Anatol Ludwig Stiller
E417010
Anatol Ludwig Stiller is the enigmatic central character of Max Frisch’s novel "Stiller," known for his radical attempt to abandon his former identity and reinvent himself.
All labels observed (1)
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| Anatol Ludwig Stiller canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4160928 — 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: Anatol Ludwig Stiller Context triple: [Stiller, hasProtagonist, Anatol Ludwig Stiller]
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A.
Herbert Lange
Herbert Lange was an SS officer and early commandant of the Chełmno (Kulmhof) extermination camp, where he played a key role in developing and implementing mass murder techniques during the Holocaust.
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B.
Walter Rohland
Walter Rohland was a German industrialist and steel executive who played a significant role in managing armaments production for Nazi Germany during World War II.
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C.
Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born American film director famed for his sophisticated romantic comedies and the distinctive "Lubitsch Touch" in Hollywood’s Golden Age.
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D.
Erich von Stroheim
Erich von Stroheim was an Austrian-American filmmaker and actor renowned for his extravagant, uncompromising silent-era epics and his influential role in early Hollywood cinema.
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E.
Paul Henreid
Paul Henreid was an Austrian-born actor and director best known for his role as resistance leader Victor Laszlo in the classic film "Casablanca."
- 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: Anatol Ludwig Stiller Target entity description: Anatol Ludwig Stiller is the enigmatic central character of Max Frisch’s novel "Stiller," known for his radical attempt to abandon his former identity and reinvent himself.
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A.
Herbert Lange
Herbert Lange was an SS officer and early commandant of the Chełmno (Kulmhof) extermination camp, where he played a key role in developing and implementing mass murder techniques during the Holocaust.
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B.
Walter Rohland
Walter Rohland was a German industrialist and steel executive who played a significant role in managing armaments production for Nazi Germany during World War II.
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C.
Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born American film director famed for his sophisticated romantic comedies and the distinctive "Lubitsch Touch" in Hollywood’s Golden Age.
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D.
Erich von Stroheim
Erich von Stroheim was an Austrian-American filmmaker and actor renowned for his extravagant, uncompromising silent-era epics and his influential role in early Hollywood cinema.
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E.
Paul Henreid
Paul Henreid was an Austrian-born actor and director best known for his role as resistance leader Victor Laszlo in the classic film "Casablanca."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy |
Max Frisch
ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss author Max Frisch
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| centralCharacterOf | novel "Stiller" ⓘ |
| characterArc |
denial of his former identity as Stiller
ⓘ
gradual confrontation with his past life ⓘ |
| characterType | unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| conflictType | internal conflict about identity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| creator | Max Frisch ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | novel "Stiller" ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | "Stiller" ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAlias | James Larkin White ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | exemplifies existential questions of identity in postwar European literature ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempting to abandon his former identity
ⓘ
radical self-reinvention ⓘ |
| occupation | sculptor ⓘ |
| relationship | estranged husband of Julika Stiller-Tschudy ⓘ |
| settingAssociatedWith |
Switzerland
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| spouse | Julika Stiller-Tschudy ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
alienation
ⓘ
identity ⓘ selfhood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Anatol Ludwig Stiller Description of subject: Anatol Ludwig Stiller is the enigmatic central character of Max Frisch’s novel "Stiller," known for his radical attempt to abandon his former identity and reinvent himself.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.