Valek
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Valek is the powerful centuries-old vampire antagonist in John Carpenter's 1998 horror film "Vampires."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Valek canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19455555 — 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: Valek Context triple: [Vampires (1998 film), mainCharacter, Valek]
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A.
Vesemir
Vesemir is an experienced and wise witcher of the School of the Wolf who serves as a mentor and father figure to Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher series.
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B.
Czernobog
Czernobog is a grim Slavic god of darkness and misfortune who appears in Neil Gaiman’s *American Gods* as a gruff, hammer-wielding former deity struggling to adapt to modern America.
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C.
Evilenko
Evilenko is a 2004 psychological horror-thriller film loosely inspired by the crimes of Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo.
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D.
Veliternus
Veliternus is the Latin ethnic designation for a person originating from the ancient city of Velitrae (modern Velletri) in Italy.
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E.
Alvarus
Alvarus is a Latinized variant of the given name Alvar, historically used in medieval and ecclesiastical contexts.
- 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: Valek Target entity description: Valek is the powerful centuries-old vampire antagonist in John Carpenter's 1998 horror film "Vampires."
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A.
Vesemir
Vesemir is an experienced and wise witcher of the School of the Wolf who serves as a mentor and father figure to Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher series.
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B.
Czernobog
Czernobog is a grim Slavic god of darkness and misfortune who appears in Neil Gaiman’s *American Gods* as a gruff, hammer-wielding former deity struggling to adapt to modern America.
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C.
Evilenko
Evilenko is a 2004 psychological horror-thriller film loosely inspired by the crimes of Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo.
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D.
Veliternus
Veliternus is the Latin ethnic designation for a person originating from the ancient city of Velitrae (modern Velletri) in Italy.
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E.
Alvarus
Alvarus is a Latinized variant of the given name Alvar, historically used in medieval and ecclesiastical contexts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.