Lieutenant Ferguson Howard
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Lieutenant Ferguson Howard is the central naval officer protagonist in the comedic caper film "The Honeymoon Machine," whose scheme to use a Navy computer to predict roulette outcomes drives the plot’s misadventures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lieutenant Ferguson Howard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7354307 — 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: Lieutenant Ferguson Howard Context triple: [The Honeymoon Machine, mainCharacter, Lieutenant Ferguson Howard]
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A.
Lieutenant Robert Maynard
Lieutenant Robert Maynard was a British Royal Navy officer best known for leading the 1718 naval engagement that resulted in the death of the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
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B.
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Beatty
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Beatty was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading American forces in the successful defense of Craney Island during the War of 1812.
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C.
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Hodge
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Hodge was a British cavalry officer best known for his command role in the 13th Light Dragoons during the Napoleonic era.
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D.
Lieutenant Colonel Frank O’Driscoll Hunter
Lieutenant Colonel Frank O’Driscoll Hunter was a distinguished U.S. Army Air Corps officer and World War II fighter ace honored for his leadership and aerial combat achievements.
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E.
Lieutenant Baugh
Lieutenant Baugh was a British officer involved in the 1857 Barrackpore incident, a key early flashpoint in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- 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: Lieutenant Ferguson Howard Target entity description: Lieutenant Ferguson Howard is the central naval officer protagonist in the comedic caper film "The Honeymoon Machine," whose scheme to use a Navy computer to predict roulette outcomes drives the plot’s misadventures.
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A.
Lieutenant Robert Maynard
Lieutenant Robert Maynard was a British Royal Navy officer best known for leading the 1718 naval engagement that resulted in the death of the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
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B.
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Beatty
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Beatty was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading American forces in the successful defense of Craney Island during the War of 1812.
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C.
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Hodge
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Hodge was a British cavalry officer best known for his command role in the 13th Light Dragoons during the Napoleonic era.
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D.
Lieutenant Colonel Frank O’Driscoll Hunter
Lieutenant Colonel Frank O’Driscoll Hunter was a distinguished U.S. Army Air Corps officer and World War II fighter ace honored for his leadership and aerial combat achievements.
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E.
Lieutenant Baugh
Lieutenant Baugh was a British officer involved in the 1857 Barrackpore incident, a key early flashpoint in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (17)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Honeymoon Machine ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Navy computer
ⓘ
gambling scheme ⓘ roulette ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| fictionalUniverse | The Honeymoon Machine universe ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | comedy film ⓘ |
| mainPlotActivity | attempts to use a Navy computer to beat roulette ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | drives the plot’s misadventures ⓘ |
| notableAction | devises scheme to predict roulette outcomes ⓘ |
| occupation | United States Navy officer ⓘ |
| rank | Lieutenant ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central protagonist ⓘ |
| workType | comedic caper film protagonist ⓘ |
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: Lieutenant Ferguson Howard Description of subject: Lieutenant Ferguson Howard is the central naval officer protagonist in the comedic caper film "The Honeymoon Machine," whose scheme to use a Navy computer to predict roulette outcomes drives the plot’s misadventures.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.