Rust Cohle

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Rust Cohle is a brooding, philosophically nihilistic detective from the television series "True Detective," known for his keen intellect and troubled past.

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Label	Occurrences
Rust Cohle canonical	5
Detective Rustin Cohle	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17030969 — 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: Rust Cohle
Context triple: [Marty Hart, hasPartner, Rust Cohle]

A. Hank Schrader
Hank Schrader is a tough, wisecracking DEA agent and brother-in-law to Walter White in the television series "Breaking Bad."
B. Jimmy Darmody
Jimmy Darmody is a central character in the television series "Boardwalk Empire," a World War I veteran who becomes a protégé and later rival of Atlantic City political boss Nucky Thompson.
C. Frank Grimes
Frank Grimes is a hardworking, perpetually frustrated character from *The Simpsons* whose intense realism and resentment sharply contrast with the show's usual cartoonish logic.
D. Tinoc Kallahan
Tinoc Kallahan is an alternative name for the Kalanguya language, an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalanguya people in the northern Philippines.
E. Gus Witherspoon
Gus Witherspoon is the gruff but warm-hearted grandfather and family patriarch played by Wilford Brimley on the 1980s television drama "Our House."
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: Rust Cohle
Target entity description: Rust Cohle is a brooding, philosophically nihilistic detective from the television series "True Detective," known for his keen intellect and troubled past.

A. Hank Schrader
Hank Schrader is a tough, wisecracking DEA agent and brother-in-law to Walter White in the television series "Breaking Bad."
B. Jimmy Darmody
Jimmy Darmody is a central character in the television series "Boardwalk Empire," a World War I veteran who becomes a protégé and later rival of Atlantic City political boss Nucky Thompson.
C. Frank Grimes
Frank Grimes is a hardworking, perpetually frustrated character from *The Simpsons* whose intense realism and resentment sharply contrast with the show's usual cartoonish logic.
D. Tinoc Kallahan
Tinoc Kallahan is an alternative name for the Kalanguya language, an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalanguya people in the northern Philippines.
E. Gus Witherspoon
Gus Witherspoon is the gruff but warm-hearted grandfather and family patriarch played by Wilford Brimley on the 1980s television drama "Our House."
F. None of above. chosen