Lieutenant Philip Armstrong in The Railway Man (2013 film)
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Lieutenant Philip Armstrong is a character in the 2013 war drama film "The Railway Man," portrayed as a young British officer involved in the harrowing experiences of POWs on the Thai-Burma Railway during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lieutenant Philip Armstrong in The Railway Man (2013 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3181073 — 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)
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Target entity: Lieutenant Philip Armstrong in The Railway Man (2013 film) Context triple: [Sam Reid, notableRole, Lieutenant Philip Armstrong in The Railway Man (2013 film)]
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Major Philip Kirby
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Lieutenant Dan Taylor – Gary Sinise
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Private James Francis Ryan
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant Philip Armstrong in The Railway Man (2013 film) Target entity description: Lieutenant Philip Armstrong is a character in the 2013 war drama film "The Railway Man," portrayed as a young British officer involved in the harrowing experiences of POWs on the Thai-Burma Railway during World War II.
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A.
Captain Byron Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption
Captain Byron Hadley is the brutal and authoritarian chief prison guard in the film *The Shawshank Redemption*, known for his violent enforcement of order and corruption within Shawshank State Penitentiary.
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B.
Major Philip Kirby
Major Philip Kirby is the charming yet unsuspecting Army officer who becomes the romantic lead opposite Ginger Rogers’ disguised heroine in the classic 1942 screwball comedy film "The Major and the Minor."
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C.
Fletcher Marron in The Bodyguard
Fletcher Marron in *The Bodyguard* is the young son of pop star Rachel Marron, whose safety becomes a key concern for the titular bodyguard in the 1992 romantic thriller film.
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D.
Lieutenant Dan Taylor – Gary Sinise
Lieutenant Dan Taylor, portrayed by Gary Sinise, is a Vietnam War veteran and Forrest Gump’s platoon leader whose journey from bitterness and despair to acceptance and purpose forms one of the film’s most memorable emotional arcs.
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E.
Private James Francis Ryan
Private James Francis Ryan is the fictional World War II paratrooper whose rescue mission drives the plot of the film "Saving Private Ryan."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Railway Man
ⓘ
The Railway Man ⓘ
surface form:
The Railway Man (2013 film)
|
| associatedWithEvent |
Japanese prisoner-of-war camps
ⓘ
construction of the Thai–Burma Railway ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical experiences of Allied POWs on the Thai–Burma Railway ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalActivity |
Myanmar
ⓘ
surface form:
Burma
Thailand ⓘ |
| countryOfService | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Railway Man
ⓘ
surface form:
The Railway Man (film universe)
|
| genreOfWork | war drama ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Lieutenant ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | supporting character ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | British ⓘ |
| occupation | British Army officer ⓘ |
| partOf | Allied prisoners of war on the Thai–Burma Railway ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
prisoner of war
ⓘ
young officer ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
The Railway Man
ⓘ
surface form:
The Railway Man (2013 film)
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| setDuring |
Pacific War
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| subjectOf | war trauma depiction ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
brutality of war
ⓘ
friendship among POWs ⓘ survival under extreme conditions ⓘ |
| workType | character in a feature film ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lieutenant Philip Armstrong in The Railway Man (2013 film) Description of subject: Lieutenant Philip Armstrong is a character in the 2013 war drama film "The Railway Man," portrayed as a young British officer involved in the harrowing experiences of POWs on the Thai-Burma Railway during World War II.
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