The Ventriloquist's Dummy segment
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The Ventriloquist's Dummy segment is a famous horror sequence from the 1945 British anthology film "Dead of Night," centered on a ventriloquist and his disturbingly malevolent dummy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Ventriloquist's Dummy segment canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22101046 — 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: The Ventriloquist's Dummy segment Context triple: [Dead of Night, hasPart, The Ventriloquist's Dummy segment]
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A.
Fats (ventriloquist dummy)
Fats is the sinister ventriloquist dummy that embodies the darker side of its owner’s psyche in the psychological horror film "Magic."
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B.
Willie the dummy
Willie the dummy is a ventriloquist’s dummy character best known as the creepy wooden puppet featured in the “Goosebumps” universe.
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C.
The Puppet Show
The Puppet Show is a dramatic work by Russian Symbolist poet Alexander Blok that reflects his characteristic blend of mysticism, social critique, and theatricality.
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D.
The Stan Freberg Show
The Stan Freberg Show was a short-lived but influential 1957 American radio comedy series known for its sharp satire and inventive sound effects, created and performed by humorist Stan Freberg.
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E.
The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show
The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show was a popular American radio comedy program featuring ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his wisecracking dummy Charlie McCarthy, influential in the golden age of radio entertainment.
- 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: The Ventriloquist's Dummy segment Target entity description: The Ventriloquist's Dummy segment is a famous horror sequence from the 1945 British anthology film "Dead of Night," centered on a ventriloquist and his disturbingly malevolent dummy.
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A.
Fats (ventriloquist dummy)
Fats is the sinister ventriloquist dummy that embodies the darker side of its owner’s psyche in the psychological horror film "Magic."
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B.
Willie the dummy
Willie the dummy is a ventriloquist’s dummy character best known as the creepy wooden puppet featured in the “Goosebumps” universe.
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C.
The Puppet Show
The Puppet Show is a dramatic work by Russian Symbolist poet Alexander Blok that reflects his characteristic blend of mysticism, social critique, and theatricality.
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D.
The Stan Freberg Show
The Stan Freberg Show was a short-lived but influential 1957 American radio comedy series known for its sharp satire and inventive sound effects, created and performed by humorist Stan Freberg.
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E.
The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show
The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show was a popular American radio comedy program featuring ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his wisecracking dummy Charlie McCarthy, influential in the golden age of radio entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.