Stradlater
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Stradlater is a popular, self-absorbed, and superficially charming prep school student who serves as Holden Caulfield’s conceited roommate and foil in J.D. Salinger’s novel.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ward Stradlater | 2 |
| Stradlater canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T614582 — 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: Stradlater Context triple: [The Catcher in the Rye, character, Stradlater]
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A.
Angelo
Angelo is a masculine given name of Greek origin, commonly used in various cultures and often associated with the meaning "angel" or "messenger."
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B.
Dean Moriarty
Dean Moriarty is a wild, charismatic drifter and free spirit in Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road," inspired by the real-life figure Neal Cassady.
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C.
Roderick
Roderick is the full given name of Rod Langway, a Hall of Fame former professional ice hockey defenseman best known for his time with the Washington Capitals.
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D.
Raymond
Raymond is a surname most notably associated with Eric S. Raymond, an American software developer, open-source advocate, and author of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
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E.
Raymond
Raymond is the furry blue sea-dog mascot of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays, known for his playful antics at the team’s home games.
- 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: Stradlater Target entity description: Stradlater is a popular, self-absorbed, and superficially charming prep school student who serves as Holden Caulfield’s conceited roommate and foil in J.D. Salinger’s novel.
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A.
Angelo
Angelo is a masculine given name of Greek origin, commonly used in various cultures and often associated with the meaning "angel" or "messenger."
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B.
Dean Moriarty
Dean Moriarty is a wild, charismatic drifter and free spirit in Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road," inspired by the real-life figure Neal Cassady.
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C.
Roderick
Roderick is the full given name of Rod Langway, a Hall of Fame former professional ice hockey defenseman best known for his time with the Washington Capitals.
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D.
Raymond
Raymond is the furry blue sea-dog mascot of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays, known for his playful antics at the team’s home games.
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E.
Raymond
Raymond is a surname most notably associated with Eric S. Raymond, an American software developer, open-source advocate, and author of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ prep school student ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Catcher in the Rye ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
adolescent sexuality
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masculinity ⓘ phoniness ⓘ |
| attendsSchool | Pencey Prep ⓘ |
| causesConflictWith | Holden Caulfield ⓘ |
| characterRole | foil to Holden Caulfield ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
conceited
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popular ⓘ self-absorbed ⓘ superficially charming ⓘ |
| createdBy | J. D. Salinger ⓘ |
| describedByNarrator | secret slob ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Catcher in the Rye ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasDateWith | Jane Gallagher ⓘ |
| hasFullName |
Stradlater
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ward Stradlater
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| hasRelationship | classmate of Holden Caulfield ⓘ |
| knownFor |
athleticism
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good looks ⓘ success with girls ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
contrasts with Holden Caulfield’s sensitivity
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highlights Holden Caulfield’s insecurity ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| roommateOf | Holden Caulfield ⓘ |
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: Stradlater Description of subject: Stradlater is a popular, self-absorbed, and superficially charming prep school student who serves as Holden Caulfield’s conceited roommate and foil in J.D. Salinger’s novel.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ward Stradlater
this entity surface form:
Ward Stradlater