Hubert Selby Jr.
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Hubert Selby Jr. was an American novelist and screenwriter known for his bleak, uncompromising portrayals of urban despair in works such as "Last Exit to Brooklyn" and "Requiem for a Dream."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hubert Selby Jr. canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5342327 — 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: Hubert Selby Jr. Context triple: [Requiem for a Dream, screenwriter, Hubert Selby Jr.]
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A.
Wallace Thurman
Wallace Thurman was an American novelist, editor, and critic best known for his central role in the Harlem Renaissance and his novel "The Blacker the Berry."
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B.
Harold Chestnut
Harold Chestnut was an American engineer and control systems pioneer known for his influential work in automation and leadership within the IEEE.
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C.
Joseph Strick
Joseph Strick was an American filmmaker best known for his bold, often controversial adaptations of major literary works, including James Joyce’s "Ulysses" and "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man."
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D.
Nitcholas Drinkard
Nitcholas Drinkard is a member of the Drinkard family, a musical lineage best known for producing prominent gospel and soul singers.
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E.
Sidney Royel Selby III
Sidney Royel Selby III is the American rapper and singer better known by his stage name Desiigner, who rose to fame with the hit single "Panda."
- 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: Hubert Selby Jr. Target entity description: Hubert Selby Jr. was an American novelist and screenwriter known for his bleak, uncompromising portrayals of urban despair in works such as "Last Exit to Brooklyn" and "Requiem for a Dream."
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A.
Wallace Thurman
Wallace Thurman was an American novelist, editor, and critic best known for his central role in the Harlem Renaissance and his novel "The Blacker the Berry."
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B.
Harold Chestnut
Harold Chestnut was an American engineer and control systems pioneer known for his influential work in automation and leadership within the IEEE.
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C.
Joseph Strick
Joseph Strick was an American filmmaker best known for his bold, often controversial adaptations of major literary works, including James Joyce’s "Ulysses" and "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man."
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D.
Nitcholas Drinkard
Nitcholas Drinkard is a member of the Drinkard family, a musical lineage best known for producing prominent gospel and soul singers.
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E.
Sidney Royel Selby III
Sidney Royel Selby III is the American rapper and singer better known by his stage name Desiigner, who rose to fame with the hit single "Panda."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| adaptationOfWork |
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989 film)
NERFINISHED
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Requiem for a Dream (2000 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-07-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2004-04-26 ⓘ |
| employer | University of Southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Selby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
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psychological fiction ⓘ transgressive fiction ⓘ urban fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Hubert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
daughter
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son ⓘ |
| influenced |
Anthony Bourdain
NERFINISHED
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Bret Easton Ellis NERFINISHED ⓘ Darren Aronofsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Irvin D. Yalom NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Stahl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medicalCondition | tuberculosis ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Merchant Marine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| name | Hubert Selby Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Last Exit to Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
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Requiem for a Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ Song of the Silent Snow NERFINISHED ⓘ The Demon NERFINISHED ⓘ The Room NERFINISHED ⓘ The Willow Tree NERFINISHED ⓘ Waiting Period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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screenwriter ⓘ short story writer ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | creative writing instructor ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| screenwriterOf | Requiem for a Dream (2000 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Suzanne Selby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingStyle | bleak and uncompromising portrayals of urban despair ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Hubert Selby Jr. Description of subject: Hubert Selby Jr. was an American novelist and screenwriter known for his bleak, uncompromising portrayals of urban despair in works such as "Last Exit to Brooklyn" and "Requiem for a Dream."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.