Lob
E1044474
Lob is the enigmatic, possibly supernatural figure at the center of J.M. Barrie’s play "Dear Brutus," who brings together a group of dissatisfied people to explore alternate versions of their lives.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lob canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13511899 — 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: Lob Context triple: [Dear Brutus, mainCharacter, Lob]
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A.
LÖ
LÖ is the vehicle registration code for the district of Lörrach in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
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B.
Lyov
Lyov is a transliterated form of the Russian given name Lev, commonly associated with figures like the writer Leo (Lev) Tolstoy.
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C.
Lopar
Lopar is a coastal village and popular tourist resort located on the northern part of the Croatian island of Rab, known for its sandy beaches such as Paradise Beach.
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D.
Lo
Lo is a short form of the Dutch given name Lodewijk, commonly used as an informal or affectionate nickname.
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E.
Lo
Lo is a dialect of the Lo-Toga language spoken on the Torres Islands in northern Vanuatu.
- 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: Lob Target entity description: Lob is the enigmatic, possibly supernatural figure at the center of J.M. Barrie’s play "Dear Brutus," who brings together a group of dissatisfied people to explore alternate versions of their lives.
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A.
LÖ
LÖ is the vehicle registration code for the district of Lörrach in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
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B.
Lyov
Lyov is a transliterated form of the Russian given name Lev, commonly associated with figures like the writer Leo (Lev) Tolstoy.
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C.
Lopar
Lopar is a coastal village and popular tourist resort located on the northern part of the Croatian island of Rab, known for its sandy beaches such as Paradise Beach.
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D.
Lo
Lo is a short form of the Dutch given name Lodewijk, commonly used as an informal or affectionate nickname.
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E.
Lo
Lo is a nickname for Lolita, most famously associated with the provocative young heroine of Vladimir Nabokov’s novel "Lolita."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Dear Brutus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
alternate realities
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regret ⓘ second chances ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ |
| bringsTogether | group of dissatisfied people ⓘ |
| characterInPlayBy | J. M. Barrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlsSetting | mysterious wood in Dear Brutus ⓘ |
| creator | J. M. Barrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
enigmatic
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possibly supernatural ⓘ |
| facilitates | exploration of alternate versions of characters' lives ⓘ |
| impliedNature |
otherworldly being
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trickster-like figure ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| moralFunction | tests characters' desires and choices ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | guide to alternative possibilities ⓘ |
| nationalityOfCreator | Scottish ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
catalyst for events
ⓘ
central figure ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWork | early 20th century ⓘ |
| workAuthorFullName | Sir James Matthew Barrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workFirstPerformedIn | Dear Brutus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workGenre | fantasy play ⓘ |
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: Lob Description of subject: Lob is the enigmatic, possibly supernatural figure at the center of J.M. Barrie’s play "Dear Brutus," who brings together a group of dissatisfied people to explore alternate versions of their lives.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.