Colin Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
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Colin Smith is the rebellious working-class teenage protagonist of the British film "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner," whose solitary running becomes a metaphor for his resistance to authority.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colin Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner canonical | 2 |
| Colin (short story character in The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3031253 — 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: Colin Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Context triple: [Tom Courtenay, notableRole, Colin Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]
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A.
Charles Beach
Charles Beach was the longtime romantic partner and principal model of American illustrator J. C. Leyendecker, serving as the inspiration for many of Leyendecker’s iconic advertising and magazine images.
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B.
Eddie Constantine
Eddie Constantine was an American-born French singer and actor best known for his tough-guy roles in European cinema, particularly as secret agent Lemmy Caution.
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C.
Henry Antrobus
Henry Antrobus is a central figure in Thornton Wilder’s play "The Skin of Our Teeth," representing the turbulent, rebellious son within the allegorical Antrobus family.
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D.
Robert Fryer
Robert Fryer was a prominent American theatrical and film producer known for staging major Broadway musicals and plays in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Francis Begbie
Francis Begbie is a violently unpredictable and psychopathic Scottish hardman who serves as one of the most feared and volatile characters in Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting universe.
- 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: Colin Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Target entity description: Colin Smith is the rebellious working-class teenage protagonist of the British film "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner," whose solitary running becomes a metaphor for his resistance to authority.
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A.
Charles Beach
Charles Beach was the longtime romantic partner and principal model of American illustrator J. C. Leyendecker, serving as the inspiration for many of Leyendecker’s iconic advertising and magazine images.
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B.
Eddie Constantine
Eddie Constantine was an American-born French singer and actor best known for his tough-guy roles in European cinema, particularly as secret agent Lemmy Caution.
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C.
Henry Antrobus
Henry Antrobus is a central figure in Thornton Wilder’s play "The Skin of Our Teeth," representing the turbulent, rebellious son within the allegorical Antrobus family.
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D.
Robert Fryer
Robert Fryer was a prominent American theatrical and film producer known for staging major Broadway musicals and plays in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Francis Begbie
Francis Begbie is a violently unpredictable and psychopathic Scottish hardman who serves as one of the most feared and volatile characters in Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| adaptedFromWork |
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
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surface form:
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (short story)
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| age | teenager ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
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surface form:
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)
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| associatedMovement | kitchen sink realism ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Colin Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
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surface form:
Colin (short story character in The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner)
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| characterArc | from petty criminal to self-aware rebel ⓘ |
| characterIn | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Borstal governor
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authority figures ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Alan Sillitoe ⓘ |
| definingAction | refusing to win the long-distance race as an act of defiance ⓘ |
| familyName | Smith ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
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surface form:
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner universe
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| firstAppearance |
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
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surface form:
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962 film)
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| fullName | Colin Smith ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Colin ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| motivation |
assertion of personal freedom
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rejection of institutional control ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | voice of working-class youth ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableActivity | long-distance running ⓘ |
| notableQuoteTheme | loneliness and inner freedom while running ⓘ |
| occupation | long-distance runner ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
defiant
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independent ⓘ introspective ⓘ rebellious ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Tom Courtenay ⓘ |
| settingOfActivities | Borstal (youth detention centre) ⓘ |
| settingOfOrigin |
Nottingham
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surface form:
Nottingham, England
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| socialClass | working class ⓘ |
| symbolicRole |
embodiment of nonconformity
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symbol of working-class resistance ⓘ |
| themeEmbodied |
alienation
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class struggle ⓘ individualism ⓘ resistance to authority ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalExistence | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| workGenre | British New Wave film ⓘ |
| yearOfFictionalDebut | 1962 ⓘ |
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Subject: Colin Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Description of subject: Colin Smith is the rebellious working-class teenage protagonist of the British film "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner," whose solitary running becomes a metaphor for his resistance to authority.
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Colin Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
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Colin Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
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subject surface form:
Colin Smith
this entity surface form:
Colin (short story character in The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner)