Reverend Shaw Moore
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Reverend Shaw Moore is the strict, conservative minister in the film "Footloose" whose opposition to dancing and rock music drives the central conflict of the story.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Reverend Shaw Moore canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6125600 — 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: Reverend Shaw Moore Context triple: [Footloose, mainCharacter, Reverend Shaw Moore]
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A.
Reverend Robert Alden
Reverend Robert Alden is a kindly, soft-spoken minister who serves as a moral and spiritual guide to the Ingalls family and their community in the Little House on the Prairie television series.
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B.
Rev. William C. French
Rev. William C. French was a 19th-century clergyman and educator known for establishing institutions dedicated to the higher education of women.
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C.
Rev. Leonard Neale
Rev. Leonard Neale was an American Catholic priest and later Archbishop of Baltimore who played a key role in early U.S. Catholic education and religious life.
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D.
Reverend Henry Biggs
Reverend Henry Biggs is the kind-hearted but overworked pastor and central figure in the film "The Preacher's Wife," whose faith and family life are tested until an angel intervenes to help him.
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E.
Reverend W. A. R. Goodwin
Reverend W. A. R. Goodwin was an early 20th-century Episcopal clergyman and preservationist best known for spearheading the vision and fundraising that led to the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia.
- 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: Reverend Shaw Moore Target entity description: Reverend Shaw Moore is the strict, conservative minister in the film "Footloose" whose opposition to dancing and rock music drives the central conflict of the story.
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A.
Reverend Robert Alden
Reverend Robert Alden is a kindly, soft-spoken minister who serves as a moral and spiritual guide to the Ingalls family and their community in the Little House on the Prairie television series.
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B.
Rev. William C. French
Rev. William C. French was a 19th-century clergyman and educator known for establishing institutions dedicated to the higher education of women.
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C.
Rev. Leonard Neale
Rev. Leonard Neale was an American Catholic priest and later Archbishop of Baltimore who played a key role in early U.S. Catholic education and religious life.
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D.
Reverend Henry Biggs
Reverend Henry Biggs is the kind-hearted but overworked pastor and central figure in the film "The Preacher's Wife," whose faith and family life are tested until an angel intervenes to help him.
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E.
Reverend W. A. R. Goodwin
Reverend W. A. R. Goodwin was an early 20th-century Episcopal clergyman and preservationist best known for spearheading the vision and fundraising that led to the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Footloose (1984 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Footloose
Footloose (2011 film) ⓘ |
| centralConflictWith | Ren McCormack ⓘ |
| characterIn | Footloose ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Dean Pitchford ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | English ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
desire to protect youth
ⓘ
religious conviction ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | represents generational and cultural conflict ⓘ |
| occupation | minister ⓘ |
| opposes |
dancing
ⓘ
rock music ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
authoritative
ⓘ
conservative ⓘ protective ⓘ strict ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Dennis Quaid
ⓘ
John Lithgow ⓘ |
| relationship | father of Ariel Moore ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Bomont ⓘ |
| roleInPlot | antagonist-turned-ally ⓘ |
| setting | small Midwestern town of Bomont ⓘ |
| supports | moral conservatism ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
freedom of expression
ⓘ
grief and control ⓘ religion vs youth culture ⓘ |
| undergoes | change of heart ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Reverend Shaw Moore Description of subject: Reverend Shaw Moore is the strict, conservative minister in the film "Footloose" whose opposition to dancing and rock music drives the central conflict of the story.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.