Jack Potter
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Jack Potter is the central character of Stephen Crane's short story "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," a small-town marshal whose secret marriage disrupts the expectations of his rough Western community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jack Potter canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4610276 — 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: Jack Potter Context triple: [The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, protagonist, Jack Potter]
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A.
Peter De Potter
Peter De Potter is a Belgian visual artist and graphic designer known for his conceptual, text-driven imagery and collaborations with musicians and fashion brands.
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B.
Matt Potter
Matt Potter is an English football manager best known in the U.S. for coaching in the National Women's Soccer League, including a stint as head coach of the Kansas City Current.
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C.
Clarkson Potter
Clarkson Potter is a prominent American publishing imprint known for its high-quality cookbooks, lifestyle, and design titles.
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D.
Cyril Proudbottom
Cyril Proudbottom is a comical, carefree horse character from Disney’s animated adaptation of "The Wind in the Willows" segment in *The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad*.
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E.
Israel Potter
Israel Potter is a lesser-known historical novel by Herman Melville that fictionalizes the life and adventures of an American Revolutionary War veteran.
- 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: Jack Potter Target entity description: Jack Potter is the central character of Stephen Crane's short story "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," a small-town marshal whose secret marriage disrupts the expectations of his rough Western community.
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A.
Peter De Potter
Peter De Potter is a Belgian visual artist and graphic designer known for his conceptual, text-driven imagery and collaborations with musicians and fashion brands.
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B.
Matt Potter
Matt Potter is an English football manager best known in the U.S. for coaching in the National Women's Soccer League, including a stint as head coach of the Kansas City Current.
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C.
Clarkson Potter
Clarkson Potter is a prominent American publishing imprint known for its high-quality cookbooks, lifestyle, and design titles.
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D.
Cyril Proudbottom
Cyril Proudbottom is a comical, carefree horse character from Disney’s animated adaptation of "The Wind in the Willows" segment in *The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad*.
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E.
Israel Potter
Israel Potter is a lesser-known historical novel by Herman Melville that fictionalizes the life and adventures of an American Revolutionary War veteran.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ short story character ⓘ |
| antagonistRelation | Scratchy Wilson ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Scratchy Wilson ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
duty-bound
ⓘ
respectable ⓘ self-conscious ⓘ |
| communityRole | symbol of law and order in Yellow Sky ⓘ |
| conflictType | man versus society ⓘ |
| creator | Stephen Crane ⓘ |
| disrupts | expectations of Yellow Sky’s rough Western community ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1898 ⓘ |
| genre | Western fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
American realism
ⓘ
linked to:
Realism
|
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | agent of social change ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawman
ⓘ
town marshal ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | short story ⓘ |
| role | central character ⓘ |
| secretAction | marries in San Antonio ⓘ |
| setting | Yellow Sky ⓘ |
| settingRegion |
American West
ⓘ
linked to:
Old West
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| spouse | unnamed bride ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
civilization versus frontier
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marriage and social expectations ⓘ transition from Old West to New West ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jack Potter Description of subject: Jack Potter is the central character of Stephen Crane's short story "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," a small-town marshal whose secret marriage disrupts the expectations of his rough Western community.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.