Steppenwolf
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Steppenwolf is a powerful New God warlord from Apokolips who serves as a primary antagonist in DC Comics and its film adaptations, notably battling the Justice League.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Steppenwolf canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1781942 — 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)
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Target entity: Steppenwolf Context triple: [Justice League, featuresCharacter, Steppenwolf]
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A.
Irrational Man
Irrational Man is a 2015 philosophical drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone, about a disillusioned professor whose life changes after a morally fraught decision.
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B.
Donovan's Brain
Donovan's Brain is a 1953 science fiction horror film about a disembodied brain that telepathically controls a scientist, adapted from Curt Siodmak's novel of the same name.
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C.
Aoxomoxoa
Aoxomoxoa is a 1969 psychedelic rock studio album by the Grateful Dead, noted for its experimental sound and innovative use of multitrack recording technology.
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D.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
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E.
the Stranger
The Stranger is a mysterious outsider whose arrival in a small village catalyzes the central moral and spiritual conflict in Paulo Coelho’s novel "The Devil and Miss Prym."
- 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: Steppenwolf Target entity description: Steppenwolf is a powerful New God warlord from Apokolips who serves as a primary antagonist in DC Comics and its film adaptations, notably battling the Justice League.
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A.
Irrational Man
Irrational Man is a 2015 philosophical drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone, about a disillusioned professor whose life changes after a morally fraught decision.
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B.
Donovan's Brain
Donovan's Brain is a 1953 science fiction horror film about a disembodied brain that telepathically controls a scientist, adapted from Curt Siodmak's novel of the same name.
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C.
Aoxomoxoa
Aoxomoxoa is a 1969 psychedelic rock studio album by the Grateful Dead, noted for its experimental sound and innovative use of multitrack recording technology.
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D.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
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E.
the Stranger
The Stranger is a mysterious outsider whose arrival in a small village catalyzes the central moral and spiritual conflict in Paulo Coelho’s novel "The Devil and Miss Prym."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DC Comics character
ⓘ
New God ⓘ comic book character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ supervillain ⓘ |
| affiliation |
New Gods
ⓘ
surface form:
Apokolips
Darkseid ⓘ
surface form:
Darkseid's forces
|
| alignment | villain ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Justice League
ⓘ
surface form:
Justice League (2017 film)
Zack Snyder's Justice League ⓘ
surface form:
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021 film)
|
| associatedWith |
Anti-Life Equation
ⓘ
Mother Boxes ⓘ |
| baseOfOperations |
New Gods
ⓘ
surface form:
Apokolips
|
| characterType | cosmic villain ⓘ |
| creator | Jack Kirby ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Aquaman
ⓘ
Batman ⓘ Cyborg ⓘ Justice League ⓘ Superman ⓘ The Flash (2014 TV series) ⓘ
surface form:
The Flash
Wonder Woman ⓘ |
| familyRelation | Darkseid's uncle ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | DC Universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
New Gods
ⓘ
surface form:
New Gods #7
|
| firstAppearanceYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| goal |
conquer Earth
ⓘ
unite the Mother Boxes ⓘ |
| homeworld |
New Gods
ⓘ
surface form:
Apokolips
|
| language | English (in most adaptations) ⓘ |
| leads | Parademons ⓘ |
| medium |
animated television series
ⓘ
comic books ⓘ films ⓘ |
| notableAbility |
enhanced speed
ⓘ
enhanced stamina ⓘ expert combat skills ⓘ military leadership ⓘ superhuman durability ⓘ superhuman strength ⓘ |
| occupation | warlord ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ciarán Hinds ⓘ |
| publisher | DC Comics ⓘ |
| role | primary antagonist ⓘ |
| serves | Darkseid ⓘ |
| species |
New Gods
ⓘ
surface form:
New God
|
| teamAffiliation |
New Gods
ⓘ
surface form:
Darkseid's Elite
|
| weapon | electrified axe ⓘ |
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: Steppenwolf Description of subject: Steppenwolf is a powerful New God warlord from Apokolips who serves as a primary antagonist in DC Comics and its film adaptations, notably battling the Justice League.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.