Hobbes
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Hobbes is the sardonic, philosophical stuffed tiger who comes to life in the imagination of a young boy in the comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hobbes canonical | 32 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13008782 — 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: Hobbes Context triple: [Calvin and Hobbes, mainCharacter, Hobbes]
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A.
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes was a 17th-century English philosopher best known for his political theory of social contract and his seminal work "Leviathan," which argued for strong centralized authority to prevent societal chaos.
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B.
Locke
"Locke" is a 2013 British drama film presented almost entirely in real time, featuring Tom Hardy as a construction manager whose life unravels during a solitary nighttime car journey.
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C.
John Locke
John Locke was a 17th-century English philosopher whose ideas on natural rights, government by consent, and the social contract became foundational to modern liberal political thought.
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D.
Montesquiu
Montesquiu is a small municipality in the comarca of Osona in Catalonia, northeastern Spain, known for its rural setting and historic castle.
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E.
Sir Robert Filmer
Sir Robert Filmer was a 17th-century English political theorist best known for defending the divine right of kings, whose ideas were later famously attacked by John Locke.
- 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: Hobbes Target entity description: Hobbes is the sardonic, philosophical stuffed tiger who comes to life in the imagination of a young boy in the comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes."
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A.
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes was a 17th-century English philosopher best known for his political theory of social contract and his seminal work "Leviathan," which argued for strong centralized authority to prevent societal chaos.
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B.
Locke
"Locke" is a 2013 British drama film presented almost entirely in real time, featuring Tom Hardy as a construction manager whose life unravels during a solitary nighttime car journey.
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C.
John Locke
John Locke was a 17th-century English philosopher whose ideas on natural rights, government by consent, and the social contract became foundational to modern liberal political thought.
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D.
Montesquiu
Montesquiu is a small municipality in the comarca of Osona in Catalonia, northeastern Spain, known for its rural setting and historic castle.
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E.
Sir Robert Filmer
Sir Robert Filmer was a 17th-century English political theorist best known for defending the divine right of kings, whose ideas were later famously attacked by John Locke.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropomorphic tiger
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comic strip character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ imaginary friend ⓘ |
| alignment | good-natured ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Calvin and Hobbes ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
humor
ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| basedOn | Bill Watterson's childhood stuffed tiger (inspiration) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States (work's origin)
ⓘ
linked to:
United States (via author)
|
| creator | Bill Watterson ⓘ |
| dislikes |
baths
ⓘ
dogs ⓘ |
| eyeColor | black (stylized) ⓘ |
| favoriteActivity |
eating tuna fish sandwiches
ⓘ
philosophical conversations with Calvin ⓘ pouncing on Calvin ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceWork | Calvin and Hobbes ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasColor | orange with black stripes (in color prints) ⓘ |
| hasFriend | Calvin ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
childhood and friendship
ⓘ
imagination versus reality ⓘ |
| isStuffedAnimalWithinFiction | true ⓘ |
| language | English (dialogue) ⓘ |
| likes |
Calvin
ⓘ
naps ⓘ tuna fish ⓘ |
| medium | newspaper comic strip ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thomas Hobbes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
appearing as a living tiger to Calvin
ⓘ
appearing as a stuffed animal to other characters ⓘ offering philosophical commentary ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
affectionate
ⓘ
mischievous ⓘ philosophical ⓘ playful ⓘ sardonic ⓘ thoughtful ⓘ wry ⓘ |
| philosophicalAssociation | Thomas Hobbes ⓘ |
| primaryRelationship | Calvin ⓘ |
| publisherOfWork |
Universal Press Syndicate (for Calvin and Hobbes)
ⓘ
linked to:
Universal Press Syndicate
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| role |
Calvin's companion
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Calvin's confidant ⓘ Calvin's foil ⓘ |
| setting | American suburban neighborhood ⓘ |
| species | tiger ⓘ |
| visualFormForCalvin | living tiger ⓘ |
| visualFormForOthers | stuffed toy tiger ⓘ |
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: Hobbes Description of subject: Hobbes is the sardonic, philosophical stuffed tiger who comes to life in the imagination of a young boy in the comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes."
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.