Ben Wade
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Ben Wade is the charismatic yet ruthless outlaw leader portrayed by Russell Crowe in the 2007 Western film "3:10 to Yuma."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ben Wade canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11168943 — 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: Ben Wade Context triple: [3:10 to Yuma (2007 film), character, Ben Wade]
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A.
Jason Wade
Jason Wade is an American singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Lifehouse.
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B.
William Wade
William Wade is a personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as politics, religion, and the arts.
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C.
Kevin Wade
Kevin Wade is an American screenwriter and television producer best known for writing the film "Working Girl" and creating the TV series "Blue Bloods."
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D.
Brian Patrick Wade
Brian Patrick Wade is an American actor best known for his roles in television series such as "Generation Kill," "Teen Wolf," and "The Big Bang Theory."
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E.
Rico Wade
Rico Wade was an influential Atlanta-based hip-hop producer and member of the production trio Organized Noize, best known for shaping the sound of acts like Outkast and Goodie Mob.
- 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: Ben Wade Target entity description: Ben Wade is the charismatic yet ruthless outlaw leader portrayed by Russell Crowe in the 2007 Western film "3:10 to Yuma."
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A.
Jason Wade
Jason Wade is an American singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Lifehouse.
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B.
William Wade
William Wade is a personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as politics, religion, and the arts.
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C.
Kevin Wade
Kevin Wade is an American screenwriter and television producer best known for writing the film "Working Girl" and creating the TV series "Blue Bloods."
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D.
Brian Patrick Wade
Brian Patrick Wade is an American actor best known for his roles in television series such as "Generation Kill," "Teen Wolf," and "The Big Bang Theory."
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E.
Rico Wade
Rico Wade was an influential Atlanta-based hip-hop producer and member of the production trio Organized Noize, best known for shaping the sound of acts like Outkast and Goodie Mob.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| alignment | antihero ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
3:10 to Yuma (2007 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
3:10 to Yuma
|
| appearsInGenre | revisionist Western film ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Ben Wade gang ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Ben Wade (character in the 1957 film 3:10 to Yuma)
ⓘ
Ben Wade (character in the 3:10 to Yuma short story by Elmore Leonard) ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
charismatic
ⓘ
ruthless ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States (fictional setting) ⓘ |
| createdFor |
3:10 to Yuma (2007 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
3:10 to Yuma
|
| filmReleaseYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| genre | Western ⓘ |
| hasEnemy | Dan Evans ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| moralAmbiguity | high ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central character
ⓘ
primary antagonist ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
charming
ⓘ
intelligent ⓘ manipulative ⓘ |
| occupation | outlaw ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | complex outlaw leader ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Russell Crowe ⓘ |
| role | gang leader ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
American Old West
ⓘ
linked to:
Old West
|
| usesWeapon | revolver ⓘ |
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: Ben Wade Description of subject: Ben Wade is the charismatic yet ruthless outlaw leader portrayed by Russell Crowe in the 2007 Western film "3:10 to Yuma."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.