Golem
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Golem is a classic 1915 science fiction novel by Polish writer Gustav Meyrink that reimagines the Jewish legend of a mystical clay creature brought to life in the Prague ghetto.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Golem canonical | 4 |
| Golem of Prague | 1 |
| The Golem | 1 |
| The Golem (1920 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3495080 — 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: Golem Context triple: [Wand, notableWork, Golem]
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A.
Schmendiman
Schmendiman is a comically overconfident, dim-witted inventor in Steve Martin’s play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," representing misguided modern ambition.
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B.
The Monster
The Monster is the stage name and alter ego of American record producer and rapper Swizz Beatz, under which he has released music and production work.
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C.
The Monster
"The Monster" is a pop/hip-hop song co-written by Jon Bellion that became widely known through its performance by Eminem featuring Rihanna.
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D.
The Monster
The Monster is the iconic reanimated creature in the 1931 film "Frankenstein," known for its tragic, misunderstood nature and enduring influence on horror cinema.
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E.
Houdini
Houdini is most famously Harry Houdini, the early 20th-century illusionist and escape artist renowned for his daring stunts and seemingly impossible escapes.
- 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: Golem Target entity description: Golem is a classic 1915 science fiction novel by Polish writer Gustav Meyrink that reimagines the Jewish legend of a mystical clay creature brought to life in the Prague ghetto.
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A.
Schmendiman
Schmendiman is a comically overconfident, dim-witted inventor in Steve Martin’s play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," representing misguided modern ambition.
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B.
The Monster
The Monster is the stage name and alter ego of American record producer and rapper Swizz Beatz, under which he has released music and production work.
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C.
The Monster
"The Monster" is a pop/hip-hop song co-written by Jon Bellion that became widely known through its performance by Eminem featuring Rihanna.
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D.
The Monster
The Monster is the iconic reanimated creature in the 1931 film "Frankenstein," known for its tragic, misunderstood nature and enduring influence on horror cinema.
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E.
Houdini
Houdini is most famously Harry Houdini, the early 20th-century illusionist and escape artist renowned for his daring stunts and seemingly impossible escapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fantasy novel
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novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Golem
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Golem (1920 film)
stage adaptations ⓘ |
| author | Gustav Meyrink ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Austria-Hungary
|
| firstPublicationForm | serialised novel ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Die Weißen Blätter ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
ⓘ
mystical fiction ⓘ occult fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Athanasius Pernath
ⓘ
Charousek ⓘ Hillel the Elder ⓘ
surface form:
Hillel
Miriam ⓘ Zwakh the puppeteer ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
Kabbalah
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doppelgänger ⓘ dream versus reality ⓘ mystical book ⓘ |
| hasReception |
considered Gustav Meyrink’s most famous novel
ⓘ
regarded as a classic of German-language fantastic literature ⓘ |
| hasStructure | frame narrative ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Jewish folklore
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identity ⓘ madness ⓘ mysticism ⓘ occultism ⓘ urban alienation ⓘ |
| influenced |
Central European fantastic and occult fiction
ⓘ
later Golem-themed literature ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Jewish legend of the Golem ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Decadentism
ⓘ
surface form:
Decadent literature
Expressionism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Athanasius Pernath ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Prague’s Jewish quarter
ⓘ
reimagining the Golem legend in a modern psychological context ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf | Central European fantastic literature canon ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1915 ⓘ |
| publisher | Kurt Wolff Verlag ⓘ |
| setIn |
Prague
ⓘ
Theresienstadt concentration camp ⓘ
surface form:
Prague ghetto
|
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 19th century ⓘ |
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: Golem Description of subject: Golem is a classic 1915 science fiction novel by Polish writer Gustav Meyrink that reimagines the Jewish legend of a mystical clay creature brought to life in the Prague ghetto.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Golem of Prague
this entity surface form:
The Golem
this entity surface form:
The Golem (1920 film)