Gimpl tam
E400158
Gimpl tam is the original Yiddish title of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s classic short story known in English as "Gimpel the Fool."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gimpl tam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3912924 — 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: Gimpl tam Context triple: [Gimpel the Fool, hasTitleInYiddish, Gimpl tam]
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A.
Tamambo
Tamambo is an Oceanic Austronesian language spoken primarily on Malo Island in Vanuatu.
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B.
Tamalu
Tamalu is a village located on Car Nicobar Island in the Nicobar district of India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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C.
Gahal
Gahal was a right-wing political alliance in Israel formed in the 1960s, primarily uniting the Herut movement with the Liberal Party and serving as a key predecessor to the Likud party.
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D.
Goemai
Goemai is a West Chadic language spoken primarily in central Nigeria by the Goemai people.
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E.
Gillam
Gillam is a small remote community in northern Manitoba, Canada, known as a service and access point for nearby wilderness areas and hydroelectric developments.
- 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: Gimpl tam Target entity description: Gimpl tam is the original Yiddish title of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s classic short story known in English as "Gimpel the Fool."
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A.
Tamambo
Tamambo is an Oceanic Austronesian language spoken primarily on Malo Island in Vanuatu.
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B.
Tamalu
Tamalu is a village located on Car Nicobar Island in the Nicobar district of India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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C.
Gahal
Gahal was a right-wing political alliance in Israel formed in the 1960s, primarily uniting the Herut movement with the Liberal Party and serving as a key predecessor to the Likud party.
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D.
Goemai
Goemai is a West Chadic language spoken primarily in central Nigeria by the Goemai people.
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E.
Gillam
Gillam is a small remote community in northern Manitoba, Canada, known as a service and access point for nearby wilderness areas and hydroelectric developments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Bashevis Singer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Poland ⓘ |
| creator | Isaac Bashevis Singer ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Gimpel
ⓘ
linked to:
Gimpel the Fool
Gimpl ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Gimpel the Fool ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | Gimpel the Fool ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
faith
ⓘ
folly ⓘ forgiveness ⓘ innocence ⓘ spiritual resilience ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| language | Yiddish ⓘ |
| literaryLanguage | Yiddish literature ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayal of a simple, devout man regarded as a fool by his community ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | גימפּל תם ⓘ |
| originalTitleOf | Gimpel the Fool ⓘ |
| partOf | Yiddish short story tradition ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism ⓘ |
| writtenByNobelLaureate | Isaac Bashevis Singer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gimpl tam Description of subject: Gimpl tam is the original Yiddish title of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s classic short story known in English as "Gimpel the Fool."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.