crème brûlée
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Crème brûlée is a classic French custard dessert topped with a thin, hard layer of caramelized sugar.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Creme Brulee | 2 |
| burnt cream | 1 |
| crème brûlée canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9788414 — 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: crème brûlée Context triple: [French cuisine, hasDessert, crème brûlée]
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A.
Pavlova
Pavlova is a famous Russian surname most notably associated with legendary ballerina Anna Pavlova.
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B.
tarte flambée
Tarte flambée is a traditional Alsatian dish consisting of an ultra-thin flatbread topped with crème fraîche, onions, and lardons, baked quickly at high heat.
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C.
Creme Fraiche
"Crème Fraiche" is a semi-autobiographical, boundary-pushing work by Danish writer Suzanne Brøgger that explores sexuality, identity, and female liberation.
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D.
Caramel
"Caramel" is a mellow, jazz-tinged song by American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega, known for its sultry mood and appearance on the soundtrack of the film "The Truth About Cats & Dogs."
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E.
Bakewell pudding
Bakewell pudding is a traditional English dessert from the town of Bakewell, typically consisting of a flaky pastry base spread with jam and topped with an egg and almond custard.
- 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: crème brûlée Target entity description: Crème brûlée is a classic French custard dessert topped with a thin, hard layer of caramelized sugar.
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A.
Pavlova
Pavlova is a famous Russian surname most notably associated with legendary ballerina Anna Pavlova.
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B.
tarte flambée
Tarte flambée is a traditional Alsatian dish consisting of an ultra-thin flatbread topped with crème fraîche, onions, and lardons, baked quickly at high heat.
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C.
Creme Fraiche
"Crème Fraiche" is a semi-autobiographical, boundary-pushing work by Danish writer Suzanne Brøgger that explores sexuality, identity, and female liberation.
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D.
Caramel
"Caramel" is a mellow, jazz-tinged song by American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega, known for its sultry mood and appearance on the soundtrack of the film "The Truth About Cats & Dogs."
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E.
Bakewell pudding
Bakewell pudding is a traditional English dessert from the town of Bakewell, typically consisting of a flaky pastry base spread with jam and topped with an egg and almond custard.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French cuisine dish
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custard dessert ⓘ dessert ⓘ |
| commonFlavorVariant |
chocolate crème brûlée
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citrus crème brûlée ⓘ coffee crème brûlée ⓘ matcha crème brûlée ⓘ |
| commonOccasion |
fine dining dessert
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special occasions ⓘ |
| containsEggs | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| course | dessert course ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
burnt cream
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linked to:
crème brûlée
crème anglaise brûlée ⓘ trinity cream ⓘ |
| hasColor |
golden brown caramelized top
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pale yellow custard ⓘ |
| hasFlavor |
caramel
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vanilla ⓘ |
| hasMainIngredient |
cream
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egg yolks ⓘ sugar ⓘ vanilla ⓘ |
| hasPreparationStep |
baking custard in a water bath
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caramelizing sugar to form a hard crust ⓘ cooling and chilling the custard ⓘ mixing cream, egg yolks, sugar, and flavoring ⓘ sprinkling sugar on top ⓘ |
| hasTexture |
crisp sugar crust
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smooth custard ⓘ |
| hasTopping | caramelized sugar ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWithCuisine | French cuisine ⓘ |
| isDairyProductBased | true ⓘ |
| isGlutenFreeByDefault | true ⓘ |
| isPopularIn | restaurants worldwide ⓘ |
| isSingleServing | usually ⓘ |
| requiresChillingTime | yes ⓘ |
| requiresKitchenTool |
kitchen blowtorch
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oven ⓘ |
| servedIn | ramekin ⓘ |
| servingTemperature | chilled ⓘ |
| textureContrast | creamy interior and hard top layer ⓘ |
| toppingPreparationMethod |
sugar caramelized under a broiler
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sugar caramelized with a kitchen torch ⓘ |
| typicalCookingMethod |
baked in a water bath
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custard baked in ramekins ⓘ |
| typicalSweetnessLevel | high ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: crème brûlée Description of subject: Crème brûlée is a classic French custard dessert topped with a thin, hard layer of caramelized sugar.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: crème brûlée