Hadleyville
E252781
Hadleyville is the fictional small Western town in the classic 1952 film "High Noon," where the story’s tense showdown unfolds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hadleyville canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2308330 — 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: Hadleyville Context triple: [High Noon, settingLocation, Hadleyville]
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A.
Harpley
Harpley is a small rural village in Norfolk, England, known for its traditional English countryside setting and historic parish church.
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B.
Linwood
Linwood is a small Scottish town in Renfrewshire, near Paisley, known historically for its car manufacturing and as a residential commuter community for the Greater Glasgow area.
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C.
Holladay
Holladay is a suburban city in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area in northern Utah, known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to the Wasatch Mountains.
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D.
Crescentville
Crescentville is a residential neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for its rowhomes and urban community character.
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E.
Harrisville
Harrisville is a small village in Rhode Island known for its historic mill buildings and rural New England character.
- 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: Hadleyville Target entity description: Hadleyville is the fictional small Western town in the classic 1952 film "High Noon," where the story’s tense showdown unfolds.
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A.
Harpley
Harpley is a small rural village in Norfolk, England, known for its traditional English countryside setting and historic parish church.
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B.
Linwood
Linwood is a small Scottish town in Renfrewshire, near Paisley, known historically for its car manufacturing and as a residential commuter community for the Greater Glasgow area.
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C.
Holladay
Holladay is a suburban city in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area in northern Utah, known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to the Wasatch Mountains.
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D.
Crescentville
Crescentville is a residential neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for its rowhomes and urban community character.
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E.
Harrisville
Harrisville is a small village in Rhode Island known for its historic mill buildings and rural New England character.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
fictional town ⓘ setting in film ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
High Noon
ⓘ
surface form:
1952 film High Noon
High Noon ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Will Kane’s decision to stay and fight ⓘ |
| associatedWithMotive | abandonment of the marshal by most townspeople ⓘ |
| centralConflictLocation |
railroad station area
ⓘ
town outskirts ⓘ town streets ⓘ |
| climacticMoment | gunfight at high noon ⓘ |
| country | United States (fictional setting) ⓘ |
| createdForWorkDirectedBy | Fred Zinnemann ⓘ |
| createdForWorkWrittenBy | Carl Foreman ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | does not correspond to a real historical town ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | 1952 ⓘ |
| genre | Western setting ⓘ |
| governedBy | town marshal (Will Kane during the film) ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Amy Fowler Kane
ⓘ
Frank Miller ⓘ Harvey Pell ⓘ Helen Ramírez ⓘ Marshal Will Kane ⓘ |
| hasEvent | showdown between Marshal Will Kane and Frank Miller’s gang ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
hotel
ⓘ
livery stable ⓘ railroad station ⓘ saloon ⓘ town church ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
civic responsibility
ⓘ
cowardice of townspeople ⓘ moral courage ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalRegion |
Old West
ⓘ
surface form:
American Old West
|
| medium | film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the main setting of High Noon
ⓘ
being the site of the film’s climactic showdown ⓘ |
| partOfWorkGenre | Western film ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | small, isolated frontier town ⓘ |
| railConnection | served by a railroad line used by Frank Miller’s train ⓘ |
| screenDepiction | black-and-white cinematography in High Noon ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
American community under moral test
ⓘ
societal reluctance to confront danger ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century American frontier ⓘ |
| timeSetting | around noon on a single day ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hadleyville Description of subject: Hadleyville is the fictional small Western town in the classic 1952 film "High Noon," where the story’s tense showdown unfolds.
Referenced by (5)
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