Elise Shifrin
E345170
Elise Shifrin is a central character in Don DeLillo’s novel (and David Cronenberg’s film adaptation) "Cosmopolis," known as the enigmatic poet and wife of billionaire asset manager Eric Packer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elise Shifrin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3282070 — 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: Elise Shifrin Context triple: [Cosmopolis, notableCharacter, Elise Shifrin]
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A.
Yuri Bashmet
Yuri Bashmet is a renowned Russian violist and conductor, celebrated for his virtuosic performances and significant contributions to contemporary viola repertoire.
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B.
Hilary Hahn
Hilary Hahn is an acclaimed American violinist renowned for her virtuosity, interpretive depth, and wide-ranging repertoire spanning classical masterworks to contemporary compositions.
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C.
Maxim Vengerov
Maxim Vengerov is a world-renowned Russian-Israeli violinist and conductor celebrated for his virtuosic technique, expressive interpretations, and extensive international performing and recording career.
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D.
Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang is a renowned Chinese classical pianist celebrated for her virtuosic technique, charismatic stage presence, and acclaimed performances with leading orchestras worldwide.
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E.
Evgeny Kissin
Evgeny Kissin is a renowned Russian-born classical pianist celebrated worldwide for his virtuosic technique and profound interpretations of the Romantic repertoire.
- 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: Elise Shifrin Target entity description: Elise Shifrin is a central character in Don DeLillo’s novel (and David Cronenberg’s film adaptation) "Cosmopolis," known as the enigmatic poet and wife of billionaire asset manager Eric Packer.
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A.
Yuri Bashmet
Yuri Bashmet is a renowned Russian violist and conductor, celebrated for his virtuosic performances and significant contributions to contemporary viola repertoire.
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B.
Hilary Hahn
Hilary Hahn is an acclaimed American violinist renowned for her virtuosity, interpretive depth, and wide-ranging repertoire spanning classical masterworks to contemporary compositions.
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C.
Maxim Vengerov
Maxim Vengerov is a world-renowned Russian-Israeli violinist and conductor celebrated for his virtuosic technique, expressive interpretations, and extensive international performing and recording career.
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D.
Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang is a renowned Chinese classical pianist celebrated for her virtuosic technique, charismatic stage presence, and acclaimed performances with leading orchestras worldwide.
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E.
Evgeny Kissin
Evgeny Kissin is a renowned Russian-born classical pianist celebrated worldwide for his virtuosic technique and profound interpretations of the Romantic repertoire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedFor | cinema ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Cosmopolis (score)
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surface form:
Cosmopolis (2012 film)
Cosmopolis ⓘ
surface form:
Cosmopolis (novel)
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| associatedWithTheme |
alienation
ⓘ
art and capitalism ⓘ marital estrangement ⓘ wealth and privilege ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Don DeLillo ⓘ |
| characterRole | central character ⓘ |
| creator | Don DeLillo ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Cosmopolis ⓘ |
| genreContext | postmodern fiction ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | wife of billionaire asset manager ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| occupation | poet ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Eric Packer ⓘ |
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: Elise Shifrin Description of subject: Elise Shifrin is a central character in Don DeLillo’s novel (and David Cronenberg’s film adaptation) "Cosmopolis," known as the enigmatic poet and wife of billionaire asset manager Eric Packer.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.