Rod Steiger as Master Sergeant Albert Callan
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Rod Steiger as Master Sergeant Albert Callan is the intense, authoritarian central character of the 1968 war drama film "The Sergeant," known for his psychologically complex and repressed portrayal of a career military man.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rod Steiger as Master Sergeant Albert Callan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11760676 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rod Steiger as Master Sergeant Albert Callan Context triple: [The Sergeant, leadActorRole, Rod Steiger as Master Sergeant Albert Callan]
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A.
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B.
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Richard Crenna as Colonel Sam Trautman
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Burt Lancaster as McIntosh
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E.
Lee Marvin as Vince Stone
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- 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: Rod Steiger as Master Sergeant Albert Callan Target entity description: Rod Steiger as Master Sergeant Albert Callan is the intense, authoritarian central character of the 1968 war drama film "The Sergeant," known for his psychologically complex and repressed portrayal of a career military man.
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A.
Lee Marvin as Col. Bartlett
Lee Marvin as Col. Bartlett is a commanding, battle-hardened World War II officer characterized by his tough, no-nonsense leadership in the war film "Attack!".
-
B.
Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey
Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey is the harried, increasingly frazzled air traffic control supervisor whose escalating declarations about what he’s “picked the wrong week” to quit provide one of the running gags in the disaster-movie spoof Airplane!.
-
C.
Richard Crenna as Colonel Sam Trautman
Richard Crenna as Colonel Sam Trautman is the stern yet paternal U.S. Army colonel who serves as John Rambo’s former commanding officer and moral counterpoint in the Rambo film series.
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D.
Burt Lancaster as McIntosh
Burt Lancaster as McIntosh is the seasoned, world-weary Army scout who serves as the pragmatic and morally complex guide through the brutal frontier conflict in the 1972 Western film "Ulzana's Raid."
-
E.
Lee Marvin as Vince Stone
Lee Marvin as Vince Stone refers to Marvin’s memorable portrayal of a sadistic, hot-headed mob enforcer in the classic 1953 film noir "The Big Heat."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalCharacterRole
ⓘ
filmCharacter ⓘ militaryCharacter ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm | The Sergeant ⓘ |
| characterization |
emotionally repressed
ⓘ
psychologically complex ⓘ |
| characterName | Master Sergeant Albert Callan ⓘ |
| countryOfFilmProduction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| filmGenre | war drama ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | central character ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | American ⓘ |
| occupation | career military man ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
authoritarian
ⓘ
intense ⓘ |
| portrayalNotedFor |
depiction of repression
ⓘ
intensity ⓘ psychological depth ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Rod Steiger ⓘ |
| rank | Master Sergeant ⓘ |
| settingContext | peacetime military base ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
authority
ⓘ
psychological conflict ⓘ repression ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rod Steiger as Master Sergeant Albert Callan Description of subject: Rod Steiger as Master Sergeant Albert Callan is the intense, authoritarian central character of the 1968 war drama film "The Sergeant," known for his psychologically complex and repressed portrayal of a career military man.
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