Severen
E918025
Severen is a sadistic, leather-clad vampire gunslinger portrayed by Bill Paxton in the cult horror-western film "Near Dark."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Severen canonical | 5 |
| Severen (loosely) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11329924 — 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: Severen Context triple: [Near Dark, character, Severen]
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A.
Marcus Sedatius Severianus
Marcus Sedatius Severianus was a 2nd-century Roman senator and general best known for leading a disastrous campaign against the Parthians in Armenia under Emperor Hadrian.
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B.
Flavius Valerius Severus
Flavius Valerius Severus was a Roman emperor of the early 4th century who briefly ruled the Western Roman Empire during the turbulent period of the Tetrarchy.
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C.
Sextus Julius Severus
Sextus Julius Severus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and governor, best known for his decisive role in suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judea.
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D.
Maximinus Thrax
Maximinus Thrax was a 3rd-century Roman emperor of Thracian origin, known for his military background, immense physical stature, and the turbulent reign that helped usher in the Crisis of the Third Century.
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E.
Aurelios
Aurelios is a variant form of the name Aurelius, historically associated with ancient Roman figures and Latin origins.
- 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: Severen Target entity description: Severen is a sadistic, leather-clad vampire gunslinger portrayed by Bill Paxton in the cult horror-western film "Near Dark."
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A.
Marcus Sedatius Severianus
Marcus Sedatius Severianus was a 2nd-century Roman senator and general best known for leading a disastrous campaign against the Parthians in Armenia under Emperor Hadrian.
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B.
Flavius Valerius Severus
Flavius Valerius Severus was a Roman emperor of the early 4th century who briefly ruled the Western Roman Empire during the turbulent period of the Tetrarchy.
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C.
Sextus Julius Severus
Sextus Julius Severus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and governor, best known for his decisive role in suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judea.
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D.
Maximinus Thrax
Maximinus Thrax was a 3rd-century Roman emperor of Thracian origin, known for his military background, immense physical stature, and the turbulent reign that helped usher in the Crisis of the Third Century.
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E.
Aurelios
Aurelios is a variant form of the name Aurelius, historically associated with ancient Roman figures and Latin origins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ gunslinger ⓘ vampire ⓘ |
| alignment | villain ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Near Dark ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | cult film ⓘ |
| appearsInYearOfWorkRelease | 1987 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Diamondback
ⓘ
Homer ⓘ Jesse Hooker ⓘ Mae ⓘ |
| costumeIncludes | leather clothing ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginForWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Eric Red
ⓘ
Kathryn Bigelow ⓘ |
| fightsWith | Caleb Colton ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Near Dark ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
horror
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horror western ⓘ western ⓘ |
| hairColor | brown ⓘ |
| hasFandom | cult horror fans ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
cruel
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sadistic ⓘ sadistic sense of humor ⓘ violent ⓘ |
| hasVisualStyle |
cowboy aesthetic
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punk-influenced look ⓘ |
| killsBy |
draining blood
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physical violence ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| memberOf | Jesse Hooker’s vampire gang ⓘ |
| notableQuoteLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableScene | bar massacre scene in Near Dark ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
enjoying brutality
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taunting his victims ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Bill Paxton ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
Near Dark (1987 film)
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linked to:
Near Dark
|
| species | undead ⓘ |
| usesWeapon |
firearms
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revolver ⓘ |
| weakness |
fire
ⓘ
gunfire ⓘ sunlight ⓘ |
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: Severen Description of subject: Severen is a sadistic, leather-clad vampire gunslinger portrayed by Bill Paxton in the cult horror-western film "Near Dark."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.