Corky Withers
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Corky Withers is the psychologically troubled ventriloquist at the center of the horror film "Magic," whose increasingly unstable relationship with his dummy drives the story's suspense and terror.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Corky Withers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13602874 — 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: Corky Withers Context triple: [Magic (1978 film), mainCharacter, Corky Withers]
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A.
Lonny Baxter
Lonny Baxter is a former American professional basketball player best known for starring on the University of Maryland team that won the 2002 NCAA championship.
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B.
Vernan Keenan
Vernan Keenan was an American roller coaster designer best known for creating the iconic Cyclone wooden coaster at Coney Island.
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C.
Bobby Donnell
Bobby Donnell is a fictional defense attorney and founding partner of a small Boston law firm in the legal drama series "The Practice."
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D.
Billy Kinsley
Billy Kinsley is an English musician best known as a founding member, vocalist, and bassist of the 1960s Merseybeat band The Merseybeats.
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E.
Jerry Durrance
Jerry Durrance is a sophisticated but manipulative romantic rival in the classic 1942 film "Now, Voyager."
- 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: Corky Withers Target entity description: Corky Withers is the psychologically troubled ventriloquist at the center of the horror film "Magic," whose increasingly unstable relationship with his dummy drives the story's suspense and terror.
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A.
Lonny Baxter
Lonny Baxter is a former American professional basketball player best known for starring on the University of Maryland team that won the 2002 NCAA championship.
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B.
Vernan Keenan
Vernan Keenan was an American roller coaster designer best known for creating the iconic Cyclone wooden coaster at Coney Island.
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C.
Bobby Donnell
Bobby Donnell is a fictional defense attorney and founding partner of a small Boston law firm in the legal drama series "The Practice."
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D.
Billy Kinsley
Billy Kinsley is an English musician best known as a founding member, vocalist, and bassist of the 1960s Merseybeat band The Merseybeats.
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E.
Jerry Durrance
Jerry Durrance is a sophisticated but manipulative romantic rival in the classic 1942 film "Now, Voyager."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Magic (1978 film)