Bohannon (Cullen Bohannon)
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Cullen Bohannon is the fictional former Confederate soldier turned vengeful, morally complex railroad foreman who serves as the central protagonist of the television series "Hell on Wheels."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bohannon (Cullen Bohannon) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3764980 — 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: Bohannon (Cullen Bohannon) Context triple: [Hell on Wheels (theme by Gustavo Santaolalla), associatedWithCharacter, Bohannon (Cullen Bohannon)]
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A.
Brennan Carroll
Brennan Carroll is an American football coach and the son of longtime NFL and college head coach Pete Carroll.
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B.
Hunter McCracken
Hunter McCracken is an American actor best known for his lead role as young Jack in Terrence Malick’s acclaimed film "The Tree of Life."
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C.
Kai Dugan
Kai Dugan is the son of American actress Jennifer Connelly, known primarily for his connection to his famous mother.
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D.
Brennan Chapman
Brennan Chapman is a cinematographer known for his work on the animated feature film "The Super Mario Bros. Movie."
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E.
Devlin Elliott
Devlin Elliott is an American theater and film producer best known as the husband of actor Nathan Lane.
- 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: Bohannon (Cullen Bohannon) Target entity description: Cullen Bohannon is the fictional former Confederate soldier turned vengeful, morally complex railroad foreman who serves as the central protagonist of the television series "Hell on Wheels."
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A.
Brennan Carroll
Brennan Carroll is an American football coach and the son of longtime NFL and college head coach Pete Carroll.
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B.
Hunter McCracken
Hunter McCracken is an American actor best known for his lead role as young Jack in Terrence Malick’s acclaimed film "The Tree of Life."
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C.
Kai Dugan
Kai Dugan is the son of American actress Jennifer Connelly, known primarily for his connection to his famous mother.
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D.
Brennan Chapman
Brennan Chapman is a cinematographer known for his work on the animated feature film "The Super Mario Bros. Movie."
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E.
Devlin Elliott
Devlin Elliott is an American theater and film producer best known as the husband of actor Nathan Lane.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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protagonist ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Hell on Wheels ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
building of the First Transcontinental Railroad
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reconstruction era ⓘ redemption ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ |
| background | former Confederate soldier ⓘ |
| characterArc | transition from vengeance-driven ex-soldier to railroad leader ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator |
Joe Gayton
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Tony Gayton ⓘ |
| endOfOriginalRun | 2016 ⓘ |
| familyName | Bohannon ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Hell on Wheels universe
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linked to:
Hell on Wheels
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| firstAppearance |
Hell on Wheels, Season 1 Episode 1
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linked to:
Hell on Wheels
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| fullName | Cullen Bohannon ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | Western television series ⓘ |
| givenName | Cullen ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| militaryAllegiance | Confederate States Army ⓘ |
| narrativeCharacteristic |
antihero
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morally complex ⓘ vengeful ⓘ |
| networkOfFirstBroadcast | AMC ⓘ |
| notableEvent | seeks revenge for the murder of his wife ⓘ |
| occupation |
railroad foreman
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soldier ⓘ |
| originalBroadcastYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| partOf | Hell on Wheels main cast ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Anson Mount ⓘ |
| position | foreman of the transcontinental railroad construction ⓘ |
| primaryMedium | television ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central protagonist ⓘ |
| setting |
American Old West
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linked to:
Old West
post–American Civil War era ⓘ |
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: Bohannon (Cullen Bohannon) Description of subject: Cullen Bohannon is the fictional former Confederate soldier turned vengeful, morally complex railroad foreman who serves as the central protagonist of the television series "Hell on Wheels."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Hell on Wheels (theme by Gustavo Santaolalla)
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associatedWithCharacter
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Bohannon (Cullen Bohannon)
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subject linked to:
"Hell on Wheels" by Gustavo Santaolalla