Black Phillip
E1022791
Black Phillip is the sinister goat embodying the Devil in the 2015 horror film "The Witch."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Black Phillip canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13119410 — 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: Black Phillip Context triple: [Thomasin, associatedWith, Black Phillip]
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A.
Abner
Abner is a prominent Old Testament military commander and political figure in the Hebrew Bible, known especially for his role in the power struggles following King Saul’s death.
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B.
Red Beard
Red Beard is the English translation of "Barbarossa," the famous epithet of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, referring to his distinctive red facial hair.
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C.
Red Beard
Red Beard is a 1965 Japanese period drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, renowned for its humanistic portrayal of a gruff yet compassionate doctor mentoring a young physician in an Edo-era clinic.
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D.
Snuff Garrett
Snuff Garrett was an American record producer best known for crafting numerous pop and country hits in the 1960s and 1970s for artists such as Bobby Vee, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, and Cher.
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E.
Bullet Rogan
Bullet Rogan was a legendary two-way star of Negro league baseball, renowned as both a dominant pitcher and powerful hitter in the early 20th century.
- 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: Black Phillip Target entity description: Black Phillip is the sinister goat embodying the Devil in the 2015 horror film "The Witch."
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A.
Abner
Abner is a prominent Old Testament military commander and political figure in the Hebrew Bible, known especially for his role in the power struggles following King Saul’s death.
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B.
Red Beard
Red Beard is the English translation of "Barbarossa," the famous epithet of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, referring to his distinctive red facial hair.
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C.
Red Beard
Red Beard is a 1965 Japanese period drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, renowned for its humanistic portrayal of a gruff yet compassionate doctor mentoring a young physician in an Edo-era clinic.
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D.
Snuff Garrett
Snuff Garrett was an American record producer best known for crafting numerous pop and country hits in the 1960s and 1970s for artists such as Bobby Vee, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, and Cher.
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E.
Bullet Rogan
Bullet Rogan was a legendary two-way star of Negro league baseball, renowned as both a dominant pitcher and powerful hitter in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
demon
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ goat ⓘ |
| alignment | evil ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The VVitch: A New-England Folktale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Witch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm | The Witch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| asksQuestion | “Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?” ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Puritan New England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the forest ⓘ witchcraft ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Caleb
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jonas NERFINISHED ⓘ Katherine NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercy NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomasin NERFINISHED ⓘ William NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canSpeak | true ⓘ |
| color | black ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Robert Eggers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| embodies | the Devil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | horror film ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| kills | William NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killsBy | goring ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| livesWith | Thomasin’s family ⓘ |
| makesPactWith | Thomasin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic horror imagery
ⓘ
representation of Satan as a goat ⓘ |
| notableQuote | “Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?” ⓘ |
| partOf | The Witch (film) franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | black goat ⓘ |
| roleInStory |
antagonist
ⓘ
tempter ⓘ |
| settingOfAppearance | New England farm ⓘ |
| species | goat ⓘ |
| symbolizes | Satan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tempts | Thomasin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| threatens | Thomasin’s family ⓘ |
| trueForm |
devil
ⓘ
man in black ⓘ |
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: Black Phillip Description of subject: Black Phillip is the sinister goat embodying the Devil in the 2015 horror film "The Witch."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.