Caleb Colton
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Caleb Colton is the young drifter-turned-reluctant vampire protagonist of the 1987 cult horror film "Near Dark," whose struggle with his new undead nature drives the movie’s central conflict.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Caleb Colton canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11329921 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Caleb Colton Context triple: [Near Dark, character, Caleb Colton]
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A.
Caleb Ashworth
Caleb Ashworth was an 18th-century English dissenting minister and educator who led one of the prominent Dissenting Academies, helping train nonconformist clergy and intellectuals outside the established Church of England.
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B.
Caleb Brewster
Caleb Brewster was a real-life American Revolutionary War soldier and daring whaleboat captain who served as a key courier in George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring.
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C.
Caleb Jackson
Caleb Jackson is known primarily as the son of American actor and activist Jonathan Jackson.
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D.
Caleb James
Caleb James is a hip-hop artist known for his work with the Chicago-based rap collective SaveMoney.
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E.
Caleb Hopkins
Caleb Hopkins was a member of the prominent Hopkins family of colonial New England, known primarily through his relationship to early American politician Stephen Hopkins.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Caleb Colton Target entity description: Caleb Colton is the young drifter-turned-reluctant vampire protagonist of the 1987 cult horror film "Near Dark," whose struggle with his new undead nature drives the movie’s central conflict.
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A.
Caleb Ashworth
Caleb Ashworth was an 18th-century English dissenting minister and educator who led one of the prominent Dissenting Academies, helping train nonconformist clergy and intellectuals outside the established Church of England.
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B.
Caleb Brewster
Caleb Brewster was a real-life American Revolutionary War soldier and daring whaleboat captain who served as a key courier in George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring.
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C.
Caleb Jackson
Caleb Jackson is known primarily as the son of American actor and activist Jonathan Jackson.
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D.
Caleb James
Caleb James is a hip-hop artist known for his work with the Chicago-based rap collective SaveMoney.
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E.
Caleb Hopkins
Caleb Hopkins was a member of the prominent Hopkins family of colonial New England, known primarily through his relationship to early American politician Stephen Hopkins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ vampire ⓘ |
| alignment | morally conflicted ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Near Dark ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Diamondback
ⓘ
Homer (Near Dark) ⓘ Jesse Hooker ⓘ Mae ⓘ Severen ⓘ |
| centralConflict | struggle with his new undead nature ⓘ |
| characterRole |
reluctant vampire
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young drifter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Eric Red
ⓘ
Kathryn Bigelow ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
brother of Sarah Colton
ⓘ
son of Loy Colton ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Near Dark universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Near Dark
|
| filmCountryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| filmDirector | Kathryn Bigelow ⓘ |
| filmGenre |
horror
ⓘ
neo-Western ⓘ vampire film ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| filmWriter | Eric Red ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Near Dark (1987 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Near Dark
|
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
vampire film ⓘ |
| goal |
protect his family
ⓘ
regain his humanity ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Mae ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | central protagonist ⓘ |
| notableFor | blending Western drifter archetype with vampire mythology ⓘ |
| partOf | Near Dark main cast ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Adrian Pasdar ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | Near Dark ⓘ |
| setting | rural American Midwest ⓘ |
| species |
human (initially)
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vampire (after being turned) ⓘ |
| triesTo | resist killing humans ⓘ |
| turnedIntoVampireBy | Mae ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1987 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Caleb Colton Description of subject: Caleb Colton is the young drifter-turned-reluctant vampire protagonist of the 1987 cult horror film "Near Dark," whose struggle with his new undead nature drives the movie’s central conflict.
Referenced by (8)
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