Major Wilshaw
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Major Wilshaw is a middle-aged, somewhat reserved Englishman whose romantic misadventures and emotional awakening form a central thread of the 1995 film "A Month by the Lake."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Major Wilshaw canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9907468 — 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: Major Wilshaw Context triple: [A Month by the Lake, character, Major Wilshaw]
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A.
Brigadier Julian Thompson
Brigadier Julian Thompson is a retired British Royal Marines officer best known for commanding 3 Commando Brigade during the Falklands War.
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B.
Brigadier David Morgan
Brigadier David Morgan is a British Army officer best known for leading UK forces in the Battle of Mount Tumbledown during the Falklands War.
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C.
Brigadier Mike Calvert
Brigadier Mike Calvert was a distinguished British Army officer and special forces leader in World War II, renowned for his daring commando operations with the Chindits in Burma.
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D.
Brigadier Glyn Hughes
Brigadier Glyn Hughes was a British Army medical officer renowned for organizing emergency relief and medical care for survivors during the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945.
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E.
Sergeant-Major Hewson
Sergeant-Major Hewson was a British military non-commissioned officer noted for his prominent role in the events surrounding the Barrackpore incident of 1857 during the lead-up to the Indian Rebellion.
- 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: Major Wilshaw Target entity description: Major Wilshaw is a middle-aged, somewhat reserved Englishman whose romantic misadventures and emotional awakening form a central thread of the 1995 film "A Month by the Lake."
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A.
Brigadier Julian Thompson
Brigadier Julian Thompson is a retired British Royal Marines officer best known for commanding 3 Commando Brigade during the Falklands War.
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B.
Brigadier David Morgan
Brigadier David Morgan is a British Army officer best known for leading UK forces in the Battle of Mount Tumbledown during the Falklands War.
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C.
Brigadier Mike Calvert
Brigadier Mike Calvert was a distinguished British Army officer and special forces leader in World War II, renowned for his daring commando operations with the Chindits in Burma.
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D.
Brigadier Glyn Hughes
Brigadier Glyn Hughes was a British Army medical officer renowned for organizing emergency relief and medical care for survivors during the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945.
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E.
Sergeant-Major Hewson
Sergeant-Major Hewson was a British military non-commissioned officer noted for his prominent role in the events surrounding the Barrackpore incident of 1857 during the lead-up to the Indian Rebellion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| age | middle-aged ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Month by the Lake ⓘ |
| centralTo | plot of the film A Month by the Lake ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | England ⓘ |
| createdFor |
A Month by the Lake (1995 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
A Month by the Lake
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| fictionalUniverse | A Month by the Lake ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | romantic comedy-drama ⓘ |
| hasStoryArc |
emotional awakening
ⓘ
romantic misadventures ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
protagonist
ⓘ
romantic lead ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| occupation | Major ⓘ |
| personalityTrait | reserved ⓘ |
| settingOfFiction |
Lake Como
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linked to:
Lake Como, Italy
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| theme |
emotional repression
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late-life romance ⓘ personal growth ⓘ |
| workType | film ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkRelease | 1995 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Major Wilshaw Description of subject: Major Wilshaw is a middle-aged, somewhat reserved Englishman whose romantic misadventures and emotional awakening form a central thread of the 1995 film "A Month by the Lake."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.