Charles George Gordon – Charlton Heston
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Charles George Gordon, portrayed by Charlton Heston in the 1966 film "Khartoum," is a British Army officer and national hero famed for his leadership and death during the Siege of Khartoum in Sudan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles George Gordon – Charlton Heston canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8992307 — 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: Charles George Gordon – Charlton Heston Context triple: [Khartoum (1966 film), characterPortrayedBy, Charles George Gordon – Charlton Heston]
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A.
Robert Shaw Oliver
Robert Shaw Oliver was an American military officer and government official who served in senior leadership roles in the U.S. War Department in the early 20th century.
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B.
George C. Scott
George C. Scott was an acclaimed American actor and director best known for his intense, commanding performances in films such as "Patton," for which he won (and famously refused) the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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C.
Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw was a British actor and writer best known for his intense, commanding performances in films such as "Jaws," "From Russia with Love," and "The Sting."
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D.
Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw is a relatively obscure individual primarily noted for being married to Virginia Jansen.
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E.
Leonidas Frank Chaney
Leonidas Frank Chaney, better known as Lon Chaney, was a pioneering American silent film actor famed for his transformative character roles and innovative makeup artistry, earning him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces."
- 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: Charles George Gordon – Charlton Heston Target entity description: Charles George Gordon, portrayed by Charlton Heston in the 1966 film "Khartoum," is a British Army officer and national hero famed for his leadership and death during the Siege of Khartoum in Sudan.
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A.
Robert Shaw Oliver
Robert Shaw Oliver was an American military officer and government official who served in senior leadership roles in the U.S. War Department in the early 20th century.
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B.
George C. Scott
George C. Scott was an acclaimed American actor and director best known for his intense, commanding performances in films such as "Patton," for which he won (and famously refused) the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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C.
Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw was a British actor and writer best known for his intense, commanding performances in films such as "Jaws," "From Russia with Love," and "The Sting."
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D.
Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw is a relatively obscure individual primarily noted for being married to Virginia Jansen.
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E.
Leonidas Frank Chaney
Leonidas Frank Chaney, better known as Lon Chaney, was a pioneering American silent film actor famed for his transformative character roles and innovative makeup artistry, earning him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army officer
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film ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ national hero of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| activeIn |
China
NERFINISHED
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Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allegiance | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Chinese Gordon
NERFINISHED
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Gordon of Khartoum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearedIn | Khartoum (1966 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Charles George Gordon ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1833-01-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Woolwich, Kent, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| character | Charles George Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1885-01-26 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Khartoum, Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| genre | historical drama film ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defense of Khartoum
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service in the Taiping Rebellion in China ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Major-General ⓘ |
| name |
Charles George Gordon
NERFINISHED
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Charlton Heston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Siege of Khartoum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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administrator ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Crimean War
NERFINISHED
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Siege of Khartoum NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiping Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed | Charles George Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Charlton Heston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | Khartoum (1966 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Governor-General of the Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
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: Charles George Gordon – Charlton Heston Description of subject: Charles George Gordon, portrayed by Charlton Heston in the 1966 film "Khartoum," is a British Army officer and national hero famed for his leadership and death during the Siege of Khartoum in Sudan.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Khartoum (1966 film)