Self
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"Self" is a novel by Canadian author Yann Martel that explores identity, gender, and transformation through the life of a narrator who changes sex during adolescence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Self canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4946454 — 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: Self Context triple: [Yann Martel, wrote, Self]
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A.
Self
Self is a prototype-based, object-oriented programming language that pioneered many concepts later adopted by languages like JavaScript and ECMAScript.
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B.
You
"You" refers to the collective community of internet users whose user-generated content and online collaboration transformed media, culture, and communication in the digital age.
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C.
Self/less
Self/less is a 2015 science fiction thriller film about a dying billionaire who transfers his consciousness into a younger body, only to uncover the disturbing origins of his new life.
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D.
Ego
"Ego" is a pop-dance single by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays, known for its catchy chorus and chart success in the late 2000s.
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E.
Ego
"Ego" is a confident, R&B-influenced song by Beyoncé that appears on her album "I Am... Sasha Fierce."
- 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: Self Target entity description: "Self" is a novel by Canadian author Yann Martel that explores identity, gender, and transformation through the life of a narrator who changes sex during adolescence.
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A.
Self
Self is a prototype-based, object-oriented programming language that pioneered many concepts later adopted by languages like JavaScript and ECMAScript.
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B.
You
"You" refers to the collective community of internet users whose user-generated content and online collaboration transformed media, culture, and communication in the digital age.
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C.
Self/less
Self/less is a 2015 science fiction thriller film about a dying billionaire who transfers his consciousness into a younger body, only to uncover the disturbing origins of his new life.
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D.
Ego
"Ego" is a pop-dance single by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays, known for its catchy chorus and chart success in the late 2000s.
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E.
Ego
"Ego" is a confident, R&B-influenced song by Beyoncé that appears on her album "I Am... Sasha Fierce."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Yann Martel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| explores |
construction of identity
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family dynamics ⓘ fluidity of gender ⓘ memory ⓘ sexual relationships ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
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literary fiction ⓘ metafiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780676970483 ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryDevice |
stream of consciousness
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unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 300 ⓘ |
| hasReception | mixed critical reception ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
experimental narrative
ⓘ
introspective prose ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
gender
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identity ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ sexuality ⓘ transformation ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| plotElement | narrator changes sex during adolescence ⓘ |
| precedes | Life of Pi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| publisher | Knopf Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Self Description of subject: "Self" is a novel by Canadian author Yann Martel that explores identity, gender, and transformation through the life of a narrator who changes sex during adolescence.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.