Robert Angier
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Robert Angier is a charismatic and obsessive stage magician whose fierce rivalry with fellow illusionist Alfred Borden drives the tragic plot of Christopher Nolan’s film "The Prestige."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Angier canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2221907 — 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: Robert Angier Context triple: [The Prestige, mainCharacter, Robert Angier]
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A.
Charles Fairburn
Charles Fairburn was a British railway engineer best known for his tenure as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the mid-20th century, during which he oversaw the design and development of several notable steam and electric locomotives.
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B.
Frank Greystock
Frank Greystock is a central figure in Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novel "The Eustace Diamonds," portrayed as an ambitious yet morally conflicted politician entangled in complex romantic and social obligations.
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C.
William Nicholson
William Nicholson is a British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist known for works such as "Shadowlands," "Gladiator," and other major film and stage scripts.
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D.
Philip Mannering
Philip Mannering is one of the main child protagonists in Enid Blyton’s "Adventure" series, known for his bravery, leadership, and love of animals.
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E.
Edward Chamberlayne
Edward Chamberlayne is the troubled, self-absorbed London host whose failing marriage and spiritual crisis drive the psychological and social drama in T. S. Eliot’s play "The Cocktail Party."
- 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: Robert Angier Target entity description: Robert Angier is a charismatic and obsessive stage magician whose fierce rivalry with fellow illusionist Alfred Borden drives the tragic plot of Christopher Nolan’s film "The Prestige."
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A.
Charles Fairburn
Charles Fairburn was a British railway engineer best known for his tenure as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the mid-20th century, during which he oversaw the design and development of several notable steam and electric locomotives.
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B.
Frank Greystock
Frank Greystock is a central figure in Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novel "The Eustace Diamonds," portrayed as an ambitious yet morally conflicted politician entangled in complex romantic and social obligations.
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C.
William Nicholson
William Nicholson is a British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist known for works such as "Shadowlands," "Gladiator," and other major film and stage scripts.
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D.
Philip Mannering
Philip Mannering is one of the main child protagonists in Enid Blyton’s "Adventure" series, known for his bravery, leadership, and love of animals.
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E.
Edward Chamberlayne
Edward Chamberlayne is the troubled, self-absorbed London host whose failing marriage and spiritual crisis drive the psychological and social drama in T. S. Eliot’s play "The Cocktail Party."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ stage magician ⓘ |
| antagonisticTo | Alfred Borden ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Prestige ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | film ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
stage magic
ⓘ
top hats ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from the novel The Prestige by Christopher Priest ⓘ |
| causeOfObsession | death of Julia McCullough ⓘ |
| conflictsWith | Cutter over ethical limits of illusions ⓘ |
| createdBy | Christopher Nolan ⓘ |
| deathCause | drowning ⓘ |
| diesIn | The Prestige ⓘ |
| employer | Milton the Magician ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Prestige
ⓘ
surface form:
The Prestige (2006 film)
|
| genreOfWork | psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasAlias | The Great Danton ⓘ |
| hasAssistant |
Cutter
ⓘ
Olivia Wenscombe ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
charismatic
ⓘ
obsessive ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
illusionist
ⓘ
magician ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
ambitious
ⓘ
competitive ⓘ vengeful ⓘ |
| hasRival | Alfred Borden ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
obsession
ⓘ
rivalry ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
co-protagonist
ⓘ
tragic figure ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| obsessedWith | discovering Alfred Borden's Transported Man secret ⓘ |
| performsAct |
The Real Transported Man
ⓘ
surface form:
The New Transported Man
The Real Transported Man ⓘ |
| performsIn |
music halls
ⓘ
theatres ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Hugh Jackman ⓘ |
| setIn |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| spouse | Julia McCullough ⓘ |
| storyFocus | escalating rivalry with Alfred Borden ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| usesDevice | Tesla's duplication machine ⓘ |
| usesTechnologyFrom | Nikola Tesla ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Robert Angier Description of subject: Robert Angier is a charismatic and obsessive stage magician whose fierce rivalry with fellow illusionist Alfred Borden drives the tragic plot of Christopher Nolan’s film "The Prestige."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.