Ned Racine
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Ned Racine is the morally conflicted small-town Florida lawyer who becomes entangled in a deadly affair and murder plot in the neo-noir film "Body Heat."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ned Racine canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5201140 — 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: Ned Racine Context triple: [Body Heat, mainCharacter, Ned Racine]
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A.
Joe Nussbaum
Joe Nussbaum is an American film and television director and producer known for his work on teen and comedy projects such as "Sleepover," "American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile," and various Disney Channel productions.
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B.
Ray Cusick
Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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C.
Nick Wasicsko
Nick Wasicsko was a young Yonkers, New York mayor known for his pivotal and contentious role in implementing federally mandated public housing desegregation in the late 1980s.
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D.
Norbert Brodine
Norbert Brodine was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films from the silent era through the mid-20th century, particularly in film noir and crime dramas.
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E.
Vic Perrin
Vic Perrin was an American character actor and voice actor best known for his prolific work in radio, television, and animation, including serving as the original Control Voice on the science fiction series "The Outer Limits."
- 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: Ned Racine Target entity description: Ned Racine is the morally conflicted small-town Florida lawyer who becomes entangled in a deadly affair and murder plot in the neo-noir film "Body Heat."
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A.
Joe Nussbaum
Joe Nussbaum is an American film and television director and producer known for his work on teen and comedy projects such as "Sleepover," "American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile," and various Disney Channel productions.
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B.
Ray Cusick
Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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C.
Nick Wasicsko
Nick Wasicsko was a young Yonkers, New York mayor known for his pivotal and contentious role in implementing federally mandated public housing desegregation in the late 1980s.
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D.
Norbert Brodine
Norbert Brodine was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films from the silent era through the mid-20th century, particularly in film noir and crime dramas.
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E.
Vic Perrin
Vic Perrin was an American character actor and voice actor best known for his prolific work in radio, television, and animation, including serving as the original Control Voice on the science fiction series "The Outer Limits."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Body Heat ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Matty Walker ⓘ |
| characterArc | from careless lawyer to doomed conspirator ⓘ |
| characterType | lawyer in over his head ⓘ |
| createdBy | Lawrence Kasdan ⓘ |
| createdFor | Body Heat ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreContext |
crime thriller
ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
deadly affair
ⓘ
murder plot ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalSpecialty | small-time practice ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | morally conflicted ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
antihero
ⓘ
central character ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
impulsiveness
ⓘ
naivety ⓘ sexual impulsivity ⓘ |
| occupation |
attorney
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ |
| plotFunction | drives murder scheme forward ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | William Hurt ⓘ |
| primaryConflict |
moral corruption
ⓘ
romantic obsession ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithMattyWalker | lover ⓘ |
| releaseYearOfFirstAppearance | 1981 ⓘ |
| residence | small-town Florida ⓘ |
| setting |
Florida
ⓘ
small coastal town in Florida ⓘ |
| storyWorld |
Body Heat universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Body Heat
|
| themeAssociation |
betrayal
ⓘ
fatal attraction ⓘ greed ⓘ lust ⓘ |
| workLocation | Florida ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ned Racine Description of subject: Ned Racine is the morally conflicted small-town Florida lawyer who becomes entangled in a deadly affair and murder plot in the neo-noir film "Body Heat."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.