Quentin Jacobsen
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Quentin Jacobsen is the introspective teenage protagonist of John Green’s novel "Paper Towns," whose search for his enigmatic neighbor Margo Roth Spiegelman drives the story’s coming-of-age journey.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quentin Jacobsen canonical | 15 |
| Quentin Jacobsen in Paper Towns | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2461606 — 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: Quentin Jacobsen Context triple: [Paper Towns, mainCharacter, Quentin Jacobsen]
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A.
Elias Pearce
Elias Pearce was the mountaineer credited with making the first recorded ascent of Mount Shasta in California.
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B.
Oliver Chace
Oliver Chace was a 19th-century American textile manufacturer whose early mill ventures eventually evolved into what is now Berkshire Hathaway.
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C.
Elliot Roberts
Elliot Roberts was a prominent American music manager and record executive best known for guiding the careers of artists like Neil Young and Joni Mitchell.
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D.
Dean Moriarty
Dean Moriarty is a wild, charismatic drifter and free spirit in Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road," inspired by the real-life figure Neal Cassady.
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E.
Sebastian Wilder
Sebastian Wilder is a passionate jazz pianist and aspiring club owner in the film "La La Land," whose romance and artistic ambitions drive much of the movie’s emotional core.
- 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: Quentin Jacobsen Target entity description: Quentin Jacobsen is the introspective teenage protagonist of John Green’s novel "Paper Towns," whose search for his enigmatic neighbor Margo Roth Spiegelman drives the story’s coming-of-age journey.
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A.
Elias Pearce
Elias Pearce was the mountaineer credited with making the first recorded ascent of Mount Shasta in California.
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B.
Oliver Chace
Oliver Chace was a 19th-century American textile manufacturer whose early mill ventures eventually evolved into what is now Berkshire Hathaway.
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C.
Elliot Roberts
Elliot Roberts was a prominent American music manager and record executive best known for guiding the careers of artists like Neil Young and Joni Mitchell.
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D.
Dean Moriarty
Dean Moriarty is a wild, charismatic drifter and free spirit in Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road," inspired by the real-life figure Neal Cassady.
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E.
Sebastian Wilder
Sebastian Wilder is a passionate jazz pianist and aspiring club owner in the film "La La Land," whose romance and artistic ambitions drive much of the movie’s emotional core.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
Paper Towns (2015 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Paper Towns
|
| age | teenager ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Paper Towns ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
paper towns metaphor
ⓘ
road trip to find Margo Roth Spiegelman ⓘ |
| authorNationalityOfWork | American ⓘ |
| bookPublisherOfWork |
Dutton Books
ⓘ
linked to:
Dutton
|
| characterArc |
gains a more realistic understanding of others
ⓘ
learns to see people as complex individuals ⓘ |
| closeFriendGroup | Ben Starling and Radar ⓘ |
| creator | John Green ⓘ |
| drivesPlot |
search for Margo Roth Spiegelman
ⓘ
linked to:
Margo Roth Spiegelman
|
| education | Jefferson Park High School ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Paper Towns (2008 novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
Paper Towns
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasFriend |
Ben Starling
ⓘ
Radar ⓘ |
| hasFullName | Quentin Jacobsen ⓘ |
| hasNeighbor | Margo Roth Spiegelman ⓘ |
| hasPromDate | Lacey Pemberton ⓘ |
| literaryWorkGenre | mystery elements ⓘ |
| livesWith | his parents ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
coming-of-age protagonist
ⓘ
first-person narrator ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | high school student ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
cautious
ⓘ
introspective ⓘ loyal ⓘ thoughtful ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Nat Wolff ⓘ |
| residence |
Orlando, Florida
ⓘ
linked to:
Orlando
|
| romanticInterest | Margo Roth Spiegelman ⓘ |
| searchMotivation | understanding Margo Roth Spiegelman ⓘ |
| setting | suburban Orlando, Florida ⓘ |
| storyGenre |
realistic fiction
ⓘ
young adult fiction ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
coming of age
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identity ⓘ perception versus reality ⓘ |
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: Quentin Jacobsen Description of subject: Quentin Jacobsen is the introspective teenage protagonist of John Green’s novel "Paper Towns," whose search for his enigmatic neighbor Margo Roth Spiegelman drives the story’s coming-of-age journey.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.