Darry Curtis
E622476
Darry Curtis is the responsible, hard-working eldest Curtis brother in S.E. Hinton’s novel "The Outsiders," who sacrifices his own dreams to care for his younger siblings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Darry Curtis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6814126 — 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: Darry Curtis Context triple: [The Outsiders, mainCharacter, Darry Curtis]
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A.
Darrin Dean
Darrin Dean is a hip-hop music producer best known for his work on DMX’s debut album "It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot."
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B.
Donald Curtis
Donald Curtis was an American actor and occasional writer best known for his roles in mid-20th-century science fiction and adventure films.
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C.
Curtis Stigers
Curtis Stigers is an American jazz and soul-influenced singer, saxophonist, and songwriter known for his early 1990s pop hits and later critically acclaimed jazz recordings.
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D.
Daron Jones
Daron Jones is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the group 112.
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E.
Daryl Anderson
Daryl Anderson is a songwriter best known for co-writing the inspirational hip-hop track "Keep Ya Head Up."
- 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: Darry Curtis Target entity description: Darry Curtis is the responsible, hard-working eldest Curtis brother in S.E. Hinton’s novel "The Outsiders," who sacrifices his own dreams to care for his younger siblings.
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A.
Darrin Dean
Darrin Dean is a hip-hop music producer best known for his work on DMX’s debut album "It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot."
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B.
Donald Curtis
Donald Curtis was an American actor and occasional writer best known for his roles in mid-20th-century science fiction and adventure films.
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C.
Curtis Stigers
Curtis Stigers is an American jazz and soul-influenced singer, saxophonist, and songwriter known for his early 1990s pop hits and later critically acclaimed jazz recordings.
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D.
Daron Jones
Daron Jones is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the group 112.
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E.
Daryl Anderson
Daryl Anderson is a songwriter best known for co-writing the inspirational hip-hop track "Keep Ya Head Up."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| ageRelativeToPonyboy | much older ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Outsiders
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Outsiders (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| athleticAbility | excellent football player ⓘ |
| birthOrder | eldest brother ⓘ |
| caresFor |
Ponyboy Curtis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sodapop Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causalFactorForConflict | pressure of adult responsibilities at a young age ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Ponyboy Curtis (over rules and responsibility) ⓘ |
| creator | S. E. Hinton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | high school graduate ⓘ |
| emotionalState | often stressed by financial pressure ⓘ |
| eyeColor | blue-green ⓘ |
| familyName | Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | The Outsiders (1967 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | young adult fiction character ⓘ |
| givenName | Darry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hairColor | brown ⓘ |
| leadershipRole | head of the Curtis household ⓘ |
| legalRisk | fear of being separated by Social Services ⓘ |
| lostOpportunity | college scholarship ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| notableScene | slaps Ponyboy for coming home late ⓘ |
| occupation | roofing worker ⓘ |
| parentalStatus | orphaned ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
hard-working
ⓘ
protective ⓘ responsible ⓘ strict ⓘ |
| physicalBuild |
broad-shouldered
ⓘ
muscular ⓘ |
| reasonForLostOpportunity | responsibility for his brothers ⓘ |
| relationshipToPonyboy | brother and guardian ⓘ |
| residence | Tulsa, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | guardian of his younger brothers ⓘ |
| sibling |
Ponyboy Curtis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sodapop Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | working class ⓘ |
| socialGroup | Greasers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
coming of age
ⓘ
family responsibility ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Darry Curtis Description of subject: Darry Curtis is the responsible, hard-working eldest Curtis brother in S.E. Hinton’s novel "The Outsiders," who sacrifices his own dreams to care for his younger siblings.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.