Rupert Angier
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Rupert Angier is a rival stage magician whose obsessive feud with Alfred Borden drives the central mystery and tragedy in Christopher Priest's novel "The Prestige."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rupert Angier canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10444617 — 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: Rupert Angier Context triple: [The Prestige (novel), mainCharacter, Rupert Angier]
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A.
Rupert Griffin
Rupert Griffin is known primarily as the brother of American actress and 1950s film star Debra Paget.
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B.
Rupert Farrington
Rupert Farrington is known as the son of Suzanne Farrington, who was the only child of acclaimed English actress Vivien Leigh.
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C.
Rupert Falkner
Rupert Falkner is a fictional protagonist named Falkner who serves as the central figure in the narrative that bears his surname.
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D.
Rupert Young
Rupert Young is a British actor best known for his television and stage work, including roles in series like "Merlin" and various West End productions.
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E.
Rupert Baxter
Rupert Baxter is a recurring character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, known as the hyper-efficient, suspicious former secretary whose attempts to impose order often lead to comic chaos.
- 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: Rupert Angier Target entity description: Rupert Angier is a rival stage magician whose obsessive feud with Alfred Borden drives the central mystery and tragedy in Christopher Priest's novel "The Prestige."
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A.
Rupert Griffin
Rupert Griffin is known primarily as the brother of American actress and 1950s film star Debra Paget.
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B.
Rupert Farrington
Rupert Farrington is known as the son of Suzanne Farrington, who was the only child of acclaimed English actress Vivien Leigh.
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C.
Rupert Falkner
Rupert Falkner is a fictional protagonist named Falkner who serves as the central figure in the narrative that bears his surname.
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D.
Rupert Young
Rupert Young is a British actor best known for his television and stage work, including roles in series like "Merlin" and various West End productions.
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E.
Rupert Baxter
Rupert Baxter is a recurring character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, known as the hyper-efficient, suspicious former secretary whose attempts to impose order often lead to comic chaos.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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novel character ⓘ stage magician ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | film ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Robert Angier (film character in The Prestige, 2006) ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Prestige
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diary entries within The Prestige ⓘ |
| causes | tragedy in The Prestige ⓘ |
| centralTo | feud between magicians in The Prestige ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Alfred Borden ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | Christopher Priest ⓘ |
| familyBackground | noble family ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirectedBy | Christopher Nolan ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationPortrayedBy | Hugh Jackman ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Prestige (1995 novel)
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linked to:
The Prestige (novel)
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| genre |
fantasy fiction character
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science fiction character ⓘ |
| hasAlias | Lord Colderdale ⓘ |
| hasEnemy | Alfred Borden ⓘ |
| hasObsession |
creating the ultimate stage illusion
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surpassing Alfred Borden ⓘ |
| hasRival | Alfred Borden ⓘ |
| involves | dangerous experimental technology ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenreOfWork |
fantasy
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mystery ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
desire for prestige
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desire for revenge ⓘ professional jealousy ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
protagonist
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unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| occupation |
illusionist
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magician ⓘ |
| performsIllusion | The New Transported Man ⓘ |
| setIn |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| socialStatus | aristocrat ⓘ |
| storyFunction |
drives central mystery of The Prestige
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embodies destructive obsession with perfection in magic ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
duality
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identity ⓘ illusion versus reality ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| usesTechnology | electrical apparatus for teleportation-like illusion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rupert Angier Description of subject: Rupert Angier is a rival stage magician whose obsessive feud with Alfred Borden drives the central mystery and tragedy in Christopher Priest's novel "The Prestige."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
stage illusion The Transported Man