Major Arnold Toht
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Major Arnold Toht is the sadistic, black-clad Gestapo agent and primary Nazi antagonist in the film "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Major Arnold Toht canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10706603 — 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: Major Arnold Toht Context triple: [Ronald Lacey, portrayed, Major Arnold Toht]
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A.
Kurt Debus
Kurt Debus was a German engineer and rocket scientist who later became the first director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, overseeing early U.S. space launch operations.
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B.
Otto Heller
Otto Heller was a Czech-born cinematographer renowned for his stylish work on British films, including classics like "Peeping Tom" and "The Ipcress File."
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C.
Martin von Haselberg
Martin von Haselberg is an Argentine-born performance artist and actor best known as one half of the avant-garde duo The Kipper Kids and for his long marriage to entertainer Bette Midler.
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D.
Georg Rotne
Georg Rotne is a Danish architect best known for designing the iconic Øresund Bridge linking Denmark and Sweden.
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E.
Fred Herzog
Fred Herzog was a silent film actor active in the 1920s, known for appearing in early American cinema productions.
- 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: Major Arnold Toht Target entity description: Major Arnold Toht is the sadistic, black-clad Gestapo agent and primary Nazi antagonist in the film "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
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A.
Kurt Debus
Kurt Debus was a German engineer and rocket scientist who later became the first director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, overseeing early U.S. space launch operations.
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B.
Otto Heller
Otto Heller was a Czech-born cinematographer renowned for his stylish work on British films, including classics like "Peeping Tom" and "The Ipcress File."
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C.
Martin von Haselberg
Martin von Haselberg is an Argentine-born performance artist and actor best known as one half of the avant-garde duo The Kipper Kids and for his long marriage to entertainer Bette Midler.
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D.
Georg Rotne
Georg Rotne is a Danish architect best known for designing the iconic Øresund Bridge linking Denmark and Sweden.
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E.
Fred Herzog
Fred Herzog was a silent film actor active in the 1920s, known for appearing in early American cinema productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gestapo agent
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Nazi ⓘ fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ villain ⓘ |
| alignment | evil ⓘ |
| allegiance | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Raiders of the Lost Ark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Ark of the Covenant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | supernatural destruction by the Ark ⓘ |
| clothing |
black coat
ⓘ
black hat ⓘ |
| createdBy |
George Lucas
NERFINISHED
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Lawrence Kasdan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdFor | Raiders of the Lost Ark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathScene | Ark opening sequence ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Indiana Jones
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marion Ravenwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext |
action
ⓘ
adventure ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Raiders of the Lost Ark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | Indiana Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| goal |
obtain the Ark of the Covenant
ⓘ
serve Nazi interests ⓘ |
| hairColor | dark ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableScene |
burning of the headpiece design into his hand
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interrogation of Marion Ravenwood in Nepal ⓘ |
| occupation | Gestapo officer ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
cruel
ⓘ
ruthless ⓘ sadistic ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ronald Lacey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
Nazi antagonist
ⓘ
primary antagonist ⓘ |
| searchesFor | Headpiece to the Staff of Ra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
1930s
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Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMethod | torture ⓘ |
| usesWeapon | pistol ⓘ |
| wears | round glasses ⓘ |
| worksFor |
Gestapo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nazi regime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Major Arnold Toht Description of subject: Major Arnold Toht is the sadistic, black-clad Gestapo agent and primary Nazi antagonist in the film "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.