Liam Digby
E1045452
Liam Digby is the adventurous, space-obsessed boy protagonist of Frank Cottrell Boyce’s children’s novel "Cosmic."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Liam Digby canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13519837 — 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: Liam Digby Context triple: [Cosmic, mainCharacter, Liam Digby]
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A.
Liam Sullivan
Liam Sullivan was an American character actor known for his numerous television and film roles from the 1950s through the 1980s, often portraying suave or villainous figures.
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B.
Liam Dunaway O’Neill
Liam Dunaway O’Neill is the son of acclaimed American actress Faye Dunaway and photographer Terry O’Neill.
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C.
James McNulty
James McNulty is the full name of Jimmy McNulty, the fictional, rule-bending Baltimore homicide detective from the television series "The Wire."
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D.
Liam O'Brien
Liam O'Brien was an American screenwriter and playwright known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films and stage productions.
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E.
Blair Cunningham
Blair Cunningham is an American drummer and session musician known for his work with artists such as Paul McCartney, Echo & the Bunnymen, and the Pretenders.
- 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: Liam Digby Target entity description: Liam Digby is the adventurous, space-obsessed boy protagonist of Frank Cottrell Boyce’s children’s novel "Cosmic."
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A.
Liam Sullivan
Liam Sullivan was an American character actor known for his numerous television and film roles from the 1950s through the 1980s, often portraying suave or villainous figures.
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B.
Liam Dunaway O’Neill
Liam Dunaway O’Neill is the son of acclaimed American actress Faye Dunaway and photographer Terry O’Neill.
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C.
James McNulty
James McNulty is the full name of Jimmy McNulty, the fictional, rule-bending Baltimore homicide detective from the television series "The Wire."
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D.
Liam O'Brien
Liam O'Brien was an American screenwriter and playwright known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films and stage productions.
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E.
Blair Cunningham
Blair Cunningham is an American drummer and session musician known for his work with artists such as Paul McCartney, Echo & the Bunnymen, and the Pretenders.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
child protagonist
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | children's novel ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Cosmic ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Frank Cottrell Boyce
ⓘ
linked to:
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
|
| firstAppearance | Cosmic ⓘ |
| hasAge | pre-teen ⓘ |
| hasFamilyMember | Liam Digby's father ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasInterest |
astronauts
ⓘ
space ⓘ theme parks ⓘ |
| hasNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalCharacteristic | unusually tall for his age ⓘ |
| hasRole |
narrator
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adventure
ⓘ
coming of age ⓘ family ⓘ space exploration ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
adventurous
ⓘ
curious ⓘ imaginative ⓘ space-obsessed ⓘ |
| isMistakenFor | adult ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| learnsLessonAbout |
growing up
ⓘ
parenthood ⓘ responsibility ⓘ |
| livesIn | England ⓘ |
| plotInvolves |
going into space with children
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pretending to be an adult ⓘ space travel ⓘ visiting a space-themed theme park ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfFirstAppearance | 2008 ⓘ |
| targetAudienceOfWork |
children
ⓘ
middle-grade readers ⓘ |
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: Liam Digby Description of subject: Liam Digby is the adventurous, space-obsessed boy protagonist of Frank Cottrell Boyce’s children’s novel "Cosmic."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.