Pi
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Pi is the reflective and resilient Indian protagonist and narrator of Yann Martel’s novel "Life of Pi," who survives a shipwreck and shares a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5778573 — 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: Pi Context triple: [Piscine Molitor Patel, nickname, Pi]
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A.
Pi
Pi is a 1998 psychological thriller film directed by Darren Aronofsky that explores obsession, mathematics, and mysticism through the story of a reclusive number theorist.
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B.
Pi (score)
Pi (score) is the minimalist, electronic-infused orchestral soundtrack composed by Clint Mansell for Darren Aronofsky’s 1998 psychological thriller film "Pi."
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C.
Pythagoreio
Pythagoreio is a historic coastal town and popular tourist resort on the Greek island of Samos, known for its ancient harbor and archaeological sites.
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D.
Gauss’s constant
Gauss’s constant is a mathematical constant arising in number theory and complex analysis, particularly in connection with the lemniscate and elliptic functions.
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E.
Tau
Tau is the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet, commonly used as a symbol in mathematics, physics, and engineering.
- 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: Pi Target entity description: Pi is the reflective and resilient Indian protagonist and narrator of Yann Martel’s novel "Life of Pi," who survives a shipwreck and shares a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.
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A.
Pi
Pi is a 1998 psychological thriller film directed by Darren Aronofsky that explores obsession, mathematics, and mysticism through the story of a reclusive number theorist.
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B.
Pi (score)
Pi (score) is the minimalist, electronic-infused orchestral soundtrack composed by Clint Mansell for Darren Aronofsky’s 1998 psychological thriller film "Pi."
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C.
Pythagoreio
Pythagoreio is a historic coastal town and popular tourist resort on the Greek island of Samos, known for its ancient harbor and archaeological sites.
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D.
Gauss’s constant
Gauss’s constant is a mathematical constant arising in number theory and complex analysis, particularly in connection with the lemniscate and elliptic functions.
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E.
Tau
Tau is the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet, commonly used as a symbol in mathematics, physics, and engineering.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn | Life of Pi (2012 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Canada
NERFINISHED
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Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Pondicherry Zoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
faith
ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ survival ⓘ the nature of truth ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
imaginative
ⓘ
reflective ⓘ resilient ⓘ resourceful ⓘ spiritual ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| createdBy | Yann Martel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Indian ⓘ |
| familyName | Patel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Life of Pi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Life of Pi (2001 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Piscine Molitor Patel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction character
ⓘ
survival fiction character ⓘ |
| givenName | Piscine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Ravi Patel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keptAnimalsAt | Pondicherry Zoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfNarration | English ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport | lifeboat ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narratorOf | Life of Pi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Pi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Life of Pi (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | student ⓘ |
| parent |
Gita Patel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Santosh Patel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Pondicherry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Irrfan Khan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Suraj Sharma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | Life of Pi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ |
| sharesLifeboatWith |
Bengal tiger
ⓘ
Richard Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survives |
Pacific Ocean ordeal
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shipwreck ⓘ |
| symbolism |
power of narrative
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relationship between faith and reason ⓘ |
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: Pi Description of subject: Pi is the reflective and resilient Indian protagonist and narrator of Yann Martel’s novel "Life of Pi," who survives a shipwreck and shares a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.