Peter Holmes
E224467
Peter Holmes is a young Australian naval officer and family man in Nevil Shute’s post-apocalyptic novel "On the Beach," whose quiet domestic life contrasts with the looming global catastrophe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter Holmes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2008068 — 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: Peter Holmes Context triple: [On the Beach, character, Peter Holmes]
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A.
Nigel Holmes
Nigel Holmes is a British-born graphic designer and information graphics specialist known for his influential work in explanatory and data visualization design.
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B.
Steven Pemberton
Steven Pemberton is a British computer scientist and software engineer known for his work on programming languages, web standards, and contributions to the development of ABC and early Python influences.
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C.
Peter Mathieson
Peter Mathieson is a British nephrologist and academic leader who has served as principal and vice-chancellor of major universities, including the University of Edinburgh and the University of Hong Kong.
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D.
John Hull
John Hull was a prominent 17th-century Boston merchant, silversmith, and colonial official best known for serving as the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s mintmaster.
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E.
Ian Black
Ian Black is a name shared by several notable individuals, including a British journalist and author known for his work on Middle Eastern affairs.
- 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: Peter Holmes Target entity description: Peter Holmes is a young Australian naval officer and family man in Nevil Shute’s post-apocalyptic novel "On the Beach," whose quiet domestic life contrasts with the looming global catastrophe.
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A.
Nigel Holmes
Nigel Holmes is a British-born graphic designer and information graphics specialist known for his influential work in explanatory and data visualization design.
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B.
Steven Pemberton
Steven Pemberton is a British computer scientist and software engineer known for his work on programming languages, web standards, and contributions to the development of ABC and early Python influences.
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C.
Peter Mathieson
Peter Mathieson is a British nephrologist and academic leader who has served as principal and vice-chancellor of major universities, including the University of Edinburgh and the University of Hong Kong.
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D.
John Hull
John Hull was a prominent 17th-century Boston merchant, silversmith, and colonial official best known for serving as the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s mintmaster.
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E.
Ian Black
Ian Black is a name shared by several notable individuals, including a British journalist and author known for his work on Middle Eastern affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ naval officer ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
On the Beach
ⓘ
surface form:
On the Beach (1959 film)
On the Beach ⓘ
surface form:
On the Beach (2000 film)
|
| appearsIn | On the Beach ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
denial in the face of catastrophe
ⓘ
military duty versus personal life ⓘ ordinary domestic life under existential threat ⓘ responsibility to family ⓘ |
| authorOfWorkAppearedIn | Nevil Shute ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
calm
ⓘ
devoted to his family ⓘ dutiful ⓘ practical ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| creator | Nevil Shute ⓘ |
| employer | Royal Australian Navy ⓘ |
| familyRole |
father
ⓘ
husband ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | On the Beach ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWorkAppearedIn | 1957 ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
dystopian fiction
ⓘ
post-apocalyptic novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ |
| hasChild | Jennifer Holmes ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Mary Holmes ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkAppearedIn | English ⓘ |
| mediumOfAppearance | novel ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Australian Navy ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
major character
ⓘ
viewpoint character ⓘ |
| nationality | Australian ⓘ |
| occupation |
Royal Australian Navy officer
ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Anthony Perkins
ⓘ
Grant Bowler ⓘ |
| publisherOfWorkAppearedIn |
Heinemann publishing group
ⓘ
surface form:
Heinemann
|
| residence |
Port Melbourne
ⓘ
surface form:
Fisherman’s Bend, Melbourne
Melbourne ⓘ |
| servesOn | HMAS Anzac (fictional cruiser) ⓘ |
| settingOfActivities |
Australian coastal waters
ⓘ
Port Phillip Bay ⓘ |
| storyContext |
approaching worldwide radiation cloud
ⓘ
global nuclear war aftermath ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Dwight Towers
ⓘ
John Osborne ⓘ |
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: Peter Holmes Description of subject: Peter Holmes is a young Australian naval officer and family man in Nevil Shute’s post-apocalyptic novel "On the Beach," whose quiet domestic life contrasts with the looming global catastrophe.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.