Tequila Leila
E1037220
Tequila Leila is the murdered Istanbul sex worker whose posthumous memories and reflections drive the narrative of Elif Shafak’s novel "10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tequila Leila canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13387544 — 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: Tequila Leila Context triple: [10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World, mainCharacter, Tequila Leila]
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A.
818 Tequila
818 Tequila is a celebrity-backed tequila brand founded by Kendall Jenner, known for its premium agave spirits and strong social media-driven marketing.
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B.
Tequila and Bonetti
Tequila and Bonetti is an early-1990s American comedy-drama television series about a New York cop partnered with a talking police dog in a California beach town.
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C.
Olmeca Tequila
Olmeca Tequila is a Mexican tequila brand known for its agave-based spirits and global distribution in the mainstream international liquor market.
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D.
Casamigos Mezcal (Joven)
Casamigos Mezcal (Joven) is a premium joven-style mezcal known for its smooth, subtly smoky character and crafted under the Casamigos brand co-founded by George Clooney.
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E.
Tequila
Tequila is a Mexican distilled spirit made primarily from the blue agave plant, traditionally produced in and around the town of Tequila in the state of Jalisco.
- 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: Tequila Leila Target entity description: Tequila Leila is the murdered Istanbul sex worker whose posthumous memories and reflections drive the narrative of Elif Shafak’s novel "10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World."
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A.
818 Tequila
818 Tequila is a celebrity-backed tequila brand founded by Kendall Jenner, known for its premium agave spirits and strong social media-driven marketing.
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B.
Tequila and Bonetti
Tequila and Bonetti is an early-1990s American comedy-drama television series about a New York cop partnered with a talking police dog in a California beach town.
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C.
Olmeca Tequila
Olmeca Tequila is a Mexican tequila brand known for its agave-based spirits and global distribution in the mainstream international liquor market.
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D.
Casamigos Mezcal (Joven)
Casamigos Mezcal (Joven) is a premium joven-style mezcal known for its smooth, subtly smoky character and crafted under the Casamigos brand co-founded by George Clooney.
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E.
Tequila
Tequila is a Mexican distilled spirit made primarily from the blue agave plant, traditionally produced in and around the town of Tequila in the state of Jalisco.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
murder victim ⓘ protagonist ⓘ sex worker ⓘ |
| appearsIn | 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
friendship
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identity ⓘ marginalization ⓘ memory ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ social exclusion ⓘ violence against women ⓘ |
| bodyLocationAfterDeath | garbage bin on the outskirts of Istanbul ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | murder ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | Turkey ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | Turkey ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Elif Shafak
ⓘ
linked to:
Elif Şafak
|
| drivesNarrativeOf | 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World ⓘ |
| familyBackground | patriarchal household ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasFriendGroup | outcast friends in Istanbul ⓘ |
| hasFullName | Leila ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Tequila Leila ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person posthumous narration ⓘ |
| isMurdered | true ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| linkedToMotif |
memory and sensory impressions
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time ⓘ urban periphery ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice |
posthumous consciousness
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stream of memories after death ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central narrator
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focal character ⓘ |
| occupation | sex worker in Istanbul ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | Istanbul ⓘ |
| religiousBackground | conservative Muslim family ⓘ |
| sexuality | heterosexual ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
dignity of marginalized women
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resilience in the face of oppression ⓘ |
| timeFrameOfConsciousness | 10 minutes 38 seconds after clinical death ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tequila Leila Description of subject: Tequila Leila is the murdered Istanbul sex worker whose posthumous memories and reflections drive the narrative of Elif Shafak’s novel "10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.