Ol’ Higue
E896267
Ol’ Higue is a vampiric old woman from Caribbean, especially Jamaican, folklore who sheds her skin at night to suck the blood of sleeping victims, particularly babies.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10960201 — 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: Ol’ Higue Context triple: [JamaicanFolklore, hasKeyFigure, Ol’ Higue]
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A.
O’Barry
O’Barry is a variant form of the name Barry, typically used as a surname of Irish origin.
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B.
Carvallo
Carvallo is a surname, likely a variant of Carvajal, found in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking regions.
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C.
De Barra
De Barra is a variant form of the name Barra, typically used as a surname or family name in Irish and Scottish contexts.
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D.
Palominito
Palominito is a small, picturesque cay off the coast of Fajardo, Puerto Rico, known for its white-sand beaches and clear turquoise waters popular with boaters and snorkelers.
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E.
Escovedo
Escovedo is a surname most prominently associated with the musical family of percussionist and singer Sheila E.
- 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: Ol’ Higue Target entity description: Ol’ Higue is a vampiric old woman from Caribbean, especially Jamaican, folklore who sheds her skin at night to suck the blood of sleeping victims, particularly babies.
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A.
O’Barry
O’Barry is a variant form of the name Barry, typically used as a surname of Irish origin.
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B.
Carvallo
Carvallo is a surname, likely a variant of Carvajal, found in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking regions.
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C.
De Barra
De Barra is a variant form of the name Barra, typically used as a surname or family name in Irish and Scottish contexts.
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D.
Palominito
Palominito is a small, picturesque cay off the coast of Fajardo, Puerto Rico, known for its white-sand beaches and clear turquoise waters popular with boaters and snorkelers.
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E.
Escovedo
Escovedo is a surname most prominently associated with the musical family of percussionist and singer Sheila E.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folklore character
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supernatural being ⓘ vampiric creature ⓘ witch-like figure ⓘ |
| activityTime | night ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hag
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Old Higue ⓘ
linked to:
Ol’ Higue
Ole Higue ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
entering houses at night
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removing her skin and hiding it ⓘ sucking blood through keyholes ⓘ |
| behavior | counts grains or seeds compulsively when scattered ⓘ |
| category |
Caribbean legendary creatures
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female legendary creatures ⓘ mythological vampires ⓘ |
| culture |
Caribbean folklore
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Jamaican folklore ⓘ |
| defeatMethod |
rubbing salt and pepper into her skin
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turning her skin to ash so she cannot re-enter it ⓘ |
| defenseAgainst | scattering rice or seeds to delay her ⓘ |
| feedsOn | blood ⓘ |
| folkloreFunction |
cautionary tale about protecting infants
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explanation for sudden infant death or illness ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | antagonist in folk stories ⓘ |
| primaryVictims |
babies
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sleeping people ⓘ |
| region |
Guyana
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Jamaica ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
hag
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soucouyant ⓘ vampire ⓘ |
| supernaturalTrait |
ability to shed skin
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shape-shifting ⓘ vampirism ⓘ |
| typicalAppearance | old woman ⓘ |
| weakness |
finding and burning her shed skin
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hot pepper ⓘ salt ⓘ |
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: Ol’ Higue Description of subject: Ol’ Higue is a vampiric old woman from Caribbean, especially Jamaican, folklore who sheds her skin at night to suck the blood of sleeping victims, particularly babies.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ol’ Higue