Nomes
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Nomes are a subterranean, gnome-like race of magical beings in L. Frank Baum’s Oz universe, typically depicted as miners and antagonists who covet precious metals and jewels.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nomes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7680451 — 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: Nomes Context triple: [The Emerald City of Oz, featuresSpecies, Nomes]
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A.
Namnetes
The Namnetes were an ancient Celtic tribe of western Gaul, associated with the region around modern Nantes in present-day France.
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B.
Nom
Nom is a domain name marketplace and service platform operating under the brand Nom.com.
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C.
Nome
Nome is a remote coastal city in western Alaska known historically for its gold rush heritage and as a key transportation and supply hub on the Bering Sea.
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D.
Nume
Nume is an Oceanic language spoken on the island of Gaua in northern Vanuatu.
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E.
The Names
The Names is a 1982 novel by Don DeLillo that blends political intrigue, linguistic obsession, and expatriate life in Greece and the Middle East into a meditative exploration of language, violence, and meaning.
- 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: Nomes Target entity description: Nomes are a subterranean, gnome-like race of magical beings in L. Frank Baum’s Oz universe, typically depicted as miners and antagonists who covet precious metals and jewels.
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A.
Namnetes
The Namnetes were an ancient Celtic tribe of western Gaul, associated with the region around modern Nantes in present-day France.
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B.
Nom
Nom is a domain name marketplace and service platform operating under the brand Nom.com.
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C.
Nome
Nome is a remote coastal city in western Alaska known historically for its gold rush heritage and as a key transportation and supply hub on the Bering Sea.
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D.
Nume
Nume is an Oceanic language spoken on the island of Gaua in northern Vanuatu.
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E.
The Names
The Names is a 1982 novel by Don DeLillo that blends political intrigue, linguistic obsession, and expatriate life in Greece and the Middle East into a meditative exploration of language, violence, and meaning.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonists
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fictional race ⓘ magical beings ⓘ subterranean creatures ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Gnomes ⓘ |
| appearIn |
Ozma of Oz
NERFINISHED
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Rinkitink in Oz NERFINISHED ⓘ The Emerald City of Oz NERFINISHED ⓘ Tik-Tok of Oz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedElement | earth ⓘ |
| associatedWith | underground treasure ⓘ |
| commonAdversary |
Dorothy Gale
NERFINISHED
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Ozma NERFINISHED ⓘ inhabitants of Oz ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| creator | L. Frank Baum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalTrait |
love of gold
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mistrust of mortals ⓘ resentment of surface people ⓘ |
| fearOf | eggs ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Oz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Ozma of Oz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | fantasy ⓘ |
| governedBy | Nome King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| introducedInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| language | Nome language ⓘ |
| medium | children’s fantasy literature ⓘ |
| notableLocation | Nome King’s caverns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember | Kaliko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Roquat the Red
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ruggedo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| physicalResemblance | gnomes ⓘ |
| primaryActivity |
hoarding jewels
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hoarding precious metals ⓘ |
| primaryDesire |
covet jewels
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covet precious metals ⓘ |
| primaryOccupation | miners ⓘ |
| relatedRace | gnomes in European folklore ⓘ |
| roleInStories |
invaders of Oz
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kidnappers ⓘ villains ⓘ |
| speciesType | earth spirits ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
| typicalAlignment | hostile to surface dwellers ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
Nome Kingdom
NERFINISHED
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underground ⓘ |
| weakness | eggs ⓘ |
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: Nomes Description of subject: Nomes are a subterranean, gnome-like race of magical beings in L. Frank Baum’s Oz universe, typically depicted as miners and antagonists who covet precious metals and jewels.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.