Shinbone
E431266
Shinbone is the fictional frontier town in the classic Western film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," serving as the central setting for its story of law, legend, and political change.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shinbone canonical | 6 |
| Shinbone region | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4337403 — 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: Shinbone Context triple: [The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, setIn, Shinbone]
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A.
Bone
The B-1B Lancer, nicknamed "Bone," is a U.S. long-range supersonic strategic bomber known for its variable-sweep wings and low-level penetration capabilities.
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B.
Schievelbein
Schievelbein is a historic town in Pomerania, now known as Świdwin in northwestern Poland.
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C.
Pilon
Pilon is a central character in John Steinbeck's novel "Tortilla Flat," known as a roguish yet good-hearted paisano whose misadventures explore themes of friendship, poverty, and morality.
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D.
Osseo
Osseo is a small suburban city located in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota.
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E.
Blount
Blount is the surname of James Hillier Blount, better known as the English singer-songwriter James Blunt.
- 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: Shinbone Target entity description: Shinbone is the fictional frontier town in the classic Western film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," serving as the central setting for its story of law, legend, and political change.
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A.
Bone
The B-1B Lancer, nicknamed "Bone," is a U.S. long-range supersonic strategic bomber known for its variable-sweep wings and low-level penetration capabilities.
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B.
Schievelbein
Schievelbein is a historic town in Pomerania, now known as Świdwin in northwestern Poland.
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C.
Pilon
Pilon is a central character in John Steinbeck's novel "Tortilla Flat," known as a roguish yet good-hearted paisano whose misadventures explore themes of friendship, poverty, and morality.
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D.
Osseo
Osseo is a small suburban city located in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota.
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E.
Blount
Blount is the surname of James Hillier Blount, better known as the English singer-songwriter James Blunt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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fictional town ⓘ narrative setting ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
1962 film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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linked to:
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Dutton Peabody
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Hallie ⓘ Liberty Valance ⓘ Link Appleyard ⓘ Ransom Stoddard ⓘ Tom Doniphon ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
short story The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance by Dorothy M. Johnson
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linked to:
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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| countrySetting |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator |
John Ford
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screenwriters James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | iconic Western town setting ⓘ |
| diegeticFunction |
origin of the political career of Ransom Stoddard
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place where Liberty Valance is killed ⓘ place where Ransom Stoddard becomes a legend ⓘ |
| economicRole | small frontier community ⓘ |
| genreContext | Western ⓘ |
| governanceContext | territorial town ⓘ |
| lawEnforcementContext |
limited formal law enforcement
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reliance on armed individuals for protection ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | frame for exploration of American political mythmaking ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central setting
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frontier town ⓘ |
| notableLocationWithin |
courthouse
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newspaper office ⓘ restaurant ⓘ saloon ⓘ street where Liberty Valance is shot ⓘ |
| politicalFunction |
location of election campaigning
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location of statehood convention ⓘ site of statehood politics ⓘ |
| regionSetting | American frontier ⓘ |
| socialRole | symbol of emerging civilization ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
creation of political myths
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tension between fact and legend ⓘ transition from frontier justice to rule of law ⓘ |
| themeContext |
civilization versus wilderness
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law ⓘ legend ⓘ political change ⓘ rise of democracy in the West ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting |
frontier era
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late 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Shinbone Description of subject: Shinbone is the fictional frontier town in the classic Western film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," serving as the central setting for its story of law, legend, and political change.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shinbone