Lt. Willard Slattery
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Lt. Willard Slattery is the central protagonist of the novel and film "Slattery’s Hurricane," a former Navy pilot drawn into a dangerous mission amid a powerful storm while grappling with personal and moral conflicts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lt. Willard Slattery canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4033494 — 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: Lt. Willard Slattery Context triple: [Slattery’s Hurricane, character, Lt. Willard Slattery]
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A.
Lt. Jim Bledsoe
Lt. Jim Bledsoe is a key U.S. Navy submarine officer in the World War II drama "Run Silent, Run Deep," known for his conflict with the commanding captain over tactics and command.
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B.
Lieutenant Joe Clemons
Lieutenant Joe Clemons is the U.S. Army officer portrayed as the central combat leader in the Korean War drama film "Pork Chop Hill."
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C.
Lt. Mike Stone
Lt. Mike Stone is the veteran, streetwise San Francisco homicide detective portrayed by Karl Malden in the classic crime drama series "The Streets of San Francisco."
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D.
Lt. Col. Frank Slade
Lt. Col. Frank Slade is the blind, irascible yet deeply principled retired Army officer portrayed by Al Pacino in the film "Scent of a Woman."
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E.
Lieutenant Randy Disher
Lieutenant Randy Disher is a quirky, well-meaning but often bumbling police lieutenant and band frontman who serves as comic relief and a loyal ally to Adrian Monk in the TV series "Monk."
- 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: Lt. Willard Slattery Target entity description: Lt. Willard Slattery is the central protagonist of the novel and film "Slattery’s Hurricane," a former Navy pilot drawn into a dangerous mission amid a powerful storm while grappling with personal and moral conflicts.
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A.
Lt. Jim Bledsoe
Lt. Jim Bledsoe is a key U.S. Navy submarine officer in the World War II drama "Run Silent, Run Deep," known for his conflict with the commanding captain over tactics and command.
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B.
Lieutenant Joe Clemons
Lieutenant Joe Clemons is the U.S. Army officer portrayed as the central combat leader in the Korean War drama film "Pork Chop Hill."
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C.
Lt. Mike Stone
Lt. Mike Stone is the veteran, streetwise San Francisco homicide detective portrayed by Karl Malden in the classic crime drama series "The Streets of San Francisco."
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D.
Lt. Col. Frank Slade
Lt. Col. Frank Slade is the blind, irascible yet deeply principled retired Army officer portrayed by Al Pacino in the film "Scent of a Woman."
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E.
Lieutenant Randy Disher
Lieutenant Randy Disher is a quirky, well-meaning but often bumbling police lieutenant and band frontman who serves as comic relief and a loyal ally to Adrian Monk in the TV series "Monk."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Slattery’s Hurricane
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surface form:
Slattery’s Hurricane (film)
Slattery’s Hurricane ⓘ
surface form:
Slattery’s Hurricane (novel)
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| basedOnWork |
Slattery’s Hurricane
ⓘ
surface form:
Slattery’s Hurricane (novel)
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| characterType | antihero ⓘ |
| conflictType |
external conflict
ⓘ
internal conflict ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| familyName | Slattery ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Willard ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Slattery’s Hurricane
ⓘ
surface form:
Slattery’s Hurricane (film)
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| involvedIn | dangerous mission ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central protagonist ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
moral conflict
ⓘ
personal conflict ⓘ redemption ⓘ war trauma ⓘ |
| occupation |
former Navy pilot
ⓘ
pilot ⓘ |
| rank | Lieutenant ⓘ |
| role | protagonist ⓘ |
| settingFeature | hurricane ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lt. Willard Slattery Description of subject: Lt. Willard Slattery is the central protagonist of the novel and film "Slattery’s Hurricane," a former Navy pilot drawn into a dangerous mission amid a powerful storm while grappling with personal and moral conflicts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.