Self’s Deception
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Self’s Deception is a novel by German author and legal scholar Bernhard Schlink that explores themes of guilt, memory, and moral ambiguity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Self’s Deception canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10014156 — 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: Self’s Deception Context triple: [Bernhard Schlink, notableWork, Self’s Deception]
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A.
“The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life”
“The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life” is a book by evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers that explores how deception and self-deception evolved and shape human behavior, psychology, and society.
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B.
Deceive
"Deceive" is a popular Afro-pop song by Nigerian singer Yemi Alade, known for its catchy melody and themes of romantic conflict and mistrust.
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C.
The Man Who Cheated Himself
The Man Who Cheated Himself is a 1950 film noir crime drama starring Lee J. Cobb and Jane Wyatt, known for its tale of a veteran homicide detective who becomes entangled in a murder cover-up.
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D.
Illusions
"Illusions" is a smooth R&B track by Babyface featured on his 1993 album "For the Cool in You."
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E.
Illusions
"Illusions" is a jazz album by Franco-Lebanese trumpeter and composer Ibrahim Maalouf, known for its blend of Middle Eastern influences, improvisation, and cinematic arrangements.
- 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: Self’s Deception Target entity description: Self’s Deception is a novel by German author and legal scholar Bernhard Schlink that explores themes of guilt, memory, and moral ambiguity.
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A.
“The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life”
“The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life” is a book by evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers that explores how deception and self-deception evolved and shape human behavior, psychology, and society.
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B.
Deceive
"Deceive" is a popular Afro-pop song by Nigerian singer Yemi Alade, known for its catchy melody and themes of romantic conflict and mistrust.
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C.
The Man Who Cheated Himself
The Man Who Cheated Himself is a 1950 film noir crime drama starring Lee J. Cobb and Jane Wyatt, known for its tale of a veteran homicide detective who becomes entangled in a murder cover-up.
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D.
Illusions
"Illusions" is a smooth R&B track by Babyface featured on his 1993 album "For the Cool in You."
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E.
Illusions
"Illusions" is a jazz album by Franco-Lebanese trumpeter and composer Ibrahim Maalouf, known for its blend of Middle Eastern influences, improvisation, and cinematic arrangements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Bernhard Schlink ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation |
legal scholar
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| genre | literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | German ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose narrative ⓘ |
| hasMoralFocus |
ethical responsibility
ⓘ
self-deception in personal life ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| literaryTheme |
guilt
ⓘ
memory ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| title | Self’s Deception ⓘ |
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: Self’s Deception Description of subject: Self’s Deception is a novel by German author and legal scholar Bernhard Schlink that explores themes of guilt, memory, and moral ambiguity.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.