Stool Pigeon
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Stool Pigeon is a prophetic, streetwise neighborhood elder in August Wilson’s play "King Hedley II," serving as a spiritual commentator and witness to the community’s struggles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stool Pigeon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7362309 — 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: Stool Pigeon Context triple: [King Hedley II, character, Stool Pigeon]
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A.
A Cloud in Trousers
A Cloud in Trousers is a landmark 1915 Russian Futurist poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky that blends passionate love, political revolt, and avant-garde experimentation.
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B.
Nil by Mouth
Nil by Mouth is a 1997 British drama film written and directed by Gary Oldman that portrays a brutal, unflinching look at domestic violence and addiction in South London.
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C.
The Fartz
The Fartz were an early 1980s Seattle hardcore punk band known for their politically charged lyrics and for featuring future Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan.
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D.
The Byrds of Paradise
The Byrds of Paradise are a musical group best known for their notable recording of the song "From a Distance."
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E.
To a Louse
"To a Louse" is a satirical poem by Robert Burns that humorously reflects on human vanity and self-awareness after the speaker spots a louse crawling on a finely dressed woman in church.
- 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: Stool Pigeon Target entity description: Stool Pigeon is a prophetic, streetwise neighborhood elder in August Wilson’s play "King Hedley II," serving as a spiritual commentator and witness to the community’s struggles.
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A.
A Cloud in Trousers
A Cloud in Trousers is a landmark 1915 Russian Futurist poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky that blends passionate love, political revolt, and avant-garde experimentation.
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B.
Nil by Mouth
Nil by Mouth is a 1997 British drama film written and directed by Gary Oldman that portrays a brutal, unflinching look at domestic violence and addiction in South London.
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C.
The Fartz
The Fartz were an early 1980s Seattle hardcore punk band known for their politically charged lyrics and for featuring future Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan.
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D.
The Byrds of Paradise
The Byrds of Paradise are a musical group best known for their notable recording of the song "From a Distance."
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E.
To a Louse
"To a Louse" is a satirical poem by Robert Burns that humorously reflects on human vanity and self-awareness after the speaker spots a louse crawling on a finely dressed woman in church.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | King Hedley II ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
African American community history
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prophecy and fate ⓘ spirituality ⓘ urban struggle ⓘ violence and redemption ⓘ |
| createdBy | August Wilson ⓘ |
| hasRole |
neighborhood elder
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prophetic figure ⓘ spiritual commentator ⓘ witness to community struggles ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
eccentric
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observant ⓘ religiously minded ⓘ streetwise ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | drama ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
carrier of community memory
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chorus-like commentator ⓘ spiritual conscience of the neighborhood ⓘ |
| partOfWorkBy |
August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle
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linked to:
August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle
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| relatedCharacterInWork |
King Hedley II
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Ruby ⓘ Tonya ⓘ |
| setIn |
Pittsburgh
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linked to:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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| setInCycle | Pittsburgh Cycle ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
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: Stool Pigeon Description of subject: Stool Pigeon is a prophetic, streetwise neighborhood elder in August Wilson’s play "King Hedley II," serving as a spiritual commentator and witness to the community’s struggles.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.