Robert Lomax
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Robert Lomax is the central protagonist of the novel and film "The World of Suzie Wong," an aspiring artist and expatriate who develops a complex romantic relationship with a Hong Kong sex worker.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Lomax canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2748548 — 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: Robert Lomax Context triple: [The World of Suzie Wong, mainCharacter, Robert Lomax]
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A.
Daniel Kramer
Daniel Kramer is an American photographer best known for his iconic mid-1960s images of Bob Dylan, including the cover photography for Dylan’s album "Bringing It All Back Home."
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B.
Walt Wolfram
Walt Wolfram is an American sociolinguist renowned for his pioneering research on American English dialects and language variation, including minority and regional varieties.
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C.
J. Russell Spencer
J. Russell Spencer was a film art director known for his work on classic Hollywood productions such as the noir drama "Nightmare Alley."
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D.
Ray Hyman
Ray Hyman is an American psychologist, skeptic, and prominent critic of parapsychology known for his work in scientifically investigating and debunking paranormal claims.
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E.
A. C. Gimson
A. C. Gimson was a prominent British phonetician and linguist best known for his influential work on the description and standardization of British pronunciation and for succeeding Daniel Jones at University College London.
- 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: Robert Lomax Target entity description: Robert Lomax is the central protagonist of the novel and film "The World of Suzie Wong," an aspiring artist and expatriate who develops a complex romantic relationship with a Hong Kong sex worker.
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A.
Daniel Kramer
Daniel Kramer is an American photographer best known for his iconic mid-1960s images of Bob Dylan, including the cover photography for Dylan’s album "Bringing It All Back Home."
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B.
Walt Wolfram
Walt Wolfram is an American sociolinguist renowned for his pioneering research on American English dialects and language variation, including minority and regional varieties.
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C.
J. Russell Spencer
J. Russell Spencer was a film art director known for his work on classic Hollywood productions such as the noir drama "Nightmare Alley."
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D.
Ray Hyman
Ray Hyman is an American psychologist, skeptic, and prominent critic of parapsychology known for his work in scientifically investigating and debunking paranormal claims.
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E.
A. C. Gimson
A. C. Gimson was a prominent British phonetician and linguist best known for his influential work on the description and standardization of British pronunciation and for succeeding Daniel Jones at University College London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| adaptationDifference | portrayal differs between novel and film ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The World of Suzie Wong
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surface form:
The World of Suzie Wong (1960 film)
The World of Suzie Wong ⓘ
surface form:
The World of Suzie Wong (novel)
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| artFormPracticed | oil painting ⓘ |
| associatedLocation | Nam Kok Hotel (fictionalized hotel in Wan Chai) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
The World of Suzie Wong
ⓘ
surface form:
Suzie Wong
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| centralToPlotOf | The World of Suzie Wong ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
idealistic
ⓘ
naive ⓘ romantic ⓘ |
| characterType | expatriate ⓘ |
| citizenship | British ⓘ |
| conflictType | internal conflict between artistic ideals and romantic attachment ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | Richard Mason ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The World of Suzie Wong
ⓘ
surface form:
The World of Suzie Wong (1957 novel)
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| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
melodrama
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romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasRomanticRelationshipWith |
The World of Suzie Wong
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surface form:
Suzie Wong
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| languageOfCharacter | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| motivation |
to find personal fulfillment
ⓘ
to pursue art ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | viewpoint character in the novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| narrativeThemeInvolvement |
East–West relations
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class differences ⓘ cross-cultural romance ⓘ sexual politics ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
ⓘ
painter ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | William Holden ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWith Suzie Wong | complex romantic relationship ⓘ |
| residence |
Hong Kong, China
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surface form:
Hong Kong
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| roleIn | The World of Suzie Wong ⓘ |
| settingOfActivities | Wan Chai, Hong Kong ⓘ |
| socialStatus | middle-class expatriate ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalExistence | 1950s ⓘ |
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: Robert Lomax Description of subject: Robert Lomax is the central protagonist of the novel and film "The World of Suzie Wong," an aspiring artist and expatriate who develops a complex romantic relationship with a Hong Kong sex worker.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.