Thaddeus Bradley
E673168
Thaddeus Bradley is a skeptical former magician turned professional debunker who exposes illusionists’ tricks in the film "Now You See Me."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thaddeus Bradley canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7561050 — 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: Thaddeus Bradley Context triple: [Now You See Me, featuresCharacter, Thaddeus Bradley]
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A.
Wilmot Reed
Wilmot Reed is the given first and middle name of Reed Hastings, the American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Netflix.
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B.
Leo Proudhammer
Leo Proudhammer is the introspective African American actor and narrator at the center of James Baldwin’s novel "Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone," through whom themes of race, sexuality, and artistic identity are explored.
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C.
Charles Logan
Charles Logan is a fictional U.S. President and recurring antagonist in the television series "24," known for his corruption, cowardice, and involvement in high-level conspiracies.
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D.
Theodore St. John
Theodore St. John was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the Academy Award-winning circus drama film "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952).
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E.
Henry Baldwin
Henry Baldwin was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the early 19th century, known for his often idiosyncratic and independent judicial opinions.
- 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: Thaddeus Bradley Target entity description: Thaddeus Bradley is a skeptical former magician turned professional debunker who exposes illusionists’ tricks in the film "Now You See Me."
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A.
Wilmot Reed
Wilmot Reed is the given first and middle name of Reed Hastings, the American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Netflix.
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B.
Leo Proudhammer
Leo Proudhammer is the introspective African American actor and narrator at the center of James Baldwin’s novel "Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone," through whom themes of race, sexuality, and artistic identity are explored.
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C.
Charles Logan
Charles Logan is a fictional U.S. President and recurring antagonist in the television series "24," known for his corruption, cowardice, and involvement in high-level conspiracies.
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D.
Theodore St. John
Theodore St. John was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the Academy Award-winning circus drama film "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952).
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E.
Henry Baldwin
Henry Baldwin was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the early 19th century, known for his often idiosyncratic and independent judicial opinions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| alignment | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| appearsInScene |
Las Vegas bank heist explanation
ⓘ
New Orleans show explanation ⓘ |
| appearsInYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dylan Rhodes
ⓘ
Henley Reeves ⓘ J. Daniel Atlas ⓘ Jack Wilder ⓘ Merritt McKinney ⓘ The Four Horsemen ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
cynical
ⓘ
intelligent ⓘ observant ⓘ skeptical ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Dylan Rhodes
ⓘ
The Four Horsemen ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States (fictional context)
ⓘ
linked to:
United States (fictional setting)
|
| createdFor |
Now You See Me (2013 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Now You See Me
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| formerOccupation | stage magician ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkContext |
heist film
ⓘ
mystery ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| knowledgeArea |
illusion design
ⓘ
sleight of hand ⓘ stage magic ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| laterAlliedWith |
Dylan Rhodes
ⓘ
The Eye ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| motivation |
personal vindication
ⓘ
profit from exposing magicians ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | explains mechanics of illusions to the audience ⓘ |
| notableFor |
debunking magic acts on television
ⓘ
exposing illusionists’ tricks ⓘ |
| occupation |
debunker
ⓘ
magician ⓘ television host ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Morgan Freeman ⓘ |
| roleInPlot | antagonist-turned-ally ⓘ |
| runsShow | magic-debunking television program ⓘ |
| sequelAppearanceYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| workFeaturedIn |
Now You See Me
ⓘ
Now You See Me 2 ⓘ |
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: Thaddeus Bradley Description of subject: Thaddeus Bradley is a skeptical former magician turned professional debunker who exposes illusionists’ tricks in the film "Now You See Me."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.