Father Lankester Merrin
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Father Lankester Merrin is a seasoned Catholic priest and experienced exorcist who confronts demonic forces in William Peter Blatty’s horror story and its film adaptations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Father Lankester Merrin canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2173227 — 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: Father Lankester Merrin Context triple: [The Exorcist, mainCharacter, Father Lankester Merrin]
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A.
Father Felician
Father Felician is a kindly Catholic priest who serves as a spiritual guide and protector to the heroine in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s narrative poem "Evangeline."
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B.
Dr. Erasmus Craven
Dr. Erasmus Craven is a timid but good-hearted sorcerer, portrayed by Vincent Price, who becomes entangled in a magical rivalry in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Raven."
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C.
Father Andrew
Father Andrew is a kindly priest and mentor figure in Mark Twain's novel "The Prince and the Pauper," offering guidance and education to the pauper boy Tom Canty.
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D.
Conrad Jarrett
Conrad Jarrett is the troubled teenage protagonist of Judith Guest’s novel and the film "Ordinary People," struggling with survivor’s guilt, depression, and family dysfunction after his brother’s death.
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E.
Stephen Sinclair
Stephen Sinclair is a New Zealand screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay for Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
- 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: Father Lankester Merrin Target entity description: Father Lankester Merrin is a seasoned Catholic priest and experienced exorcist who confronts demonic forces in William Peter Blatty’s horror story and its film adaptations.
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A.
Father Felician
Father Felician is a kindly Catholic priest who serves as a spiritual guide and protector to the heroine in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s narrative poem "Evangeline."
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B.
Dr. Erasmus Craven
Dr. Erasmus Craven is a timid but good-hearted sorcerer, portrayed by Vincent Price, who becomes entangled in a magical rivalry in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Raven."
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C.
Father Andrew
Father Andrew is a kindly priest and mentor figure in Mark Twain's novel "The Prince and the Pauper," offering guidance and education to the pauper boy Tom Canty.
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D.
Conrad Jarrett
Conrad Jarrett is the troubled teenage protagonist of Judith Guest’s novel and the film "Ordinary People," struggling with survivor’s guilt, depression, and family dysfunction after his brother’s death.
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E.
Stephen Sinclair
Stephen Sinclair is a New Zealand screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay for Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic priest
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exorcist ⓘ fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ novel character ⓘ |
| alignment | good ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Exorcist: The Beginning
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surface form:
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Exorcist: The Beginning ⓘ The Exorcist (novel) ⓘ
surface form:
The Exorcist (1971 novel)
The Exorcist ⓘ
surface form:
The Exorcist (1973 film)
The Exorcist (novel) ⓘ Exorcist II: The Heretic ⓘ
surface form:
The Exorcist II: The Heretic
The Exorcist III ⓘ
surface form:
The Exorcist III (novel Legion)
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| associatedWith | Georgetown, Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Catholic exorcism rites
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faith versus evil ⓘ spiritual warfare ⓘ |
| basedIn | Iraq (archaeological dig, opening of The Exorcist) ⓘ |
| characterType | heroic exorcist ⓘ |
| confronts |
Nergal
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surface form:
Pazuzu
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| createdBy | William Peter Blatty ⓘ |
| deathInWork |
The Exorcist (novel)
ⓘ
surface form:
The Exorcist (1971 novel)
The Exorcist ⓘ
surface form:
The Exorcist (1973 film)
|
| fictionalUniverse |
Exorcist: The Beginning
ⓘ
surface form:
The Exorcist franchise
|
| firstAppearance |
The Exorcist (novel)
ⓘ
surface form:
The Exorcist (1971 novel)
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | horror ⓘ |
| hasEnemy | demonic forces ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| literaryOrigin | American horror novel ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| notableFor |
confronting the demon Pazuzu
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performing exorcisms ⓘ |
| occupation |
archaeologist
ⓘ
exorcist ⓘ priest ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Max von Sydow
ⓘ
Stellan Skarsgård ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist exorcist ⓘ |
| title | Father ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Father Lankester Merrin Description of subject: Father Lankester Merrin is a seasoned Catholic priest and experienced exorcist who confronts demonic forces in William Peter Blatty’s horror story and its film adaptations.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.