Matthew the Raven
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Matthew the Raven is a talking raven who serves as a loyal emissary and companion to Dream in Neil Gaiman’s comic series "The Sandman."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matthew the Raven canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4506391 — 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: Matthew the Raven Context triple: [The Sandman, hasCharacter, Matthew the Raven]
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A.
Raven
Raven is a central trickster-creator figure in Haida mythology, known for shaping the world and bringing light and knowledge to humanity.
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B.
Raven
Raven is a powerful, empathic half-demon sorceress and core member of the Teen Titans, known for her dark, reserved personality and struggle to control her immense magical abilities.
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C.
Matthias
Matthias is the disciple chosen to join the Twelve Apostles after the betrayal and death of Judas Iscariot.
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D.
Thoas
Thoas is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, traditionally mentioned as one of the sons of Ariadne.
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E.
Degory Priest
Degory Priest was an English Pilgrim and early settler of Plymouth Colony who traveled on the Mayflower and participated in the founding governance of the colony.
- 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: Matthew the Raven Target entity description: Matthew the Raven is a talking raven who serves as a loyal emissary and companion to Dream in Neil Gaiman’s comic series "The Sandman."
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A.
Raven
Raven is a central trickster-creator figure in Haida mythology, known for shaping the world and bringing light and knowledge to humanity.
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B.
Raven
Raven is a powerful, empathic half-demon sorceress and core member of the Teen Titans, known for her dark, reserved personality and struggle to control her immense magical abilities.
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C.
Matthias
Matthias is the disciple chosen to join the Twelve Apostles after the betrayal and death of Judas Iscariot.
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D.
Thoas
Thoas is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, traditionally mentioned as one of the sons of Ariadne.
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E.
Degory Priest
Degory Priest was an English Pilgrim and early settler of Plymouth Colony who traveled on the Mayflower and participated in the founding governance of the colony.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic book character
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fictional character ⓘ raven ⓘ talking animal ⓘ |
| ability | speech ⓘ |
| adaptedIn | The Sandman (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Dream of the Endless
NERFINISHED
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The Dreaming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Sandman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Sandman (comic series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Daniel Hall
NERFINISHED
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Lucien NERFINISHED ⓘ Morpheus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Matthew Cable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Neil Gaiman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Sandman #11 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | The Sandman franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| homeLocation | The Dreaming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Dream of the Endless NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | comic books ⓘ |
| occupation |
emissary of Dream
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
messenger ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
cynical
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loyal ⓘ sarcastic ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Patton Oswalt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousIdentity | Matthew Cable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher |
DC Comics
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Vertigo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
companion to Dream
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narrative observer ⓘ |
| species | raven ⓘ |
| universe | DC Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Matthew the Raven Description of subject: Matthew the Raven is a talking raven who serves as a loyal emissary and companion to Dream in Neil Gaiman’s comic series "The Sandman."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Sandman