Mattie Ross
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Mattie Ross is the determined, sharp-witted teenage heroine of the Western story "True Grit," known for seeking justice for her father's murder with unwavering resolve.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mattie Ross canonical | 15 |
| Mattie Ross (True Grit 2010) | 2 |
| Mattie Ross in True Grit | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3051104 — 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: Mattie Ross Context triple: [True Grit (2010 film), character, Mattie Ross]
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A.
Rooster Cogburn
Rooster Cogburn is a 1975 Western film starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn, serving as a sequel to True Grit and following the grizzled U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn on a new adventure.
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B.
Rooster Cogburn
Rooster Cogburn was a legendary racing greyhound celebrated for his exceptional speed and success on the track.
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C.
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid is a 1973 film soundtrack album by Bob Dylan, notable for featuring the classic song "Knockin' on Heaven's Door."
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D.
Mattie
Mattie is a diminutive given name, commonly used as a familiar or affectionate form of names like Martha.
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E.
Denny Colt
Denny Colt is the masked vigilante alter ego known as The Spirit, a crime-fighting hero created by cartoonist Will Eisner.
- 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: Mattie Ross Target entity description: Mattie Ross is the determined, sharp-witted teenage heroine of the Western story "True Grit," known for seeking justice for her father's murder with unwavering resolve.
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A.
Rooster Cogburn
Rooster Cogburn is a 1975 Western film starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn, serving as a sequel to True Grit and following the grizzled U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn on a new adventure.
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B.
Rooster Cogburn
Rooster Cogburn was a legendary racing greyhound celebrated for his exceptional speed and success on the track.
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C.
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid is a 1973 film soundtrack album by Bob Dylan, notable for featuring the classic song "Knockin' on Heaven's Door."
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D.
Mattie
Mattie is a diminutive given name, commonly used as a familiar or affectionate form of names like Martha.
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E.
Denny Colt
Denny Colt is the masked vigilante alter ego known as The Spirit, a crime-fighting hero created by cartoonist Will Eisner.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| age | teenager ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
True Grit
ⓘ
linked to:
True Grit (novel)
True Grit (1968 novel) ⓘ
linked to:
True Grit (novel)
True Grit (1969 film) ⓘ True Grit (2010 film) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
LaBoeuf
ⓘ
Rooster Cogburn ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
courageous
ⓘ
determined ⓘ pragmatic ⓘ religious ⓘ resolute ⓘ sharp-witted ⓘ vengeful ⓘ |
| creator | Charles Portis ⓘ |
| familyRelation | daughter of Frank Ross ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
True Grit (serialized in The Saturday Evening Post, 1968)
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linked to:
True Grit (novel)
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | Western fiction ⓘ |
| goal | capture Tom Chaney ⓘ |
| hires | Rooster Cogburn ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterLife |
becomes a successful businesswoman
ⓘ
remains unmarried ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novel character ⓘ |
| loses | her arm (after snakebite, in adulthood) ⓘ |
| motivation |
to avenge her father’s murder
ⓘ
to seek justice ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
first-person narrator
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
insistence on justice rather than mercy
ⓘ
unwavering resolve ⓘ |
| occupation | rancher’s daughter ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Hailee Steinfeld
ⓘ
Kim Darby ⓘ |
| pursues | Tom Chaney ⓘ |
| religion | Presbyterian ⓘ |
| setting |
Arkansas
ⓘ
Indian Territory ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
coming of age
ⓘ
justice versus revenge ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| weaponUsed | Colt Dragoon revolver ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mattie Ross Description of subject: Mattie Ross is the determined, sharp-witted teenage heroine of the Western story "True Grit," known for seeking justice for her father's murder with unwavering resolve.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mattie Ross
subject linked to:
True Grit (novel)
subject linked to:
True Grit (novel)
subject linked to:
True Grit (novel)
subject linked to:
Lucky Ned Pepper in True Grit (2010 film)
linked to: Mattie Ross
subject linked to:
Lucky Ned Pepper in True Grit (2010 film)
linked to: Mattie Ross
subject linked to:
Tom Chaney (True Grit novel character)
subject linked to:
Tom Chaney (True Grit novel character)
subject linked to:
LaBoeuf (True Grit novel character)