Coyotito
E388951
Coyotito is the infant son of Kino and Juana in John Steinbeck’s novella "The Pearl," whose fate drives the story’s central conflict and themes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coyotito canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3798945 — 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: Coyotito Context triple: [The Pearl, mainCharacter, Coyotito]
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A.
Tita de la Garza
Tita de la Garza is the passionate, emotionally expressive heroine of Laura Esquivel’s novel "Like Water for Chocolate," whose cooking magically channels her feelings.
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B.
Lalo
Lalo is a common Spanish nickname for the given name Eduardo.
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C.
Xochicueyetl
Xochicueyetl was a noblewoman of the Aztec elite best known as the mother of the emperor Moctezuma II.
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D.
Mattie
Mattie is a diminutive given name, commonly used as a familiar or affectionate form of names like Martha.
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E.
Mama Ocllo
Mama Ocllo is a revered figure in Inca mythology, often regarded as a founding mother of the Inca civilization and a culture hero associated with teaching essential domestic and social skills.
- 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: Coyotito Target entity description: Coyotito is the infant son of Kino and Juana in John Steinbeck’s novella "The Pearl," whose fate drives the story’s central conflict and themes.
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A.
Tita de la Garza
Tita de la Garza is the passionate, emotionally expressive heroine of Laura Esquivel’s novel "Like Water for Chocolate," whose cooking magically channels her feelings.
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B.
Lalo
Lalo is a common Spanish nickname for the given name Eduardo.
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C.
Xochicueyetl
Xochicueyetl was a noblewoman of the Aztec elite best known as the mother of the emperor Moctezuma II.
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D.
Mattie
Mattie is a diminutive given name, commonly used as a familiar or affectionate form of names like Martha.
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E.
Mama Ocllo
Mama Ocllo is a revered figure in Inca mythology, often regarded as a founding mother of the Inca civilization and a culture hero associated with teaching essential domestic and social skills.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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infant ⓘ literary character ⓘ male character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Pearl ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | John Steinbeck ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
colonial oppression
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family ⓘ fate ⓘ greed ⓘ loss of innocence ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| causeOf |
Kino’s decision to seek medical help
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Kino’s determination to keep the pearl ⓘ conflict with the doctor ⓘ conflict with the town’s power structure ⓘ |
| createdBy | John Steinbeck ⓘ |
| drivesActionOf |
Juana
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Kino ⓘ |
| familyName | none given ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasFather | Kino ⓘ |
| hasMother | Juana ⓘ |
| hasParent |
Juana
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Kino ⓘ |
| importanceInWork |
central to emotional impact
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central to moral message ⓘ |
| isCharacterInNovella | The Pearl ⓘ |
| languageContext | Spanish-speaking community ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
drives plot escalation
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motivates Kino’s search for wealth ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | Mexican ⓘ |
| relationshipToJuana | son ⓘ |
| relationshipToKino | son ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
catalyst for central conflict
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symbol of innocence ⓘ victim of social injustice ⓘ |
| settingOfBirth | La Paz ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
hope for a better future
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innocence ⓘ the cost of greed ⓘ vulnerability of the poor ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | early 20th century ⓘ |
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: Coyotito Description of subject: Coyotito is the infant son of Kino and Juana in John Steinbeck’s novella "The Pearl," whose fate drives the story’s central conflict and themes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.