Dr. Robinson
E145071
Dr. Robinson is a minor but pivotal character in Mark Twain's novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," whose murder in the graveyard sets off a central mystery in the story.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dr. Robinson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1269152 — 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: Dr. Robinson Context triple: [Injun Joe, kills, Dr. Robinson]
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A.
Doc Golightly
Doc Golightly is a character in Truman Capote's "Breakfast at Tiffany's," known as the older Texan veterinarian who was once married to Holly Golightly and reveals her past.
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B.
Dr. Alfred Jones
Dr. Alfred Jones is a reserved British fisheries scientist whose unlikely involvement in a visionary project to introduce salmon fishing to the Yemeni desert drives the plot of the novel and film "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen."
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C.
Dr. Jerry Xavier
Dr. Jerry Xavier is a fictional character associated with the persona of Doctor X, likely serving as an alter ego or key figure within that narrative universe.
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D.
Dr. Doug Ross
Dr. Doug Ross is a charismatic and rebellious pediatrician on the television medical drama "ER," known for his deep compassion for children and complex personal life.
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E.
Dr. Casares
Dr. Casares is a compassionate, aging doctor and caretaker at a remote orphanage in Guillermo del Toro’s gothic horror film "The Devil’s Backbone."
- 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: Dr. Robinson Target entity description: Dr. Robinson is a minor but pivotal character in Mark Twain's novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," whose murder in the graveyard sets off a central mystery in the story.
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A.
Doc Golightly
Doc Golightly is a character in Truman Capote's "Breakfast at Tiffany's," known as the older Texan veterinarian who was once married to Holly Golightly and reveals her past.
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B.
Dr. Alfred Jones
Dr. Alfred Jones is a reserved British fisheries scientist whose unlikely involvement in a visionary project to introduce salmon fishing to the Yemeni desert drives the plot of the novel and film "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen."
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C.
Dr. Jerry Xavier
Dr. Jerry Xavier is a fictional character associated with the persona of Doctor X, likely serving as an alter ego or key figure within that narrative universe.
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D.
Dr. Doug Ross
Dr. Doug Ross is a charismatic and rebellious pediatrician on the television medical drama "ER," known for his deep compassion for children and complex personal life.
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E.
Dr. Casares
Dr. Casares is a compassionate, aging doctor and caretaker at a remote orphanage in Guillermo del Toro’s gothic horror film "The Devil’s Backbone."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
doctor
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fictional character ⓘ supporting character ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
adventure fiction
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children's literature ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Mark Twain ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Huckleberry Finn
ⓘ
Tom Sawyer ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation | graveyard ⓘ |
| causeOfEvent | his murder sets off a central mystery in the story ⓘ |
| characterIn | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Mark Twain ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | catalyst for main mystery ⓘ |
| notableEvent | murdered in the graveyard ⓘ |
| roleInPlot | minor but pivotal character ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1876 ⓘ |
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: Dr. Robinson Description of subject: Dr. Robinson is a minor but pivotal character in Mark Twain's novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," whose murder in the graveyard sets off a central mystery in the story.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.