John Rawlins
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John Rawlins is a fictional Union Army soldier and moral center of the 1989 American Civil War film "Glory," portrayed as a steady, compassionate leader among the Black volunteers of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Rawlins canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7560840 — 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: John Rawlins Context triple: [Glory, character, John Rawlins]
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A.
Robert Folsom
Robert Folsom was an American businessman and civic leader who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, overseeing significant urban development and growth.
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B.
Paul Satterfield
Paul Satterfield is a film professional known for his work as a sequence director on classic animated features such as Disney’s 1942 film "Bambi."
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C.
William F. Raynolds
William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
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D.
James R. Rice
James R. Rice is a prominent American engineer and applied mechanician renowned for his foundational contributions to fracture mechanics and solid mechanics.
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E.
Cecil Doggette
Cecil Doggette is a former American football defensive back who played in the NFL and NFL Europe, notably for teams such as the New York Jets and the Frankfurt Galaxy.
- 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: John Rawlins Target entity description: John Rawlins is a fictional Union Army soldier and moral center of the 1989 American Civil War film "Glory," portrayed as a steady, compassionate leader among the Black volunteers of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry.
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A.
Robert Folsom
Robert Folsom was an American businessman and civic leader who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, overseeing significant urban development and growth.
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B.
Paul Satterfield
Paul Satterfield is a film professional known for his work as a sequence director on classic animated features such as Disney’s 1942 film "Bambi."
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C.
William F. Raynolds
William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
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D.
James R. Rice
James R. Rice is a prominent American engineer and applied mechanician renowned for his foundational contributions to fracture mechanics and solid mechanics.
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E.
Cecil Doggette
Cecil Doggette is a former American football defensive back who played in the NFL and NFL Europe, notably for teams such as the New York Jets and the Frankfurt Galaxy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| allegiance | Union ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Glory ⓘ |
| characterRole | moral center ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
compassionate
ⓘ
level-headed ⓘ steady ⓘ supportive ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| ethnicityInFiction | African American ⓘ |
| filmDirectorOfWork | Edward Zwick ⓘ |
| filmWriterOfWork | Kevin Jarre ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
historical drama film
ⓘ
war film ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Union Army ⓘ |
| militaryUnit | 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | leader among Black volunteers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership within the 54th Massachusetts Infantry
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providing moral guidance to fellow soldiers ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Morgan Freeman ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | film ⓘ |
| settingCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | American Civil War ⓘ |
| universe | Glory (film universe) ⓘ |
| workTitle | Glory ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkRelease | 1989 ⓘ |
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: John Rawlins Description of subject: John Rawlins is a fictional Union Army soldier and moral center of the 1989 American Civil War film "Glory," portrayed as a steady, compassionate leader among the Black volunteers of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.