The Sweeper of Dreams
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The Sweeper of Dreams is a short fantasy story by Neil Gaiman that explores the mysterious figure who cleans up the remnants of people's dreams.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Sweeper of Dreams canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6875510 — 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: The Sweeper of Dreams Context triple: [Smoke and Mirrors, containsWork, The Sweeper of Dreams]
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A.
Book of Dreams
"Book of Dreams" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1992 album *Lucky Town*, known for its intimate, romantic lyrics and reflective tone.
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B.
The Theatre of Dreams
The Theatre of Dreams is the famous moniker for Manchester United’s iconic Old Trafford stadium, renowned for its rich footballing history and passionate atmosphere.
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C.
Twelve Dreams
Twelve Dreams is a stage play by James Lapine that explores psychological and surreal themes through the dream life of a troubled young girl.
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D.
In Between Dreams
In Between Dreams is a mellow, acoustic-driven 2005 studio album by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson, known for its laid-back surf-folk sound and songs like "Better Together" and "Banana Pancakes."
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E.
A Bad Dream
"A Bad Dream" is a melancholic piano-driven song by the English band Keane, known for its introspective lyrics and atmospheric, emotive sound.
- 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: The Sweeper of Dreams Target entity description: The Sweeper of Dreams is a short fantasy story by Neil Gaiman that explores the mysterious figure who cleans up the remnants of people's dreams.
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A.
Book of Dreams
"Book of Dreams" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1992 album *Lucky Town*, known for its intimate, romantic lyrics and reflective tone.
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B.
The Theatre of Dreams
The Theatre of Dreams is the famous moniker for Manchester United’s iconic Old Trafford stadium, renowned for its rich footballing history and passionate atmosphere.
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C.
Twelve Dreams
Twelve Dreams is a stage play by James Lapine that explores psychological and surreal themes through the dream life of a troubled young girl.
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D.
In Between Dreams
In Between Dreams is a mellow, acoustic-driven 2005 studio album by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson, known for its laid-back surf-folk sound and songs like "Better Together" and "Banana Pancakes."
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E.
A Bad Dream
"A Bad Dream" is a melancholic piano-driven song by the English band Keane, known for its introspective lyrics and atmospheric, emotive sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fantasy story
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Neil Gaiman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Neil Gaiman ⓘ |
| fictionalTheme |
dreams
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mysterious figure ⓘ |
| genre | fantasy ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacterRole | sweeper of dreams ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
forgetting
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memory ⓘ surrealism ⓘ
linked to:
Surrealism
the boundary between dreams and reality ⓘ |
| hasSettingType | dreamscape ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | figure who cleans up remnants of people’s dreams ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Neil Gaiman ⓘ |
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: The Sweeper of Dreams Description of subject: The Sweeper of Dreams is a short fantasy story by Neil Gaiman that explores the mysterious figure who cleans up the remnants of people's dreams.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.