Lamont Cranston in The Shadow (radio series)
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Lamont Cranston in The Shadow (radio series) is the wealthy, mysterious alter ego of crime-fighter The Shadow, who uses his power to cloud men's minds to battle criminals over the airwaves.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lamont Cranston in The Shadow (radio series) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7369939 — 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: Lamont Cranston in The Shadow (radio series) Context triple: [Victor Jory, roleInWork, Lamont Cranston in The Shadow (radio series)]
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A.
C. K. Dexter-Haven
C. K. Dexter-Haven is the charming, witty ex-husband of socialite Tracy Lord in the musical film "High Society," famously portrayed by Bing Crosby.
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B.
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Richard Diamond, Private Detective is a popular mid-20th-century American radio (and later television) detective series featuring the wisecracking, singing private eye Richard Diamond, originally portrayed by Dick Powell.
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C.
Detective Thorn in Soylent Green
Detective Thorn in Soylent Green is the hard-edged New York City police detective protagonist who uncovers the horrifying truth behind the futuristic food product Soylent Green in the 1973 dystopian science fiction film.
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D.
Jack Weston
Jack Weston was an American character actor known for his comic and dramatic roles in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1980s.
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E.
Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday
Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday refers to the iconic, deadpan Los Angeles police detective protagonist of the classic crime drama series "Dragnet," known for his methodical investigations and no-nonsense demeanor.
- 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: Lamont Cranston in The Shadow (radio series) Target entity description: Lamont Cranston in The Shadow (radio series) is the wealthy, mysterious alter ego of crime-fighter The Shadow, who uses his power to cloud men's minds to battle criminals over the airwaves.
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A.
C. K. Dexter-Haven
C. K. Dexter-Haven is the charming, witty ex-husband of socialite Tracy Lord in the musical film "High Society," famously portrayed by Bing Crosby.
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B.
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Richard Diamond, Private Detective is a popular mid-20th-century American radio (and later television) detective series featuring the wisecracking, singing private eye Richard Diamond, originally portrayed by Dick Powell.
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C.
Detective Thorn in Soylent Green
Detective Thorn in Soylent Green is the hard-edged New York City police detective protagonist who uncovers the horrifying truth behind the futuristic food product Soylent Green in the 1973 dystopian science fiction film.
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D.
Jack Weston
Jack Weston was an American character actor known for his comic and dramatic roles in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1980s.
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E.
Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday
Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday refers to the iconic, deadpan Los Angeles police detective protagonist of the classic crime drama series "Dragnet," known for his methodical investigations and no-nonsense demeanor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
radio drama character ⓘ |
| alterEgoOf | The Shadow (radio character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Shadow (radio series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Lamont Cranston (pulp character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Shadow (pulp character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catchphraseAssociated | Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? ⓘ |
| characterRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| characterType | vigilante ⓘ |
| fightsAgainst | criminals ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
mystery ⓘ superhero fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlias | The Shadow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| identityType | secret identity ⓘ |
| medium | radio ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | radio broadcasting ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | heroic ⓘ |
| notableAbility |
hypnotic influence
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invisibility to human perception ⓘ |
| notableFeature | disembodied, echoing voice ⓘ |
| notableTrait | uses fear against criminals ⓘ |
| occupation | crime-fighter ⓘ |
| personalityTrait | mysterious ⓘ |
| primaryActivity | battling crime over the airwaves ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| socialStatus | wealthy ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ |
| usesPower | ability to cloud men's minds ⓘ |
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: Lamont Cranston in The Shadow (radio series) Description of subject: Lamont Cranston in The Shadow (radio series) is the wealthy, mysterious alter ego of crime-fighter The Shadow, who uses his power to cloud men's minds to battle criminals over the airwaves.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.