Sleep
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Sleep is a naturally recurring state of rest in which consciousness is altered and the body and brain undergo essential restorative processes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sleep canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2282427 — 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: Sleep Context triple: [Nyx, associatedWith, Sleep]
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A.
Sleep
Sleep is an experimental 1963 avant-garde film by Andy Warhol consisting of extended, nearly static footage of poet John Giorno sleeping.
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B.
Night and Sleep
"Night and Sleep" is a symbolist painting by British artist Evelyn De Morgan that allegorically personifies the figures of Night and Sleep in a richly colored, mystical composition.
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C.
Insomnia
Insomnia is a horror-fantasy novel by Stephen King that intertwines with his larger Dark Tower universe through shared characters, themes, and metaphysical elements.
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D.
Insomnia
Insomnia is a 2002 psychological thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan, following a sleep-deprived detective investigating a murder in an Alaskan town where the sun never sets.
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E.
No Sleeep
"No Sleeep" is a sultry, mid-tempo R&B single by Janet Jackson, released in 2015 as the lead track from her album "Unbreakable."
- 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: Sleep Target entity description: Sleep is a naturally recurring state of rest in which consciousness is altered and the body and brain undergo essential restorative processes.
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A.
Sleep
Sleep is an experimental 1963 avant-garde film by Andy Warhol consisting of extended, nearly static footage of poet John Giorno sleeping.
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B.
Night and Sleep
"Night and Sleep" is a symbolist painting by British artist Evelyn De Morgan that allegorically personifies the figures of Night and Sleep in a richly colored, mystical composition.
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C.
Insomnia
Insomnia is a horror-fantasy novel by Stephen King that intertwines with his larger Dark Tower universe through shared characters, themes, and metaphysical elements.
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D.
Insomnia
Insomnia is a 2002 psychological thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan, following a sleep-deprived detective investigating a murder in an Alaskan town where the sun never sets.
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E.
No Sleeep
"No Sleeep" is a sultry, mid-tempo R&B single by Janet Jackson, released in 2015 as the lead track from her album "Unbreakable."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Behavioral state
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Biological phenomenon ⓘ Physiological process ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Body temperature reduction
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Dreaming ⓘ Hormone secretion changes ⓘ Muscle atonia in REM sleep ⓘ Reduced blood pressure ⓘ Reduced heart rate ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
Altered consciousness
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Naturally recurring ⓘ Reduced responsiveness to external stimuli ⓘ Relative immobility ⓘ Reversible ⓘ |
| hasDisorder |
Insomnia
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Narcolepsy ⓘ Parasomnias ⓘ Restless legs syndrome ⓘ Sleep apnea ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
Brain waste clearance
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Emotional regulation ⓘ Energy conservation ⓘ Immune system support ⓘ Memory consolidation ⓘ Metabolic regulation ⓘ Restoration of the body ⓘ Restoration of the brain ⓘ |
| hasStage |
N1 sleep
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N2 sleep ⓘ N3 sleep ⓘ Non-rapid eye movement sleep ⓘ Rapid eye movement sleep ⓘ |
| insufficientSleepAssociatedWith |
Cardiovascular disease risk
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Impaired cognitive performance ⓘ Increased accident risk ⓘ Metabolic disorders ⓘ Mood disturbances ⓘ |
| measuredBy |
Actigraphy
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Electroencephalography ⓘ Polysomnography ⓘ |
| occursIn |
Birds
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Humans ⓘ Mammals ⓘ Many other animals ⓘ Reptiles ⓘ |
| partOf | Daily sleep–wake cycle ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
Adenosine
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Circadian rhythm ⓘ Homeostatic sleep drive ⓘ Melatonin ⓘ Suprachiasmatic nucleus ⓘ |
| typicalDurationInAdults | 7 to 9 hours per night ⓘ |
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: Sleep Description of subject: Sleep is a naturally recurring state of rest in which consciousness is altered and the body and brain undergo essential restorative processes.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.