Sailor Ripley
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Sailor Ripley is the rebellious, Elvis-obsessed protagonist of David Lynch’s film "Wild at Heart," known for his passionate love affair with Lula and his defiance of violent, chaotic forces around him.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sailor Ripley canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9987726 — 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: Sailor Ripley Context triple: [Wild at Heart, hasMainCharacter, Sailor Ripley]
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Ripley
Ripley is a television miniseries adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley novels, starring Andrew Scott as the charismatic con artist Tom Ripley.
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Ripley
Ripley is a small town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England, known historically for its role in the region’s coal mining and industrial development.
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Ripley
Ripley is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England, known for its historic high street, village green, and traditional English character.
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D.
Ripley
Ripley is a small rural community located within Bruce County in southwestern Ontario, Canada.
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Ripley
Ripley is a surname most notably associated with various public figures in entertainment, sports, and literature.
- 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: Sailor Ripley Target entity description: Sailor Ripley is the rebellious, Elvis-obsessed protagonist of David Lynch’s film "Wild at Heart," known for his passionate love affair with Lula and his defiance of violent, chaotic forces around him.
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A.
Ripley
Ripley is a television miniseries adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley novels, starring Andrew Scott as the charismatic con artist Tom Ripley.
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B.
Ripley
Ripley is a small town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England, known historically for its role in the region’s coal mining and industrial development.
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C.
Ripley
Ripley is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England, known for its historic high street, village green, and traditional English character.
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D.
Ripley
Ripley is a small rural community located within Bruce County in southwestern Ontario, Canada.
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E.
Ripley
Ripley is a surname most notably associated with various public figures in entertainment, sports, and literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsAlongside |
Lula Pace Fortune
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marietta Fortune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Wild at Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
neo-noir
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road movie ⓘ romantic crime film ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American pop iconography
ⓘ
rock and roll culture ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from Barry Gifford's novel Wild at Heart ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
defiant
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loyal ⓘ rebellious ⓘ romantic ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Lula's mother Marietta Fortune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | David Lynch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | David Lynch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Ripley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fandom | Elvis Presley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDirectorOfWork | David Lynch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | film Wild at Heart (1990) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Sailor Ripley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Sailor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hairColor | dark ⓘ |
| inLoveWith | Lula Pace Fortune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Lula Pace Fortune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | heroic outlaw ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | passionate love affair with Lula Pace Fortune ⓘ |
| obsessedWith | Elvis Presley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | ex-convict ⓘ |
| opposes | violent forces around him ⓘ |
| partner | Lula Pace Fortune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Nicolas Cage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | Wild at Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenWriterOfWorkCreator | David Lynch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
individual freedom
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romantic rebellion ⓘ |
| wears | snakeskin jacket ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkRelease | 1990 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sailor Ripley Description of subject: Sailor Ripley is the rebellious, Elvis-obsessed protagonist of David Lynch’s film "Wild at Heart," known for his passionate love affair with Lula and his defiance of violent, chaotic forces around him.
Referenced by (1)
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