Gaylord Ravenal
E338056
Gaylord Ravenal is the charming but irresponsible riverboat gambler who serves as the romantic lead in the musical "Show Boat."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gaylord Ravenal canonical | 4 |
| Gaylord Ravenal in Show Boat | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3213318 — 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: Gaylord Ravenal Context triple: [Show Boat, character, Gaylord Ravenal]
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A.
Gaylord
Gaylord is a small city in northern Michigan known for its Alpine-themed architecture and outdoor recreation opportunities.
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B.
Milhous
Milhous is the distinctive middle name of Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States.
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C.
Ray Brook
Ray Brook is a small hamlet in New York’s Adirondack region that serves as an administrative center for several state and environmental agencies.
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D.
Everette
Everette is the given first name of E. Howard Hunt, the American intelligence officer and author involved in the Watergate scandal.
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E.
Guston
Guston is a small village and civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, England.
- 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: Gaylord Ravenal Target entity description: Gaylord Ravenal is the charming but irresponsible riverboat gambler who serves as the romantic lead in the musical "Show Boat."
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A.
Gaylord
Gaylord is a small city in northern Michigan known for its Alpine-themed architecture and outdoor recreation opportunities.
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B.
Milhous
Milhous is the distinctive middle name of Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States.
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C.
Ray Brook
Ray Brook is a small hamlet in New York’s Adirondack region that serves as an administrative center for several state and environmental agencies.
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D.
Everette
Everette is the given first name of E. Howard Hunt, the American intelligence officer and author involved in the Watergate scandal.
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E.
Guston
Guston is a small village and civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
musical theatre character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Show Boat ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Mississippi River
ⓘ
riverboat Cotton Blossom ⓘ
linked to:
Cotton Blossom show boat
|
| basedOnWork |
Show Boat (novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
Show Boat
|
| characterArc |
abandonment of family due to gambling debts
ⓘ
eventual attempt at reconciliation with Magnolia and Kim ⓘ |
| characterIn |
Show Boat (musical)
ⓘ
linked to:
Show Boat
|
| creator |
Edna Ferber
ⓘ
Jerome Kern ⓘ Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Show Boat (1926 novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
Edna Ferber's novel "Show Boat"
|
| firstStageAppearance |
Show Boat (1927 musical)
ⓘ
linked to:
Show Boat
|
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Show Boat (1929 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Show Boat
Show Boat (1936 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Show Boat
Show Boat (1951 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Show Boat
|
| hasChild | Kim Ravenal ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | romantic drama ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
stage ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Make Believe
ⓘ
You Are Love ⓘ |
| occupation | riverboat gambler ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
charming
ⓘ
irresponsible ⓘ |
| roleInWork | romantic lead ⓘ |
| romanticPartner | Magnolia Hawks ⓘ |
| settingOfActivities | riverboat gambling halls ⓘ |
| spouse |
Magnolia Hawks
ⓘ
Magnolia Ravenal ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
abandonment
ⓘ
gambling ⓘ love ⓘ responsibility ⓘ |
| typicalCasting | tenor ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Gaylord Ravenal Description of subject: Gaylord Ravenal is the charming but irresponsible riverboat gambler who serves as the romantic lead in the musical "Show Boat."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gaylord Ravenal