Gilliatt
E754085
Gilliatt is the solitary, resourceful fisherman and central hero of Victor Hugo’s novel *Les Travailleurs de la mer*, known for his epic struggle against the sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gilliatt canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8719501 — 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: Gilliatt Context triple: [Les Travailleurs de la mer, hasMainCharacter, Gilliatt]
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A.
Gillooly
Gillooly is the family surname of acclaimed American actress Ellen Burstyn, reflecting her birth name before she adopted her stage surname.
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B.
Gillies
Gillies is a Scottish-origin surname borne by numerous individuals, including notable figures in sports, arts, and public life.
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C.
Gillen
Gillen is a small coastal settlement on the Waternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
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D.
Gillespie
Gillespie is a Scottish-origin surname most famously associated with American jazz trumpeter and composer Dizzy Gillespie.
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E.
Lillo
Lillo is a historic village and former fortress on the Scheldt River in northern Belgium, now part of the Antwerp district of Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo.
- 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: Gilliatt Target entity description: Gilliatt is the solitary, resourceful fisherman and central hero of Victor Hugo’s novel *Les Travailleurs de la mer*, known for his epic struggle against the sea.
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A.
Gillooly
Gillooly is the family surname of acclaimed American actress Ellen Burstyn, reflecting her birth name before she adopted her stage surname.
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B.
Gillies
Gillies is a Scottish-origin surname borne by numerous individuals, including notable figures in sports, arts, and public life.
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C.
Gillen
Gillen is a small coastal settlement on the Waternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
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D.
Gillespie
Gillespie is a Scottish-origin surname most famously associated with American jazz trumpeter and composer Dizzy Gillespie.
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E.
Lillo
Lillo is a historic village and former fortress on the Scheldt River in northern Belgium, now part of the Antwerp district of Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Les Travailleurs de la mer ⓘ |
| appearsInEnglishTitle | Toilers of the Sea ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Durande
ⓘ
Lethierry ⓘ |
| authorNationality | French ⓘ |
| centralRole | hero ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
courageous
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resourceful ⓘ solitary ⓘ tenacious ⓘ |
| createdBy | Victor Hugo ⓘ |
| creatorWorkGenre | romantic novel ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | French literature ⓘ |
| facesAntagonist |
isolation
ⓘ
natural forces ⓘ the sea ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1866 ⓘ |
| goal | win Déruchette’s hand in marriage ⓘ |
| hasReputationAs | mythic seafaring hero ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovementAssociation | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century French literature ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Déruchette ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| motivation | love for Déruchette ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodiment of human perseverance ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | Guernseyman ⓘ |
| notableEpisode | battle with an octopus ⓘ |
| notableFor |
epic struggle against the sea
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salvaging a wrecked steamship engine ⓘ |
| occupation | fisherman ⓘ |
| residence | Guernsey ⓘ |
| residenceType | isolated house ⓘ |
| setting |
Channel Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
sea ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
human versus nature
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sacrifice ⓘ solitude ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
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: Gilliatt Description of subject: Gilliatt is the solitary, resourceful fisherman and central hero of Victor Hugo’s novel *Les Travailleurs de la mer*, known for his epic struggle against the sea.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.