Frederica Bimmel
E564297
Frederica Bimmel is a young murder victim in Thomas Harris's novel "The Silence of the Lambs," whose disappearance helps FBI trainee Clarice Starling track the serial killer Buffalo Bill.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Frederica Bimmel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6044206 — 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: Frederica Bimmel Context triple: [The Silence of the Lambs (novel), character, Frederica Bimmel]
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A.
Baerbel
Baerbel is a feminine given name of German origin, commonly used as an alternative spelling of Bärbel.
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B.
Elfriede
Elfriede is a feminine given name of German origin, notably borne by Austrian Nobel Prize–winning writer Elfriede Jelinek.
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C.
Mollie Steimer
Mollie Steimer was a Russian-born Jewish anarchist and political activist in the United States, known for her anti-war agitation, prosecution under the Espionage Act, and eventual deportation for her radical beliefs.
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D.
Bettina
Bettina is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin, often considered a diminutive of Elisabeth or Benedetta and used in various European languages.
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E.
Elke Büdenbender
Elke Büdenbender is a German judge who serves as the First Lady of Germany as the wife of President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
- 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: Frederica Bimmel Target entity description: Frederica Bimmel is a young murder victim in Thomas Harris's novel "The Silence of the Lambs," whose disappearance helps FBI trainee Clarice Starling track the serial killer Buffalo Bill.
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A.
Baerbel
Baerbel is a feminine given name of German origin, commonly used as an alternative spelling of Bärbel.
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B.
Elfriede
Elfriede is a feminine given name of German origin, notably borne by Austrian Nobel Prize–winning writer Elfriede Jelinek.
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C.
Mollie Steimer
Mollie Steimer was a Russian-born Jewish anarchist and political activist in the United States, known for her anti-war agitation, prosecution under the Espionage Act, and eventual deportation for her radical beliefs.
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D.
Bettina
Bettina is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin, often considered a diminutive of Elisabeth or Benedetta and used in various European languages.
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E.
Elke Büdenbender
Elke Büdenbender is a German judge who serves as the First Lady of Germany as the wife of President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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murder victim ⓘ |
| adaptedIn | The Silence of the Lambs (1991 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| age | young ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Silence of the Lambs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Thomas Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganizationInFiction | FBI investigation into Buffalo Bill ⓘ |
| characterInNovel | The Silence of the Lambs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginInFiction | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Thomas Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disappearanceHelps | Clarice Starling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disappearanceHelpsTrack | Buffalo Bill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ |
| importanceToPlot | her case provides crucial clues to the serial killer’s identity ⓘ |
| killedBy | Buffalo Bill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | key victim in investigation of Buffalo Bill ⓘ |
| portrayedInFilmBy | Masha Skorobogatov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedToCharacter |
Buffalo Bill
NERFINISHED
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Clarice Starling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| universe | The Silence of the Lambs universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| victimOf | Buffalo Bill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1988 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Frederica Bimmel Description of subject: Frederica Bimmel is a young murder victim in Thomas Harris's novel "The Silence of the Lambs," whose disappearance helps FBI trainee Clarice Starling track the serial killer Buffalo Bill.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.