Mr. Sir
E658812
Mr. Sir is the gruff, intimidating counselor at Camp Green Lake in Louis Sachar’s novel "Holes," known for his harsh treatment of the boys and his distinctive sunflower seed habit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mr. Sir canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7357152 — 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: Mr. Sir Context triple: [Holes, character, Mr. Sir]
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A.
Mr. Man
"Mr. Man" is a song by Alicia Keys from her debut studio album "Songs in A Minor."
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B.
Mr. G
Mr. G is the nickname of Gustaf V, who was King of Sweden from 1907 to 1950 and one of the longest-reigning Swedish monarchs.
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C.
Mister Johnson
Mister Johnson is a 1990 drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, adapted from Joyce Cary’s novel about a Nigerian clerk navigating British colonial rule in the 1920s.
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D.
Mr. B
Mr. B is a music producer known for his work on Beyoncé’s debut solo album "Dangerously in Love."
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E.
Mr. Salter
Mr. Salter is a minor but memorable character in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "Scoop," contributing to the book’s comic portrayal of the British press.
- 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: Mr. Sir Target entity description: Mr. Sir is the gruff, intimidating counselor at Camp Green Lake in Louis Sachar’s novel "Holes," known for his harsh treatment of the boys and his distinctive sunflower seed habit.
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A.
Mr. Man
"Mr. Man" is a song by Alicia Keys from her debut studio album "Songs in A Minor."
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B.
Mr. G
Mr. G is the nickname of Gustaf V, who was King of Sweden from 1907 to 1950 and one of the longest-reigning Swedish monarchs.
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C.
Mister Johnson
Mister Johnson is a 1990 drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, adapted from Joyce Cary’s novel about a Nigerian clerk navigating British colonial rule in the 1920s.
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D.
Mr. B
Mr. B is a music producer known for his work on Beyoncé’s debut solo album "Dangerously in Love."
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E.
Mr. Salter
Mr. Salter is a minor but memorable character in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "Scoop," contributing to the book’s comic portrayal of the British press.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
camp counselor
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Holes
ⓘ
Holes (2003 film adaptation) ⓘ
linked to:
Holes
Holes (novel) ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
abuse of authority
ⓘ
punishment and injustice ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
discipline at Camp Green Lake
ⓘ
sunflower seeds ⓘ |
| characteristic |
gruff
ⓘ
harsh ⓘ intimidating ⓘ |
| consequence | becomes more vindictive toward Stanley after being scratched ⓘ |
| creator | Louis Sachar ⓘ |
| enforces | digging holes as punishment ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1998 (Holes novel release year) ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | children's novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
Armpit
ⓘ
Magnet ⓘ Squid ⓘ Stanley Yelnats IV ⓘ X-Ray ⓘ
linked to:
Röntgen radiation
Zero ⓘ Zigzag ⓘ |
| knownFor |
habit of eating sunflower seeds
ⓘ
harsh treatment of the boys at Camp Green Lake ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American (implied) ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
has his sunflower seeds stolen and blames Stanley
ⓘ
is scratched on the face by the Warden ⓘ |
| occupation | counselor at Camp Green Lake ⓘ |
| partOf |
Camp Green Lake staff
ⓘ
linked to:
Camp Green Lake
|
| personalityTrait |
authoritarian
ⓘ
sarcastic ⓘ short-tempered ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jon Voight ⓘ |
| relationshipWith |
Stanley Yelnats IV (antagonistic)
ⓘ
The Warden (works closely with her) ⓘ Zero (antagonistic) ⓘ |
| roleInWork | antagonist in Holes ⓘ |
| setting | Texas (Camp Green Lake, Texas) ⓘ |
| smokes | cigarettes (film depiction) ⓘ |
| subordinateOf |
Mr. Pendanski
ⓘ
The Warden ⓘ |
| worksAt | Camp Green Lake ⓘ |
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: Mr. Sir Description of subject: Mr. Sir is the gruff, intimidating counselor at Camp Green Lake in Louis Sachar’s novel "Holes," known for his harsh treatment of the boys and his distinctive sunflower seed habit.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.