Invisible
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Invisible is a 2009 novel by Paul Auster that follows a young aspiring poet whose life is irrevocably altered by a chance encounter with a mysterious couple in 1967 New York, exploring themes of identity, memory, and narrative unreliability.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Invisible canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6828203 — 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: Invisible Context triple: [Paul Auster, notableWork, Invisible]
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A.
Invisible
"Invisible" is a track from will.i.am's 2007 pop and hip-hop album *Songs About Girls*.
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B.
Invisible Horizons
Invisible Horizons is a nonfiction book by Vincent Gaddis that explores mysterious maritime disappearances and sea legends, including accounts related to the Bermuda Triangle.
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C.
The Invisible Way
The Invisible Way is a 2013 studio album by the American indie rock band Low, noted for its intimate, piano-driven sound and production by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy.
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D.
You Can't See Me
"You Can't See Me" is the debut studio hip-hop album by professional wrestler and entertainer John Cena, showcasing his rap persona beyond the wrestling ring.
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E.
We Come Unseen
We Come Unseen is the motto of the Royal Navy Submarine Service, reflecting its emphasis on stealth and covert operations beneath the sea.
- 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: Invisible Target entity description: Invisible is a 2009 novel by Paul Auster that follows a young aspiring poet whose life is irrevocably altered by a chance encounter with a mysterious couple in 1967 New York, exploring themes of identity, memory, and narrative unreliability.
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A.
Invisible
"Invisible" is a track from will.i.am's 2007 pop and hip-hop album *Songs About Girls*.
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B.
Invisible Horizons
Invisible Horizons is a nonfiction book by Vincent Gaddis that explores mysterious maritime disappearances and sea legends, including accounts related to the Bermuda Triangle.
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C.
The Invisible Way
The Invisible Way is a 2013 studio album by the American indie rock band Low, noted for its intimate, piano-driven sound and production by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy.
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D.
You Can't See Me
"You Can't See Me" is the debut studio hip-hop album by professional wrestler and entertainer John Cena, showcasing his rap persona beyond the wrestling ring.
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E.
We Come Unseen
We Come Unseen is the motto of the Royal Navy Submarine Service, reflecting its emphasis on stealth and covert operations beneath the sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Paul Auster ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| exploresConcept |
blurred boundary between reality and fiction
ⓘ
construction of self through narrative ⓘ unreliability of memory ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Adam Walker
ⓘ
Margot ⓘ Rudolf Born ⓘ |
| hasForm |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasMotiveForce | chance encounter ⓘ |
| hasPart | multiple sections with different narrative modes ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Adam Walker ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | multi-part structure ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
frame narrative
ⓘ
unreliable narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Paul Auster bibliography ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A young aspiring poet in 1967 New York has his life altered by a chance encounter with a mysterious couple. ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | aspiring poet ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| publisher | Henry Holt and Company ⓘ |
| setInLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1967 ⓘ |
| theme |
guilt
ⓘ
identity ⓘ memory ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ narrative unreliability ⓘ sexuality ⓘ truth and fiction ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timeOfNarration | years after the events of 1967 ⓘ |
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: Invisible Description of subject: Invisible is a 2009 novel by Paul Auster that follows a young aspiring poet whose life is irrevocably altered by a chance encounter with a mysterious couple in 1967 New York, exploring themes of identity, memory, and narrative unreliability.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.