Herod
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Herod is the ruthless, gun-slinging town tyrant and primary villain in the 1995 Western film "The Quick and the Dead," portrayed by Gene Hackman.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Herod canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2517565 — 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: Herod Context triple: [The Quick and the Dead, mainAntagonist, Herod]
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A.
Herod the Great
Herod the Great was a Roman-appointed king of Judea known for his extensive building projects, including the expansion of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, and for his ruthless consolidation of power.
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B.
Herod Antipas
Herod Antipas was a 1st-century ruler of Galilee and Perea, known from the New Testament for his role in the executions of John the Baptist and, indirectly, Jesus of Nazareth.
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C.
Herod Philip
Herod Philip was a 1st-century BCE–1st-century CE member of the Herodian dynasty, known as a son of Herod the Great and a minor ruler in the Roman client kingdom of Judea.
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D.
Herod Archelaus
Herod Archelaus was a son of Herod the Great who ruled as ethnarch of Judea, Samaria, and Idumea under Roman oversight until his deposition in 6 CE.
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E.
Herod Agrippa I
Herod Agrippa I was a 1st-century Judean king of the Herodian dynasty, known from both Jewish and early Christian sources for his political maneuvering under Roman rule and his role in New Testament events.
- 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: Herod Target entity description: Herod is the ruthless, gun-slinging town tyrant and primary villain in the 1995 Western film "The Quick and the Dead," portrayed by Gene Hackman.
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A.
Herod the Great
Herod the Great was a Roman-appointed king of Judea known for his extensive building projects, including the expansion of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, and for his ruthless consolidation of power.
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B.
Herod Antipas
Herod Antipas was a 1st-century ruler of Galilee and Perea, known from the New Testament for his role in the executions of John the Baptist and, indirectly, Jesus of Nazareth.
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C.
Herod Philip
Herod Philip was a 1st-century BCE–1st-century CE member of the Herodian dynasty, known as a son of Herod the Great and a minor ruler in the Roman client kingdom of Judea.
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D.
Herod Archelaus
Herod Archelaus was a son of Herod the Great who ruled as ethnarch of Judea, Samaria, and Idumea under Roman oversight until his deposition in 6 CE.
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E.
Herod Agrippa I
Herod Agrippa I was a 1st-century Judean king of the Herodian dynasty, known from both Jewish and early Christian sources for his political maneuvering under Roman rule and his role in New Testament events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
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fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ villain ⓘ |
| alignment | villainous ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Quick and the Dead ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | Revisionist Western film ⓘ |
| associatedWith | dueling tournament in Redemption ⓘ |
| controls | town of Redemption ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| createdFor |
The Quick and the Dead
ⓘ
surface form:
The Quick and the Dead (1995 film)
|
| filmDirectorOfWork | Sam Raimi ⓘ |
| genre | Western ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
gun-slinging
ⓘ
ruthless ⓘ |
| occupation |
gunfighter
ⓘ
town tyrant ⓘ |
| organizes | quick-draw dueling tournament ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Gene Hackman ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
main antagonist
ⓘ
primary villain ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | Redemption ⓘ |
| weaponOfChoice | revolver ⓘ |
| yearOfAppearance | 1995 ⓘ |
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: Herod Description of subject: Herod is the ruthless, gun-slinging town tyrant and primary villain in the 1995 Western film "The Quick and the Dead," portrayed by Gene Hackman.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.