Todd Bowden
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Todd Bowden is the disturbed teenage protagonist of Stephen King’s novella and its film adaptation "Apt Pupil," whose obsession with a Nazi war criminal leads him down a dark and violent path.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Todd Bowden canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8243457 — 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: Todd Bowden Context triple: [Apt Pupil, mainCharacter, Todd Bowden]
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A.
Doug Williams
Doug Williams is a former NFL quarterback best known for leading the Washington Redskins to a Super Bowl XXII victory as the game's MVP and for being the first Black quarterback to start and win a Super Bowl.
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B.
Nick Buoniconti
Nick Buoniconti was a Hall of Fame middle linebacker best known as a defensive leader of the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins and later as a prominent sports broadcaster and advocate for paralysis research.
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C.
Phil Simms
Phil Simms is a former NFL quarterback best known for leading the New York Giants to two Super Bowl titles and earning MVP honors in Super Bowl XXI.
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D.
Ronnie Lott
Ronnie Lott is a legendary NFL defensive back renowned for his hard-hitting play and leadership, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive players in football history.
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E.
Frank Reich
Frank Reich is an American football coach and former NFL quarterback best known for his head coaching stints with the Indianapolis Colts and Carolina Panthers and for leading the Buffalo Bills’ historic 1993 playoff comeback.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Todd Bowden Target entity description: Todd Bowden is the disturbed teenage protagonist of Stephen King’s novella and its film adaptation "Apt Pupil," whose obsession with a Nazi war criminal leads him down a dark and violent path.
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A.
Doug Williams
Doug Williams is a former NFL quarterback best known for leading the Washington Redskins to a Super Bowl XXII victory as the game's MVP and for being the first Black quarterback to start and win a Super Bowl.
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B.
Nick Buoniconti
Nick Buoniconti was a Hall of Fame middle linebacker best known as a defensive leader of the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins and later as a prominent sports broadcaster and advocate for paralysis research.
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C.
Phil Simms
Phil Simms is a former NFL quarterback best known for leading the New York Giants to two Super Bowl titles and earning MVP honors in Super Bowl XXI.
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D.
Ronnie Lott
Ronnie Lott is a legendary NFL defensive back renowned for his hard-hitting play and leadership, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive players in football history.
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E.
Frank Reich
Frank Reich is an American football coach and former NFL quarterback best known for his head coaching stints with the Indianapolis Colts and Carolina Panthers and for leading the Buffalo Bills’ historic 1993 playoff comeback.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| age | teenager ⓘ |
| antagonistTo | Arthur Denker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Apt Pupil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInCollection | Different Seasons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium |
film
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novella ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kurt Dussander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorCountryOfOrigin | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | Apt Pupil (novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackmails | Kurt Dussander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterIn |
Apt Pupil (1998 film)
NERFINISHED
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Apt Pupil (novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Stephen King ⓘ |
| familyName | Bowden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | disturbed teenager ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Stephen King universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Different Seasons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| fullName | Todd Bowden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological horror
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thriller ⓘ |
| givenName | Todd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interestedIn | Nazi war crimes ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| mediumOfAdaptation | feature film ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | morally corrupt ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
protagonist
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villain protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
descent into violence
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obsession with a Nazi war criminal ⓘ |
| occupation | high school student ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
curious
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manipulative ⓘ obsessive ⓘ sadistic ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Brad Renfro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | suburban California ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
corruption of innocence
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fascination with evil ⓘ power and control ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Todd Bowden Description of subject: Todd Bowden is the disturbed teenage protagonist of Stephen King’s novella and its film adaptation "Apt Pupil," whose obsession with a Nazi war criminal leads him down a dark and violent path.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.