Jack Robinson
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Jack Robinson is one of the adventurous sons in Johann David Wyss’s classic novel "The Swiss Family Robinson," known for his courage and resourcefulness on the deserted island.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jack Robinson canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5664603 — 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: Jack Robinson Context triple: [The Swiss Family Robinson, mainCharacter, Jack Robinson]
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A.
Fred Robinson
Fred Robinson was an American jazz trombonist active in the 1920s and 1930s, known for his work with Louis Armstrong and other leading early jazz ensembles.
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B.
Mack Robinson
Mack Robinson was an American sprinter best known for winning the silver medal in the 200-meter race at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, finishing behind Jesse Owens.
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C.
Don Robinson
Don Robinson is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher known for his long career primarily with the Pittsburgh Pirates and his role as both a starter and reliever in the 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
Fritz Robinson
Fritz Robinson is the adventurous and resourceful eldest son of the shipwrecked family in the classic Disney adaptation of "Swiss Family Robinson."
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E.
Leon Robinson
Leon Robinson is an American actor and singer best known for his roles in films such as "The Five Heartbeats," "Cool Runnings," and "Above the Rim."
- 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: Jack Robinson Target entity description: Jack Robinson is one of the adventurous sons in Johann David Wyss’s classic novel "The Swiss Family Robinson," known for his courage and resourcefulness on the deserted island.
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A.
Fred Robinson
Fred Robinson was an American jazz trombonist active in the 1920s and 1930s, known for his work with Louis Armstrong and other leading early jazz ensembles.
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B.
Mack Robinson
Mack Robinson was an American sprinter best known for winning the silver medal in the 200-meter race at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, finishing behind Jesse Owens.
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C.
Don Robinson
Don Robinson is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher known for his long career primarily with the Pittsburgh Pirates and his role as both a starter and reliever in the 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
Fritz Robinson
Fritz Robinson is the adventurous and resourceful eldest son of the shipwrecked family in the classic Disney adaptation of "Swiss Family Robinson."
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E.
Leon Robinson
Leon Robinson is an American actor and singer best known for his roles in films such as "The Five Heartbeats," "Cool Runnings," and "Above the Rim."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Swiss Family Robinson ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
family cooperation
ⓘ
self-reliance ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| basedOn | castaway adventure tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| createdBy | Johann David Wyss ⓘ |
| familyName | Robinson ⓘ |
| familyNameOfFamily | Robinson family ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Swiss Family Robinson ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | adventure novel ⓘ |
| givenName | Jack ⓘ |
| hasFather | William Robinson ⓘ |
| hasMother | Elizabeth Robinson ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Ernest Robinson
ⓘ
Franz Robinson ⓘ Fritz Robinson ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | son in the Robinson family ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
adventurous
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courageous ⓘ resourceful ⓘ |
| originalWorkPublicationYear | 1812 ⓘ |
| residesOn | deserted island ⓘ |
| settingOfFictionalLife | uninhabited tropical island ⓘ |
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: Jack Robinson Description of subject: Jack Robinson is one of the adventurous sons in Johann David Wyss’s classic novel "The Swiss Family Robinson," known for his courage and resourcefulness on the deserted island.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Fritz Robinson (novel character)
subject linked to:
Ernst Robinson in Swiss Family Robinson
subject linked to:
Ernst Robinson in Swiss Family Robinson