Glen Selvy
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Glen Selvy is a central character in Don DeLillo’s novel "Running Dog," depicted as a disillusioned former government operative entangled in a dangerous conspiracy involving a rumored pornographic film of Adolf Hitler.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glen Selvy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3281963 — 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: Glen Selvy Context triple: [Running Dog, notableCharacter, Glen Selvy]
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A.
Ray Cusick
Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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B.
Ben Haggerty
Ben Haggerty, better known by his stage name Macklemore, is an American rapper and songwriter recognized for hits like "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us."
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C.
Gordon Malloy
Gordon Malloy is a wisecracking, skilled helmsman and loyal crew member aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy-drama series "The Orville."
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D.
Cliff Hagan
Cliff Hagan is an American Hall of Fame basketball player best known for his scoring prowess with the St. Louis Hawks and later as a player-coach in the ABA.
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E.
John Dunlavy
John Dunlavy was an early 19th-century American religious leader and writer involved in the dissolution of the Springfield Presbytery and later known for his association with the Shaker movement.
- 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: Glen Selvy Target entity description: Glen Selvy is a central character in Don DeLillo’s novel "Running Dog," depicted as a disillusioned former government operative entangled in a dangerous conspiracy involving a rumored pornographic film of Adolf Hitler.
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A.
Ray Cusick
Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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B.
Ben Haggerty
Ben Haggerty, better known by his stage name Macklemore, is an American rapper and songwriter recognized for hits like "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us."
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C.
Gordon Malloy
Gordon Malloy is a wisecracking, skilled helmsman and loyal crew member aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy-drama series "The Orville."
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D.
Cliff Hagan
Cliff Hagan is an American Hall of Fame basketball player best known for his scoring prowess with the St. Louis Hawks and later as a player-coach in the ABA.
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E.
John Dunlavy
John Dunlavy was an early 19th-century American religious leader and writer involved in the dissolution of the Springfield Presbytery and later known for his association with the Shaker movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Running Dog ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
disillusionment with power structures
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government secrecy ⓘ political corruption ⓘ surveillance culture ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
cynical
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disillusioned ⓘ world-weary ⓘ |
| conflictType |
man versus self
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man versus state ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
U.S. intelligence community
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Intelligence Community
|
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Don DeLillo ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Running Dog (novel) ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Running Dog (1978 novel) ⓘ |
| genreContext |
political thriller
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postmodern fiction ⓘ |
| involvedIn | conspiracy surrounding a rumored pornographic film of Adolf Hitler ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | postmodern American literature ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| motivation | uncovering the truth behind the Hitler film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central character
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | former government operative ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalSetting | Cold War era ⓘ |
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: Glen Selvy Description of subject: Glen Selvy is a central character in Don DeLillo’s novel "Running Dog," depicted as a disillusioned former government operative entangled in a dangerous conspiracy involving a rumored pornographic film of Adolf Hitler.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.