Jusef Sardu
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Jusef Sardu is the original human host and ancient vampire progenitor known as "The Master" in Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s horror franchise *The Strain*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jusef Sardu canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9967131 — 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: Jusef Sardu Context triple: [The Master (The Strain), otherName, Jusef Sardu]
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A.
Eugenio Bennato
Eugenio Bennato is an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist known for blending traditional Southern Italian folk music with contemporary sounds and for founding influential folk groups such as Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare and Musicanova.
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B.
Eugenio Colorni
Eugenio Colorni was an Italian philosopher, anti-fascist activist, and early federalist thinker who helped inspire the European integration movement.
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C.
Piero Malvestiti
Piero Malvestiti was an Italian politician and European statesman who played a key role in early European integration, including leadership within the institutions that preceded the European Union.
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D.
Sylvano Balboni
Sylvano Balboni was an Italian cinematographer and film professional best known for his marriage to pioneering Hollywood screenwriter and producer June Mathis.
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E.
Vittorio Meano
Vittorio Meano was an Italian-Argentine architect best known for designing major public buildings in Buenos Aires, including the iconic Teatro Colón.
- 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: Jusef Sardu Target entity description: Jusef Sardu is the original human host and ancient vampire progenitor known as "The Master" in Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s horror franchise *The Strain*.
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A.
Eugenio Bennato
Eugenio Bennato is an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist known for blending traditional Southern Italian folk music with contemporary sounds and for founding influential folk groups such as Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare and Musicanova.
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B.
Eugenio Colorni
Eugenio Colorni was an Italian philosopher, anti-fascist activist, and early federalist thinker who helped inspire the European integration movement.
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C.
Piero Malvestiti
Piero Malvestiti was an Italian politician and European statesman who played a key role in early European integration, including leadership within the institutions that preceded the European Union.
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D.
Sylvano Balboni
Sylvano Balboni was an Italian cinematographer and film professional best known for his marriage to pioneering Hollywood screenwriter and producer June Mathis.
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E.
Vittorio Meano
Vittorio Meano was an Italian-Argentine architect best known for designing major public buildings in Buenos Aires, including the iconic Teatro Colón.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ vampire ⓘ |
| ability |
body possession of new hosts
ⓘ
rapid regeneration ⓘ shapeshifting to new host bodies ⓘ superhuman speed ⓘ superhuman strength ⓘ telepathic control over vampires ⓘ |
| alignment | evil ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Strain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Strain (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Strain (novel trilogy) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Chuck Hogan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guillermo del Toro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Abraham Setrakian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ephraim Goodweather NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ancients NERFINISHED ⓘ Vasiliy Fet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyBackground | Polish noble family ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Strain franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Strain (2009 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| goal |
eradication of human free will
ⓘ
global domination through vampiric infection ⓘ |
| hasAlias | The Master NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadsGroup | The Master’s vampire strain ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodiment of the vampiric plague ⓘ |
| nationality | Polish ⓘ |
| occupation | nobleman ⓘ |
| physicalCharacteristic |
extremely tall
ⓘ
physically deformed ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Robert Maillet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robin Atkin Downes (voice) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerLevel |
most powerful vampire in The Strain universe
ⓘ
one of the oldest vampires ⓘ |
| roleInStory |
ancient vampire progenitor
ⓘ
original human host of The Master ⓘ primary antagonist ⓘ |
| species |
human (originally)
ⓘ
vampire (after transformation) ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| transformationCause | infected by an ancient vampiric worm ⓘ |
| weakness |
decapitation
ⓘ
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: Jusef Sardu Description of subject: Jusef Sardu is the original human host and ancient vampire progenitor known as "The Master" in Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s horror franchise *The Strain*.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Master (The Strain)