Boylan
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Boylan is the surname of Blazes Boylan, a character in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boylan canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4758235 — 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: Boylan Context triple: [Blazes Boylan, hasSurname, Boylan]
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A.
Boyer
Boyer is a surname most notably associated with Herbert Boyer, a pioneering biochemist and co-founder of the biotechnology company Genentech.
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B.
Boyd
Boyd is a surname of Scottish origin commonly borne by individuals and families in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Boyd Langton
Boyd Langton is a central character in the TV series "Dollhouse," serving as a morally conflicted handler and protector within the secretive organization that runs the Dollhouse.
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D.
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Malcolm Stuart Boylan was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s early sound era, known for contributing to genre films including the science fiction horror movie "Dr. Cyclops."
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E.
Browne
Browne is the surname of Lord Browne of Madingley, the prominent British businessman and former chief executive of BP.
- 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: Boylan Target entity description: Boylan is the surname of Blazes Boylan, a character in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses."
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A.
Boyer
Boyer is a surname most notably associated with Herbert Boyer, a pioneering biochemist and co-founder of the biotechnology company Genentech.
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B.
Boyd
Boyd is a surname of Scottish origin commonly borne by individuals and families in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Boyd Langton
Boyd Langton is a central character in the TV series "Dollhouse," serving as a morally conflicted handler and protector within the secretive organization that runs the Dollhouse.
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D.
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Malcolm Stuart Boylan was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s early sound era, known for contributing to genre films including the science fiction horror movie "Dr. Cyclops."
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E.
Browne
Browne is the surname of Lord Browne of Madingley, the prominent British businessman and former chief executive of BP.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Ulysses ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Leopold Bloom ⓘ |
| category | Irish surnames ⓘ |
| creator | James Joyce ⓘ |
| familyName | Boylan ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation | Dublin ⓘ |
| genre | modernist literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Blazes ⓘ |
| hasAffairWith | Molly Bloom ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
flamboyant
ⓘ
self-confident ⓘ womanizer ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish ⓘ |
| notableEpisode |
The Sirens episode of Ulysses
ⓘ
The Wandering Rocks episode of Ulysses ⓘ |
| occupation |
concert manager
ⓘ
impresario ⓘ |
| partOf |
20th-century literature
ⓘ
Irish literature ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfWork | 1922 ⓘ |
| publisherOfWork |
Shakespeare and Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakespeare and Company bookshop
|
| roleInWork |
Molly Bloom's lover
ⓘ
foil to Leopold Bloom ⓘ |
| settingOfWork |
Dublin, Ireland
ⓘ
linked to:
Dublin
|
| timePeriod | 16 June 1904 ⓘ |
| usedByFictionalCharacter | Blazes Boylan ⓘ |
| workOfFiction | 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: Boylan Description of subject: Boylan is the surname of Blazes Boylan, a character in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.