Thomas
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Thomas is the given name of the 19th-century Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu, known for his influential Gothic and horror fiction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11203472 — 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: Thomas Context triple: [Sheridan Le Fanu, givenName, Thomas]
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John
John IV of Portugal was a 17th-century Portuguese king who restored the country's independence from Spain and founded the Braganza dynasty.
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John
John is the given name of John Henry Patterson, an American industrialist and founder of the National Cash Register Company.
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John
John is the first name of J. Michael Luttig, a prominent American conservative jurist and former federal appellate judge.
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John
John was a historical Prince of Asturias, the traditional title for the heir apparent to the Spanish throne.
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John
John is the given name of John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst, a prominent 19th-century British lawyer and politician who served three times as Lord Chancellor.
- 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: Thomas Target entity description: Thomas is the given name of the 19th-century Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu, known for his influential Gothic and horror fiction.
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Edwards, an English literary critic and poet known for his 18th-century work "The Canons of Criticism."
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Thomas
Thomas is the first name of T. F. O'Rahilly, an Irish scholar known for his influential work in Celtic studies and Irish linguistics.
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Paine, the influential 18th-century political philosopher and writer known for works like "Common Sense" and "The Rights of Man."
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Edwards, a notable Welsh poet.
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, a renowned British naval officer and radical politician of the 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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journalist ⓘ novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| birthName | Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mount Jerome Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1814-08-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1873-02-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Trinity College Dublin ⓘ |
| familyName | Le Fanu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Thomas Philip Le Fanu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
Gothic fiction
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horror fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Gothic horror genre
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vampire fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mother | Emma Lucretia Dobbin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Victorian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish ⓘ |
| notableFor | influential Gothic and horror fiction ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Carmilla
NERFINISHED
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In a Glass Darkly NERFINISHED ⓘ The House by the Churchyard NERFINISHED ⓘ Uncle Silas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
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novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dublin ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
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| sibling | William Le Fanu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Susanna Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Dublin
NERFINISHED
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| wrote |
Carmilla
NERFINISHED
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In a Glass Darkly NERFINISHED ⓘ The House by the Churchyard NERFINISHED ⓘ Uncle Silas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Thomas Description of subject: Thomas is the given name of the 19th-century Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu, known for his influential Gothic and horror fiction.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.