Richard B. Riddick
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Richard B. Riddick is a fictional antihero and highly skilled, night-vision-enhanced convict and survivor best known as the central character of the science fiction action "Riddick" film series.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richard B. Riddick canonical | 3 |
| Riddick | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9998761 — 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: Richard B. Riddick Context triple: [Vin Diesel, characterRole, Richard B. Riddick]
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A.
George Riddick
George Riddick was a prominent figure associated with North Carolina Central University, honored through the naming of O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium in recognition of his contributions to the institution or its athletics program.
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B.
Michael Madsen
Michael Madsen is an American actor known for his tough-guy roles in films such as Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, and other Quentin Tarantino movies.
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C.
Jason Statham
Jason Statham is an English actor and former competitive diver best known for his tough-guy roles in high-octane action films such as The Transporter, Crank, and The Expendables franchises.
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D.
Cole Hauser
Cole Hauser is an American actor known for his tough, authoritative roles in films like "Dazed and Confused," "Pitch Black," and "2 Fast 2 Furious," as well as the TV series "Yellowstone."
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E.
Antonio Dawson
Antonio Dawson is a dedicated and principled detective in the Chicago Police Department’s Intelligence Unit on the television series "Chicago P.D.," known for his strong moral compass and loyalty to his team and family.
- 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: Richard B. Riddick Target entity description: Richard B. Riddick is a fictional antihero and highly skilled, night-vision-enhanced convict and survivor best known as the central character of the science fiction action "Riddick" film series.
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A.
George Riddick
George Riddick was a prominent figure associated with North Carolina Central University, honored through the naming of O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium in recognition of his contributions to the institution or its athletics program.
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B.
Michael Madsen
Michael Madsen is an American actor known for his tough-guy roles in films such as Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, and other Quentin Tarantino movies.
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C.
Jason Statham
Jason Statham is an English actor and former competitive diver best known for his tough-guy roles in high-octane action films such as The Transporter, Crank, and The Expendables franchises.
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D.
Cole Hauser
Cole Hauser is an American actor known for his tough, authoritative roles in films like "Dazed and Confused," "Pitch Black," and "2 Fast 2 Furious," as well as the TV series "Yellowstone."
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E.
Antonio Dawson
Antonio Dawson is a dedicated and principled detective in the Chicago Police Department’s Intelligence Unit on the television series "Chicago P.D.," known for his strong moral compass and loyalty to his team and family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antihero
ⓘ
convict ⓘ fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ science fiction character ⓘ |
| ability |
enhanced night vision
ⓘ
exceptional combat skills ⓘ stealth ⓘ survival skills ⓘ tactical intelligence ⓘ |
| alias |
Furyan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Murderer Riddick NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Bruno Riddick NERFINISHED ⓘ Riddick NERFINISHED ⓘ The Alpha Furyan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alignment | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
animated film
ⓘ
feature films ⓘ video games ⓘ |
| createdBy | David Twohy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criminalStatus | fugitive ⓘ |
| eyeAbility | night vision ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Pitch Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| franchise | Riddick film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Richard B. Riddick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction action ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| homeworld | Furya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
goggles
ⓘ
shaved head ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Assault on Dark Athena
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Escape from Butcher Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Pitch Black NERFINISHED ⓘ Riddick NERFINISHED ⓘ The Chronicles of Riddick NERFINISHED ⓘ The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
assassin
ⓘ
mercenary ⓘ outlaw ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
antiheroic
ⓘ
cynical ⓘ pragmatic ⓘ ruthless ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Vin Diesel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | science fiction universe ⓘ |
| species | Furyan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weaponOfChoice |
combat knife
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improvised weapons ⓘ |
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: Richard B. Riddick Description of subject: Richard B. Riddick is a fictional antihero and highly skilled, night-vision-enhanced convict and survivor best known as the central character of the science fiction action "Riddick" film series.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Riddick
this entity surface form:
Riddick