Blade
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Blade is a Marvel Comics vampire hunter and half-vampire antihero known for battling supernatural threats alongside teams like the Avengers.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blade canonical | 66 |
| Blade (Marvel Comics character) | 3 |
| Blade (Eric Brooks) | 2 |
| Blade (Marvel Comics) | 2 |
| Blade comics | 1 |
| Blade in the Marvel Cinematic Universe | 1 |
| Blade is a half-vampire vampire hunter | 1 |
| vampire hunter Blade | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2700096 — 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: Blade Context triple: [Avengers, member, Blade]
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A.
Blade (1998 film)
Blade (1998 film) is a 1998 superhero horror movie based on the Marvel Comics character, following a half-vampire warrior who hunts vampires in a dark, action-driven narrative.
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B.
Blade film series
The Blade film series is a set of action-horror movies centered on the Marvel Comics vampire hunter Blade, known for pioneering the modern wave of successful comic book adaptations in Hollywood.
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C.
Blade: Trinity
Blade: Trinity is a 2004 superhero horror film and the third installment in the Blade film series, featuring the vampire hunter Blade teaming up with new allies to battle a powerful vampire threat.
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D.
Blade II
Blade II is a 2002 superhero horror-action film directed by Guillermo del Toro, following the vampire hunter Blade as he battles a new mutant vampire strain.
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E.
Phantom
Phantom is a hostile flying undead mob in Minecraft that swoops down from the night sky to attack players who haven’t slept for several days.
- 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: Blade Target entity description: Blade is a Marvel Comics vampire hunter and half-vampire antihero known for battling supernatural threats alongside teams like the Avengers.
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A.
Blade (1998 film)
Blade (1998 film) is a 1998 superhero horror movie based on the Marvel Comics character, following a half-vampire warrior who hunts vampires in a dark, action-driven narrative.
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B.
Blade film series
The Blade film series is a set of action-horror movies centered on the Marvel Comics vampire hunter Blade, known for pioneering the modern wave of successful comic book adaptations in Hollywood.
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C.
Blade: Trinity
Blade: Trinity is a 2004 superhero horror film and the third installment in the Blade film series, featuring the vampire hunter Blade teaming up with new allies to battle a powerful vampire threat.
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D.
Blade II
Blade II is a 2002 superhero horror-action film directed by Guillermo del Toro, following the vampire hunter Blade as he battles a new mutant vampire strain.
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E.
Phantom
Phantom is a hostile flying undead mob in Minecraft that swoops down from the night sky to attack players who haven’t slept for several days.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marvel Comics character
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antihero ⓘ fictional vampire hunter ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
feature films
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television series ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Avengers
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Heroes for Hire ⓘ MI:13 ⓘ Midnight Sons ⓘ Mighty Avengers ⓘ Nightstalkers ⓘ
linked to:
Nightstalkers series
|
| alias | Blade ⓘ |
| alignment | antihero ⓘ |
| creator |
Gene Colan
ⓘ
Marv Wolfman ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Deacon Frost
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Dracula ⓘ vampires ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Marvel Universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Tomb of Dracula #10 ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceDate | July 1973 ⓘ |
| fullName | Eric Brooks ⓘ |
| medium | comic books ⓘ |
| notableAbility |
accelerated healing
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enhanced agility ⓘ enhanced stamina ⓘ expert martial artist ⓘ expert swordsman ⓘ immunity to most vampire weaknesses ⓘ superhuman speed ⓘ superhuman strength ⓘ |
| occupation |
monster hunter
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vampire hunter ⓘ |
| parentage |
human mother
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vampire father ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Mahershala Ali
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Sticky Fingaz ⓘ Wesley Snipes ⓘ |
| publisher | Marvel Comics ⓘ |
| species |
Dhampir
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half-vampire ⓘ |
| teamUpWith |
Avengers
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Doctor Strange ⓘ Ghost Rider ⓘ
linked to:
Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes)
Punisher ⓘ Spider-Man ⓘ |
| usesWeapon |
firearms
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stakes ⓘ sword ⓘ |
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: Blade Description of subject: Blade is a Marvel Comics vampire hunter and half-vampire antihero known for battling supernatural threats alongside teams like the Avengers.
Referenced by (77)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Marvel Comics character Blade
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subject linked to:
Goyer
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