | surgical brilliance ⓘ |
| specialty | general surgery ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
critique of war
ⓘ
humanity in wartime ⓘ |
| unit | 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital ⓘ |
| usesHumorAs | coping mechanism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hawkeye Pierce Description of subject: Hawkeye Pierce is the wisecracking, compassionate chief surgeon of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the TV series M*A*S*H, known for his surgical brilliance, anti-war stance, and irreverent humor.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hawkeye