Roger Devereau
E872767
Roger Devereau is a fictional character played by actor Patrick McGoohan, best known as the villainous mastermind in the 1996 film "The Phantom."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roger Devereau canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10525439 — 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: Roger Devereau Context triple: [Patrick McGoohan, portrays, Roger Devereau]
-
A.
Roger Devereau
Roger Devereau is the central protagonist of the comedy-thriller film "Silver Streak," around whom the movie’s train-bound mystery and adventure revolve.
-
B.
Robert DeGuerin
Robert DeGuerin is a corrupt and ruthless antagonist in the 1996 action film "Eraser," serving as a key villain opposing Arnold Schwarzenegger's character.
-
C.
Eugene Roche
Eugene Roche was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television, often playing affable or comedic supporting roles.
-
D.
Charles Rochon
Charles Rochon was an early French settler and landowner in the Mobile, Alabama area, recognized as one of the region’s foundational colonial figures.
-
E.
Robert Dalban
Robert Dalban was a French character actor known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century French cinema, often appearing in supporting and comedic roles.
- 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: Roger Devereau Target entity description: Roger Devereau is a fictional character played by actor Patrick McGoohan, best known as the villainous mastermind in the 1996 film "The Phantom."
-
A.
Roger Devereau
Roger Devereau is the central protagonist of the comedy-thriller film "Silver Streak," around whom the movie’s train-bound mystery and adventure revolve.
-
B.
Robert DeGuerin
Robert DeGuerin is a corrupt and ruthless antagonist in the 1996 action film "Eraser," serving as a key villain opposing Arnold Schwarzenegger's character.
-
C.
Eugene Roche
Eugene Roche was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television, often playing affable or comedic supporting roles.
-
D.
Charles Rochon
Charles Rochon was an early French settler and landowner in the Mobile, Alabama area, recognized as one of the region’s foundational colonial figures.
-
E.
Robert Dalban
Robert Dalban was a French character actor known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century French cinema, often appearing in supporting and comedic roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Phantom (1996 film) ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | live-action film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Phantom comic strip
ⓘ
linked to:
The Phantom
|
| characterAlignment | villainous ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasAntagonistRelationshipWith |
The Phantom (character)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Phantom
|
| hasName | Roger Devereau ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | primary antagonist ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the main villain in The Phantom (1996 film) ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse |
The Phantom film universe
ⓘ
linked to:
The Phantom (1996 film)
|
| playedByInLanguage |
Patrick McGoohan (English)
ⓘ
linked to:
Patrick McGoohan
|
| portrayedBy | Patrick McGoohan ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
mastermind
ⓘ
villain ⓘ |
| workGenre | superhero film ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkRelease | 1996 ⓘ |
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: Roger Devereau Description of subject: Roger Devereau is a fictional character played by actor Patrick McGoohan, best known as the villainous mastermind in the 1996 film "The Phantom."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Roger Devereau – Patrick McGoohan