Dewey Gland
E1011914
Dewey Gland is a fictional member of the bohemian social circle known as the Whole Sick Crew in Thomas Pynchon’s novel "V."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dewey Gland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12943540 — 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: Dewey Gland Context triple: [the Whole Sick Crew, hasMember, Dewey Gland]
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A.
Gland
Gland is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Vaud, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva between Geneva and Lausanne.
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B.
Hypothymis
Hypothymis is a genus of small passerine birds commonly known as monarch flycatchers, found mainly in forested regions of South and Southeast Asia.
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C.
Lancre
Lancre is a small, mountainous kingdom in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, best known as the home of the witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Magrat Garlick.
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D.
Glandyfi
Glandyfi is a small hamlet in Ceredigion, Wales, known for its scenic setting near the River Dovey and the Cambrian Coast railway line.
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E.
Jacobson’s organ
Jacobson’s organ, also known as the vomeronasal organ, is a chemosensory structure in many vertebrates that detects pheromones and other chemical cues to aid in behaviors like hunting, mating, and social communication.
- 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: Dewey Gland Target entity description: Dewey Gland is a fictional member of the bohemian social circle known as the Whole Sick Crew in Thomas Pynchon’s novel "V."
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A.
Gland
Gland is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Vaud, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva between Geneva and Lausanne.
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B.
Hypothymis
Hypothymis is a genus of small passerine birds commonly known as monarch flycatchers, found mainly in forested regions of South and Southeast Asia.
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C.
Lancre
Lancre is a small, mountainous kingdom in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, best known as the home of the witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Magrat Garlick.
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D.
Glandyfi
Glandyfi is a small hamlet in Ceredigion, Wales, known for its scenic setting near the River Dovey and the Cambrian Coast railway line.
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E.
Jacobson’s organ
Jacobson’s organ, also known as the vomeronasal organ, is a chemosensory structure in many vertebrates that detects pheromones and other chemical cues to aid in behaviors like hunting, mating, and social communication.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
V. (novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
V.
|
| associatedWith |
Whole Sick Crew
ⓘ
linked to:
the Whole Sick Crew
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Thomas Pynchon ⓘ |
| describedIn |
V. (novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
V.
|
| fictionalStatus | fictional ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
V. (novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
V.
|
| genre | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | bohemian ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Whole Sick Crew
ⓘ
linked to:
the Whole Sick Crew
|
| narrativeRole | minor character ⓘ |
| partOf | bohemian social circle in V. (novel) ⓘ |
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: Dewey Gland Description of subject: Dewey Gland is a fictional member of the bohemian social circle known as the Whole Sick Crew in Thomas Pynchon’s novel "V."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.