The Eyes of Buddha
E882061
The Eyes of Buddha is a mystery novel by American author John Ball, best known for creating the character Virgil Tibbs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Eyes of Buddha canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10719785 — 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: The Eyes of Buddha Context triple: [John Ball, notableWork, The Eyes of Buddha]
-
A.
Divine Eye
The Divine Eye is the central sacred emblem of Caodaism, representing the all-seeing presence and guidance of the Supreme Being.
-
B.
On the Bone of the Buddha
On the Bone of the Buddha is a famous 9th-century polemical essay by the Chinese writer Han Yu that fiercely criticizes Buddhism and defends Confucian orthodoxy.
-
C.
Bodhisattva of the Future
Bodhisattva of the Future is a revered Buddhist figure prophesied to appear in a coming age to attain full enlightenment and teach the Dharma anew for the benefit of all beings.
-
D.
Balling Buddha
"Balling Buddha" is a notable poetic work by American poet and performance artist John Giorno, reflecting his avant-garde style and engagement with Buddhist themes.
-
E.
Bodhisattvas of the Earth
Bodhisattvas of the Earth are a vast assembly of enlightened beings in Nichiren Buddhism who emerge in the Lotus Sutra as the destined protectors and propagators of its teachings in the present age.
- 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: The Eyes of Buddha Target entity description: The Eyes of Buddha is a mystery novel by American author John Ball, best known for creating the character Virgil Tibbs.
-
A.
Divine Eye
The Divine Eye is the central sacred emblem of Caodaism, representing the all-seeing presence and guidance of the Supreme Being.
-
B.
On the Bone of the Buddha
On the Bone of the Buddha is a famous 9th-century polemical essay by the Chinese writer Han Yu that fiercely criticizes Buddhism and defends Confucian orthodoxy.
-
C.
Bodhisattva of the Future
Bodhisattva of the Future is a revered Buddhist figure prophesied to appear in a coming age to attain full enlightenment and teach the Dharma anew for the benefit of all beings.
-
D.
Balling Buddha
"Balling Buddha" is a notable poetic work by American poet and performance artist John Giorno, reflecting his avant-garde style and engagement with Buddhist themes.
-
E.
Bodhisattvas of the Earth
Bodhisattvas of the Earth are a vast assembly of enlightened beings in Nichiren Buddhism who emerge in the Lotus Sutra as the destined protectors and propagators of its teachings in the present age.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
mystery novel ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| author | John Ball ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | John Ball ⓘ |
| genre |
mystery fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasCreator | John Ball ⓘ |
| hasNationalityOfAuthor | American ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Eyes of Buddha ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
crime
ⓘ
mystery ⓘ |
| notableFor | creating the character Virgil Tibbs ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Eyes of Buddha ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | John Ball ⓘ |
| occupation |
mystery writer
ⓘ
novelist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| writtenIn | 20th century ⓘ |
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: The Eyes of Buddha Description of subject: The Eyes of Buddha is a mystery novel by American author John Ball, best known for creating the character Virgil Tibbs.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.