Sonny Crawford
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Sonny Crawford is the central character from Larry McMurtry’s novels "The Last Picture Show" and its sequel "Texasville," depicted as a small-town Texan grappling with aging, regret, and the passage of time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sonny Crawford canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14929224 — 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: Sonny Crawford Context triple: [Texasville, followsCharacter, Sonny Crawford]
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A.
Sonny Osborne
Sonny Osborne was an influential American bluegrass banjo player best known for his innovative work and harmonies with the Osborne Brothers.
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B.
Lou Frizzell
Lou Frizzell was an American character actor and voice actor known for his supporting roles in film and television during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Bobby Helms
Bobby Helms was an American country singer best known for his enduring Christmas hit "Jingle Bell Rock."
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D.
Alan Dinehart
Alan Dinehart was an American character actor of the early 20th century known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films.
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E.
Sonny Burke
Sonny Burke was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and bandleader best known for his prolific work in big band jazz and popular music from the 1940s through the 1960s.
- 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: Sonny Crawford Target entity description: Sonny Crawford is the central character from Larry McMurtry’s novels "The Last Picture Show" and its sequel "Texasville," depicted as a small-town Texan grappling with aging, regret, and the passage of time.
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A.
Sonny Osborne
Sonny Osborne was an influential American bluegrass banjo player best known for his innovative work and harmonies with the Osborne Brothers.
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B.
Lou Frizzell
Lou Frizzell was an American character actor and voice actor known for his supporting roles in film and television during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Bobby Helms
Bobby Helms was an American country singer best known for his enduring Christmas hit "Jingle Bell Rock."
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D.
Alan Dinehart
Alan Dinehart was an American character actor of the early 20th century known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films.
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E.
Sonny Burke
Sonny Burke was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and bandleader best known for his prolific work in big band jazz and popular music from the 1940s through the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.