Homer
E918027
Homer is the eternally childlike yet centuries-old vampire in the 1987 cult horror film "Near Dark," known for his unsettling combination of a young boy’s body and an adult predator’s mind.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Homer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11329926 — 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: Homer Context triple: [Near Dark, character, Homer]
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A.
Homer
Homer is the legendary ancient Greek poet traditionally credited with composing the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, foundational works of Western literature.
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B.
Homer
Homer is a common surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as literature, sports, and entertainment.
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C.
Homer
Homer is a small coastal city on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula known for its scenic Kachemak Bay setting, fishing, and arts community.
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D.
Homer
Homer is a small town in northeastern Georgia, United States, serving as the county seat of Banks County.
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E.
Homer
Homer is the given name of Homer Stillé Cummings, an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Attorney General under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 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: Homer Target entity description: Homer is the eternally childlike yet centuries-old vampire in the 1987 cult horror film "Near Dark," known for his unsettling combination of a young boy’s body and an adult predator’s mind.
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A.
Homer
Homer is the legendary ancient Greek poet traditionally credited with composing the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, foundational works of Western literature.
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B.
Homer
Homer is a small coastal city on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula known for its scenic Kachemak Bay setting, fishing, and arts community.
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C.
Homer
Homer is a small town in northeastern Georgia, United States, serving as the county seat of Banks County.
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D.
Homer
Homer is a common surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as literature, sports, and entertainment.
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E.
Homer
Homer is the given name of Homer Stillé Cummings, an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Attorney General under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ vampire ⓘ |
| ageDescription | centuries-old ⓘ |
| alignment | antagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Near Dark ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Diamondback
ⓘ
Jesse Hooker ⓘ Mae ⓘ Severen ⓘ |
| bodyAgeDescription | eternally childlike ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Eric Red
ⓘ
Kathryn Bigelow ⓘ |
| cultStatus | cult film character ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Near Dark (1987)
ⓘ
linked to:
Near Dark
|
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
vampire film ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalAppearance | young boy ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| memberOf | vampire gang in Near Dark ⓘ |
| mentalAge | adult ⓘ |
| notableFor | unsettling contrast between child’s body and adult mind ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
childlike
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manipulative ⓘ predatory ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Joshua John Miller ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| supernaturalStatus | undead ⓘ |
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: Homer Description of subject: Homer is the eternally childlike yet centuries-old vampire in the 1987 cult horror film "Near Dark," known for his unsettling combination of a young boy’s body and an adult predator’s mind.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.