Gobber the Belch
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Gobber the Belch is a gruff yet good-hearted Viking blacksmith and dragon trainer who serves as a mentor and comic relief in the How to Train Your Dragon series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gobber the Belch canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11328751 — 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: Gobber the Belch Context triple: [How to Train Your Dragon (film series), mainCharacter, Gobber the Belch]
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A.
Pickett the Bowtruckle
Pickett the Bowtruckle is a small, shy, twig-like magical creature who is particularly attached to magizoologist Newt Scamander in the Wizarding World.
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B.
Hob Gadling
Hob Gadling is an immortal man in Neil Gaiman’s "The Sandman" who periodically meets Dream across the centuries, serving as a lens on human history, change, and friendship.
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C.
Grimble
Grimble is a humorous children's book by Clement Freud about an eccentric young boy navigating life with unusually absent-minded parents.
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D.
Bofur
Bofur is a cheerful and stout-hearted dwarf from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, best known for joining Thorin Oakenshield’s quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain in The Hobbit.
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E.
Beaky Thwaite
Beaky Thwaite is a naive, wealthy friend of the male lead whose vulnerability and tragic fate play a key role in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1941 suspense film "Suspicion."
- 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: Gobber the Belch Target entity description: Gobber the Belch is a gruff yet good-hearted Viking blacksmith and dragon trainer who serves as a mentor and comic relief in the How to Train Your Dragon series.
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A.
Pickett the Bowtruckle
Pickett the Bowtruckle is a small, shy, twig-like magical creature who is particularly attached to magizoologist Newt Scamander in the Wizarding World.
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B.
Hob Gadling
Hob Gadling is an immortal man in Neil Gaiman’s "The Sandman" who periodically meets Dream across the centuries, serving as a lens on human history, change, and friendship.
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C.
Grimble
Grimble is a humorous children's book by Clement Freud about an eccentric young boy navigating life with unusually absent-minded parents.
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D.
Bofur
Bofur is a cheerful and stout-hearted dwarf from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, best known for joining Thorin Oakenshield’s quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain in The Hobbit.
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E.
Beaky Thwaite
Beaky Thwaite is a naive, wealthy friend of the male lead whose vulnerability and tragic fate play a key role in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1941 suspense film "Suspicion."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Viking
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blacksmith ⓘ dragon trainer ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| affiliation | Hooligan Tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Dragons: Defenders of Berk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dragons: Race to the Edge NERFINISHED ⓘ Dragons: Riders of Berk NERFINISHED ⓘ DreamWorks Dragons (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ How to Train Your Dragon book series NERFINISHED ⓘ How to Train Your Dragon film series NERFINISHED ⓘ How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Gobber the Belch from Cressida Cowell’s How to Train Your Dragon books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beardColor | blond ⓘ |
| createdBy | Cressida Cowell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | How to Train Your Dragon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchiseOwner | DreamWorks Animation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| friendOf | Stoick the Vast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hairColor | blond ⓘ |
| homeWorld | Isle of Berk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| humorStyle | gallows humor ⓘ |
| language | Old Norse-accented English (in films) ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stoick the Vast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentorOf | Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missingLimb |
left arm
ⓘ
left leg ⓘ |
| nationality | Viking ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
large blond mustache
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muscular build ⓘ |
| occupation |
blacksmith
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dragon trainer ⓘ weapons master ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
brave
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good-hearted ⓘ gruff ⓘ loyal ⓘ |
| residence | Berk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | comic relief ⓘ |
| species | human ⓘ |
| teaches | dragon training to Viking youths ⓘ |
| usesProsthetic |
interchangeable prosthetic left arm attachments
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wooden prosthetic left leg ⓘ |
| voicedBy | Craig Ferguson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gobber the Belch Description of subject: Gobber the Belch is a gruff yet good-hearted Viking blacksmith and dragon trainer who serves as a mentor and comic relief in the How to Train Your Dragon series.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.