Barry Seal
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Barry Seal was a real-life American pilot and drug smuggler who became an informant for the DEA, later dramatized by Tom Cruise in the film "American Made."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Barry Seal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22021119 — 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: Barry Seal Context triple: [American Made, character, Barry Seal]
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A.
E. Howard Hunt
E. Howard Hunt was a former CIA officer and White House operative best known as a key conspirator in the Watergate break-in and cover-up.
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B.
James Jesus Angleton
James Jesus Angleton was a prominent American intelligence officer best known for serving as the long-time chief of counterintelligence at the CIA during the Cold War.
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C.
Robert Hanssen
Robert Hanssen was an FBI agent who became one of the most damaging spies in American history by secretly passing classified information to the Soviet Union and Russia for over two decades.
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D.
Aldrich Ames (revoked)
Aldrich Ames is a former CIA officer turned notorious Soviet and Russian spy whose espionage severely compromised U.S. intelligence operations before his arrest and imprisonment.
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E.
Blaine Manning
Blaine Manning is a former Canadian professional lacrosse forward best known as a star player and multiple-time NLL champion with the Toronto Rock.
- 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: Barry Seal Target entity description: Barry Seal was a real-life American pilot and drug smuggler who became an informant for the DEA, later dramatized by Tom Cruise in the film "American Made."
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A.
E. Howard Hunt
E. Howard Hunt was a former CIA officer and White House operative best known as a key conspirator in the Watergate break-in and cover-up.
-
B.
James Jesus Angleton
James Jesus Angleton was a prominent American intelligence officer best known for serving as the long-time chief of counterintelligence at the CIA during the Cold War.
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C.
Robert Hanssen
Robert Hanssen was an FBI agent who became one of the most damaging spies in American history by secretly passing classified information to the Soviet Union and Russia for over two decades.
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D.
Aldrich Ames (revoked)
Aldrich Ames is a former CIA officer turned notorious Soviet and Russian spy whose espionage severely compromised U.S. intelligence operations before his arrest and imprisonment.
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E.
Blaine Manning
Blaine Manning is a former Canadian professional lacrosse forward best known as a star player and multiple-time NLL champion with the Toronto Rock.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.