Harry Moseby
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Harry Moseby is a weary, morally conflicted private detective whose search for a missing girl in the 1975 neo-noir film "Night Moves" leads him into a web of betrayal and personal disillusionment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harry Moseby canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11465146 — 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: Harry Moseby Context triple: [Night Moves, mainCharacter, Harry Moseby]
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A.
Harry Mitchell
Harry Mitchell is a relatively obscure figure known primarily for his association with David Norris, about whom little widely documented public information is available.
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B.
Hugh Moxey
Hugh Moxey was a British character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television, particularly in crime and science fiction genres.
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C.
Mac Wilkins
Mac Wilkins is an American discus thrower and Olympic gold medalist renowned for setting multiple world records in the 1970s.
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D.
Ben Merrick
Ben Merrick is a British government official who has served in senior roles related to overseas territories, including leadership of the British Antarctic Territory administration.
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E.
Harry Rigby
Harry Rigby was an American theatrical producer best known for his work on Broadway musical revivals in the mid-20th century.
- 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: Harry Moseby Target entity description: Harry Moseby is a weary, morally conflicted private detective whose search for a missing girl in the 1975 neo-noir film "Night Moves" leads him into a web of betrayal and personal disillusionment.
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A.
Harry Mitchell
Harry Mitchell is a relatively obscure figure known primarily for his association with David Norris, about whom little widely documented public information is available.
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B.
Hugh Moxey
Hugh Moxey was a British character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television, particularly in crime and science fiction genres.
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C.
Mac Wilkins
Mac Wilkins is an American discus thrower and Olympic gold medalist renowned for setting multiple world records in the 1970s.
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D.
Ben Merrick
Ben Merrick is a British government official who has served in senior roles related to overseas territories, including leadership of the British Antarctic Territory administration.
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E.
Harry Rigby
Harry Rigby was an American theatrical producer best known for his work on Broadway musical revivals in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Night Moves ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
disillusioned
ⓘ
morally conflicted ⓘ weary ⓘ |
| countryOfWorkOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Alan Sharp ⓘ |
| createdForWork | Night Moves ⓘ |
| directedBy | Arthur Penn ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| genreAssociation |
crime drama
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | neo-noir film ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
missing person investigation
ⓘ
web of betrayal ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | ambiguous ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | investigator uncovering hidden crimes ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableFor | complex psychological portrayal of a private eye ⓘ |
| occupation | private detective ⓘ |
| partOf | 1970s American neo-noir cycle ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Gene Hackman ⓘ |
| primaryActivity | searching for a missing girl ⓘ |
| settingType | American crime milieu ⓘ |
| storyArc | from professional confidence to personal doubt ⓘ |
| themeAssociation | personal disillusionment ⓘ |
| workYear | 1975 ⓘ |
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: Harry Moseby Description of subject: Harry Moseby is a weary, morally conflicted private detective whose search for a missing girl in the 1975 neo-noir film "Night Moves" leads him into a web of betrayal and personal disillusionment.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.