Priest Vallon
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Priest Vallon is a fictional Irish-American gang leader and the father of protagonist Amsterdam Vallon in Martin Scorsese’s film "Gangs of New York."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Priest Vallon canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2658185 — 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: Priest Vallon Context triple: [Gangs of New York, character, Priest Vallon]
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A.
Yorick Le Saux
Yorick Le Saux is a French cinematographer known for his visually striking, atmospheric work on art-house and independent films.
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B.
Priest
Priest is a spell-focused Hearthstone class centered on healing, control, and manipulating minions and resources through powerful holy and shadow magic.
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C.
Tyrael
Tyrael is an archangel and central heroic figure in Blizzard's Diablo video game series, known for defying the High Heavens to aid humanity against the forces of Hell.
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D.
Mordaunt
Mordaunt is a vengeful and fanatical antagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ d'Artagnan romances, known as the ruthless son of Milady de Winter who seeks to destroy the musketeers.
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E.
Manceau
Manceau is the French term used to refer to an inhabitant or native of the city of Le Mans.
- 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: Priest Vallon Target entity description: Priest Vallon is a fictional Irish-American gang leader and the father of protagonist Amsterdam Vallon in Martin Scorsese’s film "Gangs of New York."
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A.
Yorick Le Saux
Yorick Le Saux is a French cinematographer known for his visually striking, atmospheric work on art-house and independent films.
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B.
Priest
Priest is a spell-focused Hearthstone class centered on healing, control, and manipulating minions and resources through powerful holy and shadow magic.
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C.
Tyrael
Tyrael is an archangel and central heroic figure in Blizzard's Diablo video game series, known for defying the High Heavens to aid humanity against the forces of Hell.
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D.
Mordaunt
Mordaunt is a vengeful and fanatical antagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ d'Artagnan romances, known as the ruthless son of Milady de Winter who seeks to destroy the musketeers.
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E.
Manceau
Manceau is the French term used to refer to an inhabitant or native of the city of Le Mans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Gangs of New York ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical Irish-American gang leaders in Five Points ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Martin Scorsese ⓘ |
| deathCause | stabbed by Bill the Butcher ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Five Points, Manhattan
ⓘ
surface form:
Five Points, Manhattan (fictionalized)
|
| enemyOf | Bill the Butcher ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Irish-American ⓘ |
| familyName | Vallon ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Gangs of New York
ⓘ
surface form:
Gangs of New York (film universe)
|
| firstAppearance |
Gangs of New York
ⓘ
surface form:
Gangs of New York (2002 film)
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
crime drama
ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Valon’s given name is not specified in the film ⓘ |
| hasChild | Amsterdam Vallon ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| leadsOrganization | Dead Rabbits ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being killed in front of his son Amsterdam Vallon
ⓘ
leading the Dead Rabbits in the opening gang battle ⓘ |
| notableScene | opening prayer and blessing of weapons before the gang battle ⓘ |
| occupation | gang leader ⓘ |
| parentOf | Amsterdam Vallon ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
honorable
ⓘ
religious ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Liam Neeson ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| rivalOf | Bill the Butcher ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
Five Points, Manhattan
ⓘ
surface form:
Five Points, New York City
|
| timePeriod | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| weaponUsed |
club
ⓘ
knife ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkRelease | 2002 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Priest Vallon Description of subject: Priest Vallon is a fictional Irish-American gang leader and the father of protagonist Amsterdam Vallon in Martin Scorsese’s film "Gangs of New York."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bill the Butcher