Tillerman family
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The Tillerman family is the central group of siblings and their mother whose struggles and resilience are chronicled in Cynthia Voigt’s acclaimed series of young adult novels.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tillerman family canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7437902 — 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: Tillerman family Context triple: [Central Park, follows, Tillerman family]
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A.
Ernman family
The Ernman family is a prominent Swedish family known especially for opera singer Malena Ernman and climate activist Greta Thunberg.
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B.
Forrester family
The Forrester family is a central fictional dynasty in the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful," known for running the high-fashion house Forrester Creations and for their dramatic personal and professional entanglements.
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C.
Towne family
The Towne family was a 17th-century New England family historically notable for several members, including Sarah Cloyce and her sisters, being accused during the Salem witch trials.
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D.
Mann family
The Mann family is a prominent German literary dynasty best known for producing influential writers such as Thomas Mann and his relatives.
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E.
Noland family
The Noland family is a historically significant family closely linked to the heritage and legacy represented by the Noland Home.
- 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: Tillerman family Target entity description: The Tillerman family is the central group of siblings and their mother whose struggles and resilience are chronicled in Cynthia Voigt’s acclaimed series of young adult novels.
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A.
Ernman family
The Ernman family is a prominent Swedish family known especially for opera singer Malena Ernman and climate activist Greta Thunberg.
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B.
Forrester family
The Forrester family is a central fictional dynasty in the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful," known for running the high-fashion house Forrester Creations and for their dramatic personal and professional entanglements.
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C.
Towne family
The Towne family was a 17th-century New England family historically notable for several members, including Sarah Cloyce and her sisters, being accused during the Salem witch trials.
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D.
Mann family
The Mann family is a prominent German literary dynasty best known for producing influential writers such as Thomas Mann and his relatives.
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E.
Noland family
The Noland family is a historically significant family closely linked to the heritage and legacy represented by the Noland Home.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional family ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | young adult fiction ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries | Tillerman Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThemeOf |
abandonment and survival
ⓘ
coming of age ⓘ family resilience ⓘ |
| createdBy | Cynthia Voigt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresIssue |
foster care and guardianship
ⓘ
identity and independence ⓘ mental illness in parents ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | Homecoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMatriarch |
Abigail Tillerman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Olivia Tillerman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Abigail Tillerman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bullet Tillerman NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicey Tillerman NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Tillerman NERFINISHED ⓘ Gram Tillerman NERFINISHED ⓘ James Tillerman NERFINISHED ⓘ John Tillerman NERFINISHED ⓘ Liza Tillerman NERFINISHED ⓘ Maybeth Tillerman NERFINISHED ⓘ Olivia Tillerman NERFINISHED ⓘ Sammy Tillerman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableAwardForSeries | Newbery Medal for "Dicey’s Song" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableHonorForSeries | Newbery Honor for "A Solitary Blue" ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Dicey Tillerman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
intergenerational trauma
ⓘ
search for home ⓘ sibling responsibility ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| narrativeFocusIn |
A Solitary Blue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Come a Stranger NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicey’s Song NERFINISHED ⓘ Homecoming NERFINISHED ⓘ Seventeen Against the Dealer NERFINISHED ⓘ Sons from Afar NERFINISHED ⓘ The Runner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfWorks | Atheneum Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| setInRegion | New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
adolescent readers
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young adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th 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: Tillerman family Description of subject: The Tillerman family is the central group of siblings and their mother whose struggles and resilience are chronicled in Cynthia Voigt’s acclaimed series of young adult novels.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.