Trip Fontaine
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Trip Fontaine is a charismatic, popular teenage boy in Jeffrey Eugenides' novel and its film adaptation "The Virgin Suicides," remembered for his intense but ultimately tragic romance with Lux Lisbon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trip Fontaine canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9839545 — 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: Trip Fontaine Context triple: [The Virgin Suicides, narratorCharacter, Trip Fontaine]
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A.
Andre Lyon
Andre Lyon is a central character on the television drama "Empire," known as the ambitious and troubled eldest son of the Lyon family who battles mental health issues while vying for control of the family’s music empire.
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B.
Daniel Lapaine
Daniel Lapaine is an Australian actor known for his roles in films such as "Muriel's Wedding" and appearances in television series including "Black Mirror."
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C.
Alex Troffey
Alex Troffey was a film editor known for his work on the 1933 comedy short "Hot Pepper" and other early 20th-century motion pictures.
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D.
Guy Trosper
Guy Trosper was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, including several notable dramas and biographical movies.
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E.
Paul D’Amour
Paul D’Amour is an American musician and bassist best known as the original bass player for the progressive metal band Tool.
- 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: Trip Fontaine Target entity description: Trip Fontaine is a charismatic, popular teenage boy in Jeffrey Eugenides' novel and its film adaptation "The Virgin Suicides," remembered for his intense but ultimately tragic romance with Lux Lisbon.
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A.
Andre Lyon
Andre Lyon is a central character on the television drama "Empire," known as the ambitious and troubled eldest son of the Lyon family who battles mental health issues while vying for control of the family’s music empire.
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B.
Daniel Lapaine
Daniel Lapaine is an Australian actor known for his roles in films such as "Muriel's Wedding" and appearances in television series including "Black Mirror."
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C.
Alex Troffey
Alex Troffey was a film editor known for his work on the 1933 comedy short "Hot Pepper" and other early 20th-century motion pictures.
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D.
Guy Trosper
Guy Trosper was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, including several notable dramas and biographical movies.
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E.
Paul D’Amour
Paul D’Amour is an American musician and bassist best known as the original bass player for the progressive metal band Tool.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| adaptationFrom | The Virgin Suicides (novel) to The Virgin Suicides (film) ⓘ |
| adultPortrayalCharacteristic |
emotionally damaged
ⓘ
remorseful ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Virgin Suicides
ⓘ
The Virgin Suicides (film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Virgin Suicides
|
| associatedWithFamily | Lisbon family ⓘ |
| characteristic |
charismatic
ⓘ
handsome ⓘ popular ⓘ rebellious ⓘ self-indulgent ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Jeffrey Eugenides ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Virgin Suicides (1993 novel) ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hairColor | brown ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| laterLifeDepiction | appears as an adult in a rehab facility in the film ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Lux Lisbon ⓘ |
| medium |
feature film
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
romantic interest of Lux Lisbon
ⓘ
symbol of adolescent desire ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
abandons Lux Lisbon on the football field after the dance
ⓘ
takes Lux Lisbon to the homecoming dance ⓘ |
| occupation | high school student ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Josh Hartnett ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
The Virgin Suicides (1999 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Virgin Suicides
|
| relationshipOutcome | romance with Lux Lisbon ends tragically ⓘ |
| rememberedBy | neighborhood boys who narrate the story ⓘ |
| schoolActivity |
football player
ⓘ
popular athlete ⓘ |
| setting | suburban Grosse Pointe, Michigan ⓘ |
| storyFunction | catalyst for Lux Lisbon’s increasing rebellion ⓘ |
| substanceUse |
alcohol
ⓘ
marijuana ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
adolescent sexuality
ⓘ
guilt and regret ⓘ memory and nostalgia ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
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: Trip Fontaine Description of subject: Trip Fontaine is a charismatic, popular teenage boy in Jeffrey Eugenides' novel and its film adaptation "The Virgin Suicides," remembered for his intense but ultimately tragic romance with Lux Lisbon.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.