Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood
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Daniel Plainview in *There Will Be Blood* is a ruthless early-20th-century oil prospector whose obsessive pursuit of wealth and power leads to moral and psychological ruin.
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| Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood Context triple: [Daniel Day-Lewis, notableRole, Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood]
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Seymour Durst
Seymour Durst was a prominent New York City real estate developer and patriarch of the Durst family, known for expanding The Durst Organization into a major Manhattan property empire and for his outspoken political views.
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Lloyd Vogel
Lloyd Vogel is the fictional, emotionally troubled journalist protagonist of the film "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," whose life is transformed through his encounters with Fred Rogers.
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C.
Ryan Bingham
Ryan Bingham is the corporate downsizer and frequent flyer protagonist of the film "Up in the Air," known for his detached lifestyle and constant business travel.
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D.
Jordan Belfort
Jordan Belfort is an American former stockbroker and motivational speaker best known for his high-flying, fraudulent Wall Street career and subsequent memoir "The Wolf of Wall Street."
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E.
Gob Bluth
Gob Bluth is a vain, inept magician and the frequently self-sabotaging eldest son of the Bluth family in the television sitcom "Arrested Development."
- 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: Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood Target entity description: Daniel Plainview in *There Will Be Blood* is a ruthless early-20th-century oil prospector whose obsessive pursuit of wealth and power leads to moral and psychological ruin.
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A.
Seymour Durst
Seymour Durst was a prominent New York City real estate developer and patriarch of the Durst family, known for expanding The Durst Organization into a major Manhattan property empire and for his outspoken political views.
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B.
Lloyd Vogel
Lloyd Vogel is the fictional, emotionally troubled journalist protagonist of the film "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," whose life is transformed through his encounters with Fred Rogers.
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C.
Ryan Bingham
Ryan Bingham is the corporate downsizer and frequent flyer protagonist of the film "Up in the Air," known for his detached lifestyle and constant business travel.
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D.
Jordan Belfort
Jordan Belfort is an American former stockbroker and motivational speaker best known for his high-flying, fraudulent Wall Street career and subsequent memoir "The Wolf of Wall Street."
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E.
Gob Bluth
Gob Bluth is a vain, inept magician and the frequently self-sabotaging eldest son of the Bluth family in the television sitcom "Arrested Development."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| adoptiveFatherOf | H. W. Plainview ⓘ |
| antagonisticTowards | Eli Sunday ⓘ |
| appearsIn | There Will Be Blood ⓘ |
| basedOn | Daniel Plainview (loosely inspired by characters in Upton Sinclair's novel Oil!) ⓘ |
| businessMethod |
exploits local communities for oil
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uses deception to acquire land and drilling rights ⓘ |
| businessRivalOf |
Standard Oil representatives
ⓘ
linked to:
Standard Oil
|
| characterArc |
descent into isolation and madness
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rise from lone prospector to powerful oil tycoon ⓘ |
| conflictType | conflict between capitalism and religion (with Eli Sunday) ⓘ |
| createdBy | Paul Thomas Anderson ⓘ |
| familyRelation | adoptive father of H. W. Plainview ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext |
drama
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period drama ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
There Will Be Blood (2007 film)
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linked to:
There Will Be Blood
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| hasChild | H. W. Plainview ⓘ |
| injures | H. W. Plainview (indirectly, through oil rig explosion) ⓘ |
| kills | Eli Sunday ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | morally corrupt ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAwardContext | performance by Daniel Day-Lewis won Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ |
| notableQuote |
I drink your milkshake!
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I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. ⓘ I’m finished. ⓘ |
| notableScene |
baptism scene at the Church of the Third Revelation
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final bowling alley confrontation with Eli Sunday ⓘ oil derrick fire sequence ⓘ |
| notableTrait | physical limp from early mining accident ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
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oil prospector ⓘ oilman ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
ambitious
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manipulative ⓘ misanthropic ⓘ obsessive ⓘ ruthless ⓘ violent ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Daniel Day-Lewis ⓘ |
| primaryMotivation |
pursuit of power
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pursuit of wealth ⓘ |
| psychologicalState |
deeply misanthropic
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increasingly paranoid ⓘ |
| religiousStance | atheistic or anti-religious ⓘ |
| residesIn | California (fictional settings in early 1900s) ⓘ |
| setIn | American oil boom era ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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