Pat Garrett
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Pat Garrett was an American Old West lawman and sheriff best known for killing the outlaw Billy the Kid.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pat Garrett canonical | 19 |
| Sheriff Pat Garrett | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3922744 — 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: Pat Garrett Context triple: [Lincoln Historic District, significantPerson, Pat Garrett]
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A.
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp is a 1994 American biographical Western film that chronicles the life of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Kevin Costner in the title role.
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B.
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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C.
Sheriff John T. Chance
Sheriff John T. Chance is the steadfast, principled lawman portrayed by John Wayne who defends a small town against outlaws in the classic Western film "Rio Bravo."
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D.
Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan
Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan was a federal law enforcement officer who was killed in the line of duty during the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff in Idaho.
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E.
Charles Starrett
Charles Starrett was an American film actor best known for his long-running role as the Durango Kid in B-Western movies during the 1930s and 1940s.
- 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: Pat Garrett Target entity description: Pat Garrett was an American Old West lawman and sheriff best known for killing the outlaw Billy the Kid.
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A.
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp is a 1994 American biographical Western film that chronicles the life of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Kevin Costner in the title role.
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B.
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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C.
Sheriff John T. Chance
Sheriff John T. Chance is the steadfast, principled lawman portrayed by John Wayne who defends a small town against outlaws in the classic Western film "Rio Bravo."
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D.
Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan
Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan was a federal law enforcement officer who was killed in the line of duty during the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff in Idaho.
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E.
Charles Starrett
Charles Starrett was an American film actor best known for his long-running role as the Durango Kid in B-Western movies during the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Old West figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ lawman ⓘ sheriff ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Las Cruces, New Mexico
|
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1850-06-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1908-02-29 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid
ⓘ
historical accounts of the American Old West ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Garrett ⓘ |
| genre | biography ⓘ |
| givenName | Patrick ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasRepresentationInMedia |
film portrayals of Pat Garrett
ⓘ
literary portrayals of Pat Garrett ⓘ |
| killed | Billy the Kid ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| movement |
American frontier
ⓘ
linked to:
Old West
|
| notableEvent | shooting of Billy the Kid at Fort Sumner in 1881 ⓘ |
| notableFor | killing Billy the Kid ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 8 ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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lawman ⓘ rancher ⓘ saloon keeper ⓘ sheriff ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Lincoln County War aftermath ⓘ |
| partOf |
American Old West
ⓘ
linked to:
Old West
|
| placeOfBirth |
Cusseta, Chambers County, Alabama, United States
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linked to:
Cusseta, Alabama
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| placeOfDeath | near Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico Territory, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Sheriff of Doña Ana County, New Mexico
ⓘ
Sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestantism
ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| residence | New Mexico Territory ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Apolonia Gutierrez ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Doña Ana County, New Mexico
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linked to:
Dona Ana County, New Mexico
Lincoln County, New Mexico ⓘ New Mexico Territory ⓘ |
| wroteAbout | Billy the Kid ⓘ |
| yearOfNotableEvent | 1881 ⓘ |
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: Pat Garrett Description of subject: Pat Garrett was an American Old West lawman and sheriff best known for killing the outlaw Billy the Kid.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Outlaw (1943 film)
linked to: Pat Garrett
subject linked to:
Lincoln County
subject linked to:
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (film)
subject linked to:
“Billy’s Death”
subject linked to:
“Billy’s Death”
subject linked to:
“Billy’s Death”
linked to: Pat Garrett