Rexford Bedlo
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Rexford Bedlo is a bumbling sorcerer character portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Raven."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rexford Bedlo canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1928660 — 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: Rexford Bedlo Context triple: [The Raven (1963 film), character, Rexford Bedlo]
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A.
Stephen Van Rensselaer
Stephen Van Rensselaer was a prominent early American landowner, politician, and philanthropist best known as the patroon of Rensselaerswyck and co-founder of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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B.
Hudson Stuck
Hudson Stuck was an Anglican archdeacon, missionary, and mountaineer best known for leading the first successful ascent of Denali in 1913.
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C.
Simeon Gannett Reed
Simeon Gannett Reed was an American businessman and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
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D.
William Jarrett
William Jarrett was an American physician and the late husband of former senior presidential advisor Valerie Jarrett.
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E.
William Allen
William Allen was a 16th-century English Cardinal and leading Catholic figure who played a key role in the Counter-Reformation and the support of English Catholic exiles.
- 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: Rexford Bedlo Target entity description: Rexford Bedlo is a bumbling sorcerer character portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Raven."
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A.
Stephen Van Rensselaer
Stephen Van Rensselaer was a prominent early American landowner, politician, and philanthropist best known as the patroon of Rensselaerswyck and co-founder of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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B.
Hudson Stuck
Hudson Stuck was an Anglican archdeacon, missionary, and mountaineer best known for leading the first successful ascent of Denali in 1913.
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C.
Simeon Gannett Reed
Simeon Gannett Reed was an American businessman and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
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D.
William Jarrett
William Jarrett was an American physician and the late husband of former senior presidential advisor Valerie Jarrett.
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E.
William Allen
William Allen was a 16th-century English Cardinal and leading Catholic figure who played a key role in the Counter-Reformation and the support of English Catholic exiles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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sorcerer ⓘ |
| alignment | good ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Raven (1963 film) ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Raven
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surface form:
poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| fictionalUniverse |
The Raven (1963 film)
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surface form:
The Raven (1963 film universe)
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| filmDirectorOfWork | Roger Corman ⓘ |
| fullName | Rexford Bedlo self-link ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | horror-comedy ⓘ |
| hasCoStar |
Boris Karloff
ⓘ
Jack Nicholson ⓘ Vincent Price ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasMagicAbility | sorcery ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
magician
ⓘ
wizard ⓘ |
| hasSpecies | human ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | comic relief ⓘ |
| notableTrait | bumbling ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Peter Lorre ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfWork | American International Pictures ⓘ |
| toneOfWork | parody of gothic horror ⓘ |
| yearOfAppearance | 1963 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rexford Bedlo Description of subject: Rexford Bedlo is a bumbling sorcerer character portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Raven."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.