Desire
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Desire is one of the immortal, anthropomorphic personifications known as the Endless in Neil Gaiman’s Sandman universe, embodying the concept of longing and want.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4506382 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Desire Context triple: [The Endless, member, Desire]
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Desire
Desire is a 1976 studio album by Bob Dylan, noted for its storytelling lyrics, prominent violin arrangements, and songs like "Hurricane" and "Sara."
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Desire
"Desire" is a hit rock song by U2, known for its Bo Diddley–inspired rhythm and prominent role in the band's late-1980s work.
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Desire
Desire is a 1936 romantic comedy crime film starring Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper, noted for its blend of sophisticated humor and jewel-heist intrigue.
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Desire the Right
Desire the Right is the Latin-derived motto featured on the coat of arms and flag of the Falkland Islands, expressing the territory’s aspiration for justice and rightful governance.
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El Deseo
El Deseo is a Spanish film production company founded by Pedro Almodóvar and his brother Agustín, known for producing many of Almodóvar’s acclaimed movies.
- 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: Desire Target entity description: Desire is one of the immortal, anthropomorphic personifications known as the Endless in Neil Gaiman’s Sandman universe, embodying the concept of longing and want.
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A.
Desire
Desire is a 1976 studio album by Bob Dylan, noted for its storytelling lyrics, prominent violin arrangements, and songs like "Hurricane" and "Sara."
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B.
Desire
"Desire" is a hit rock song by U2, known for its Bo Diddley–inspired rhythm and prominent role in the band's late-1980s work.
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C.
Desire
Desire is a 1936 romantic comedy crime film starring Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper, noted for its blend of sophisticated humor and jewel-heist intrigue.
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D.
Desire the Right
Desire the Right is the Latin-derived motto featured on the coat of arms and flag of the Falkland Islands, expressing the territory’s aspiration for justice and rightful governance.
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E.
El Deseo
El Deseo is a Spanish film production company founded by Pedro Almodóvar and his brother Agustín, known for producing many of Almodóvar’s acclaimed movies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropomorphic personification
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comic book character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ member of the Endless ⓘ |
| alignment | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Sandman
NERFINISHED
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The Sandman (DC Comics) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sandman (Vertigo) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | The Threshold (gallery of sigils) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Neil Gaiman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain | desire of all sentient beings ⓘ |
| embodies |
desire
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longing ⓘ want ⓘ |
| enemy | Dream ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
DC Universe (Vertigo continuity)
NERFINISHED
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The Sandman universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Sandman vol. 2 #10 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| genderIdentity | non-binary ⓘ |
| genderPresentation | androgynous ⓘ |
| immortality | immortal ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| medium | comic books ⓘ |
| memberOf | the Endless NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStoryline |
Brief Lives
NERFINISHED
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Season of Mists NERFINISHED ⓘ The Doll’s House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
charming
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cruel ⓘ manipulative ⓘ narcissistic ⓘ |
| power |
influence over human emotions
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manipulation of desire ⓘ shapeshifting ⓘ |
| publisher | DC Comics ⓘ |
| publisherImprint | Vertigo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Despair ⓘ |
| residence | The Threshold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexuality | pansexual ⓘ |
| siblings |
Death
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Delirium NERFINISHED ⓘ Despair ⓘ Destiny ⓘ Destruction ⓘ Dream ⓘ |
| species | Endless ⓘ |
| symbol | heart-shaped sigil made of glass ⓘ |
| twin | Despair ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristic |
golden eyes
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pale skin ⓘ sharp, angular features ⓘ |
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: Desire Description of subject: Desire is one of the immortal, anthropomorphic personifications known as the Endless in Neil Gaiman’s Sandman universe, embodying the concept of longing and want.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Sandman
this entity surface form:
desire