short story "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" by Dorothy M. Johnson
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"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" is a classic Western short story by Dorothy M. Johnson that explores themes of justice, myth-making, and the contrast between law and frontier violence in a small frontier town.
All labels observed (1)
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| short story "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" by Dorothy M. Johnson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18026704 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: short story "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" by Dorothy M. Johnson Context triple: [Hallie Stoddard, basedOnWork, short story "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" by Dorothy M. Johnson]
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Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole"
Elmore Leonard’s short story "Fire in the Hole" is a crime tale featuring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens that served as the primary inspiration for the television series "Justified."
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short story "Needle in the Heart" by Richard Matheson
"Needle in the Heart" is a horror short story by Richard Matheson that served as the basis for one of the segments in the anthology film Trilogy of Terror.
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short story "The Flamingo Kid" by Jay Cronley
The short story "The Flamingo Kid" by Jay Cronley is a humorous coming-of-age tale about a working-class teenager who spends a transformative summer immersed in the flashy, seductive world of a private beach club.
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short story "Sister Act" by Fannie Hurst
"Sister Act" is a short story by American author Fannie Hurst that served as the literary basis for the film "Young at Heart."
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unpublished story "The Gentleman from Montana"
"The Gentleman from Montana" is an unpublished story that served as the narrative basis for the classic 1939 political drama film *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington*.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: short story "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" by Dorothy M. Johnson Target entity description: "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" is a classic Western short story by Dorothy M. Johnson that explores themes of justice, myth-making, and the contrast between law and frontier violence in a small frontier town.
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A.
Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole"
Elmore Leonard’s short story "Fire in the Hole" is a crime tale featuring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens that served as the primary inspiration for the television series "Justified."
-
B.
short story "Needle in the Heart" by Richard Matheson
"Needle in the Heart" is a horror short story by Richard Matheson that served as the basis for one of the segments in the anthology film Trilogy of Terror.
-
C.
short story "The Flamingo Kid" by Jay Cronley
The short story "The Flamingo Kid" by Jay Cronley is a humorous coming-of-age tale about a working-class teenager who spends a transformative summer immersed in the flashy, seductive world of a private beach club.
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D.
short story "Sister Act" by Fannie Hurst
"Sister Act" is a short story by American author Fannie Hurst that served as the literary basis for the film "Young at Heart."
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E.
unpublished story "The Gentleman from Montana"
"The Gentleman from Montana" is an unpublished story that served as the narrative basis for the classic 1939 political drama film *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Hallie Stoddard
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basedOnWork
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short story "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" by Dorothy M. Johnson
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