Colonel Bobi
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Colonel Bobi is a ruthless and power-hungry military officer who becomes the central figure in a coup plot in Frederick Forsyth’s novel "The Dogs of War."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colonel Bobi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3859840 — 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: Colonel Bobi Context triple: [The Dogs of War, character, Colonel Bobi]
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A.
Colonel Osborne
Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
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B.
Colonel Smith
Colonel Smith was a British military officer who played a leading role in the First Anglo-Mysore War against the Kingdom of Mysore in the late 18th century.
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C.
Lt. Col. Frank Slade
Lt. Col. Frank Slade is the blind, irascible yet deeply principled retired Army officer portrayed by Al Pacino in the film "Scent of a Woman."
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D.
Col Collon
Col Collon is a high mountain pass in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy, used historically as a route through the alpine terrain.
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E.
Sergeant Calhoun
Sergeant Calhoun is a tough, battle-hardened space marine and the heroic commander from the in-game world of "Hero's Duty" in Disney's animated film *Wreck-It Ralph*.
- 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: Colonel Bobi Target entity description: Colonel Bobi is a ruthless and power-hungry military officer who becomes the central figure in a coup plot in Frederick Forsyth’s novel "The Dogs of War."
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A.
Colonel Osborne
Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
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B.
Colonel Smith
Colonel Smith was a British military officer who played a leading role in the First Anglo-Mysore War against the Kingdom of Mysore in the late 18th century.
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C.
Lt. Col. Frank Slade
Lt. Col. Frank Slade is the blind, irascible yet deeply principled retired Army officer portrayed by Al Pacino in the film "Scent of a Woman."
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D.
Col Collon
Col Collon is a high mountain pass in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy, used historically as a route through the alpine terrain.
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E.
Sergeant Calhoun
Sergeant Calhoun is a tough, battle-hardened space marine and the heroic commander from the in-game world of "Hero's Duty" in Disney's animated film *Wreck-It Ralph*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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military officer ⓘ villain ⓘ |
| alignment | corrupt regime supporter ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Dogs of War ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Frederick Forsyth ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | coup d'état in Zangaro ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ambitious
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authoritarian ⓘ power-hungry ⓘ ruthless ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting | Zangaro ⓘ |
| createdBy | Frederick Forsyth ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Dogs of War (1974 novel)
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linked to:
The Dogs of War
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| genre | thriller fiction character ⓘ |
| hasFictionalRank | colonel ⓘ |
| involvedIn | conspiracy to overthrow a government ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| motivation |
personal power
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political control ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | antagonist ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonel
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soldier ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse |
The Dogs of War universe
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linked to:
The Dogs of War
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| portrayedAs | brutal military strongman ⓘ |
| roleInPlot | central figure in a coup plot ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
mercenarism
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political intrigue ⓘ post-colonial African politics ⓘ |
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: Colonel Bobi Description of subject: Colonel Bobi is a ruthless and power-hungry military officer who becomes the central figure in a coup plot in Frederick Forsyth’s novel "The Dogs of War."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.