Captain Corcoran
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Captain Corcoran is the upright but comically beleaguered commander of the ship in Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera "H.M.S. Pinafore."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Captain Corcoran canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20841579 — 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: Captain Corcoran Context triple: [H.M.S. Pinafore, mainCharacter, Captain Corcoran]
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A.
Captain Healy
Captain Healy is a seasoned, no-nonsense police captain who serves as a key law enforcement ally to Jesse Stone in the crime drama series.
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B.
Captain MacWhirr
Captain MacWhirr is the stolid, unimaginative sea captain at the center of Joseph Conrad’s novella "Typhoon," known for his literal-minded sense of duty as he steers his ship into a devastating storm.
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C.
Captain Brierly
Captain Brierly is a respected yet deeply conflicted sea captain in Joseph Conrad’s novel "Lord Jim," whose outward success masks an inner turmoil about honor and moral failure.
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D.
Captain Davenport
Captain Davenport is a principled Black Army officer in the film "A Soldier's Story" who investigates the murder of a fellow soldier amid racial tensions on a segregated World War II-era base.
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E.
Captain Lord Cochrane
Captain Lord Cochrane was a renowned early 19th-century British naval officer and daring frigate captain, famed for his audacious tactics and victories during the Napoleonic Wars.
- 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: Captain Corcoran Target entity description: Captain Corcoran is the upright but comically beleaguered commander of the ship in Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera "H.M.S. Pinafore."
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A.
Captain Healy
Captain Healy is a seasoned, no-nonsense police captain who serves as a key law enforcement ally to Jesse Stone in the crime drama series.
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B.
Captain MacWhirr
Captain MacWhirr is the stolid, unimaginative sea captain at the center of Joseph Conrad’s novella "Typhoon," known for his literal-minded sense of duty as he steers his ship into a devastating storm.
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C.
Captain Brierly
Captain Brierly is a respected yet deeply conflicted sea captain in Joseph Conrad’s novel "Lord Jim," whose outward success masks an inner turmoil about honor and moral failure.
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D.
Captain Davenport
Captain Davenport is a principled Black Army officer in the film "A Soldier's Story" who investigates the murder of a fellow soldier amid racial tensions on a segregated World War II-era base.
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E.
Captain Lord Cochrane
Captain Lord Cochrane was a renowned early 19th-century British naval officer and daring frigate captain, famed for his audacious tactics and victories during the Napoleonic Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.