The Master
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The Master is an ancient, powerful vampire known as the central source of the vampiric plague and the primary force of evil in the horror series "The Strain."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Master canonical | 11 |
| the Master | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1747655 — 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: The Master Context triple: [The Strain, mainAntagonist, The Master]
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A.
The Master
The Master is a recurring villainous Time Lord in the Doctor Who universe, known as the Doctor’s archenemy and a manipulative mastermind bent on chaos and domination.
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B.
Footsteps of the Master
Footsteps of the Master is a religious and devotional work by Harriet Beecher Stowe that reflects on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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C.
Lord of Wisdom
Lord of Wisdom is an epithet of the Hindu deity Ganesha, highlighting his role as the divine patron of intellect, learning, and discernment.
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D.
Thalaba the Destroyer
Thalaba the Destroyer is an epic Romantic poem by Robert Southey that follows the adventures of a young Arab hero destined to overthrow a powerful sorcerous order.
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E.
Panel of the Wise
The Panel of the Wise is a consultative body of eminent African personalities that advises and supports the African Union in conflict prevention, mediation, and peacebuilding efforts across the continent.
- 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: The Master Target entity description: The Master is an ancient, powerful vampire known as the central source of the vampiric plague and the primary force of evil in the horror series "The Strain."
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A.
The Master
The Master is a recurring villainous Time Lord in the Doctor Who universe, known as the Doctor’s archenemy and a manipulative mastermind bent on chaos and domination.
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B.
Footsteps of the Master
Footsteps of the Master is a religious and devotional work by Harriet Beecher Stowe that reflects on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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C.
Lord of Wisdom
Lord of Wisdom is an epithet of the Hindu deity Ganesha, highlighting his role as the divine patron of intellect, learning, and discernment.
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D.
Thalaba the Destroyer
Thalaba the Destroyer is an epic Romantic poem by Robert Southey that follows the adventures of a young Arab hero destined to overthrow a powerful sorcerous order.
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E.
Panel of the Wise
The Panel of the Wise is a consultative body of eminent African personalities that advises and supports the African Union in conflict prevention, mediation, and peacebuilding efforts across the continent.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient being
ⓘ
antagonist ⓘ fictional character ⓘ vampire ⓘ |
| affiliation | the Strigoi ⓘ |
| alignment | evil ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Strain
ⓘ
The Strain ⓘ
surface form:
The Strain (TV series)
The Strain ⓘ
surface form:
The Strain (novel trilogy)
|
| centralRole | source of the vampiric plague in The Strain ⓘ |
| creator |
Chuck Hogan
ⓘ
Guillermo del Toro ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Abraham Setrakian
ⓘ
Dutch Velders ⓘ Ephraim Goodweather ⓘ Quinlan ⓘ Vasiliy Fet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Strain universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Strain
ⓘ
surface form:
The Strain (2009 novel)
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
ⓘ
horror ⓘ |
| goal |
eradication of humanity as it exists
ⓘ
global domination ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
novels
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| method | spreading a parasitic vampiric worm ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodiment of the vampiric plague in The Strain ⓘ |
| notableAbility |
body possession
ⓘ
controls other vampires ⓘ rapid regeneration ⓘ spreads vampiric infection ⓘ superhuman strength ⓘ |
| origin | medieval Europe (in backstory) ⓘ |
| otherName |
Jusef Sardu
ⓘ
Sardinian language ⓘ
surface form:
Sardu
|
| portrayedBy |
Jack Kesy
ⓘ
Jonathan Hyde ⓘ Robert Maillet ⓘ Robin Atkin Downes ⓘ |
| powerHierarchy | one of the seven Ancients ⓘ |
| roleInWork | primary antagonist of The Strain ⓘ |
| species | vampire ⓘ |
| title | The Master self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| weakness |
silver
ⓘ
sunlight ⓘ |
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: The Master Description of subject: The Master is an ancient, powerful vampire known as the central source of the vampiric plague and the primary force of evil in the horror series "The Strain."
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
the Master
this entity surface form:
the Master
subject surface form:
The Master (The Strain)