Thomas Levy
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Thomas Levy is the fictional graduate student and long-distance runner protagonist of William Goldman’s thriller novel "Marathon Man."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Levy canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8135245 — 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: Thomas Levy Context triple: [Thomas "Babe" Levy, fullName, Thomas Levy]
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A.
David F. Levi
David F. Levi is an American legal scholar and former federal judge who served as dean of Duke University School of Law.
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B.
Louis Levy
Louis Levy was a prominent British film music director and composer known for his influential work on early 20th-century cinema scores.
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C.
Howard Stanton Levey
Howard Stanton Levey, better known as Anton LaVey, was an American occultist, author, and musician who founded the Church of Satan and wrote The Satanic Bible.
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D.
Jim Levenstein
Jim Levenstein is the awkward yet well-meaning protagonist of the American Pie film series, known for his embarrassing sexual mishaps and eventual journey into adulthood and family life.
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E.
Robert L. Levy
Robert L. Levy is a film producer best known for his work on popular Hollywood comedies, including the hit movie "Wedding Crashers."
- 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: Thomas Levy Target entity description: Thomas Levy is the fictional graduate student and long-distance runner protagonist of William Goldman’s thriller novel "Marathon Man."
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A.
David F. Levi
David F. Levi is an American legal scholar and former federal judge who served as dean of Duke University School of Law.
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B.
Louis Levy
Louis Levy was a prominent British film music director and composer known for his influential work on early 20th-century cinema scores.
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C.
Howard Stanton Levey
Howard Stanton Levey, better known as Anton LaVey, was an American occultist, author, and musician who founded the Church of Satan and wrote The Satanic Bible.
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D.
Jim Levenstein
Jim Levenstein is the awkward yet well-meaning protagonist of the American Pie film series, known for his embarrassing sexual mishaps and eventual journey into adulthood and family life.
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E.
Robert L. Levy
Robert L. Levy is a film producer best known for his work on popular Hollywood comedies, including the hit movie "Wedding Crashers."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Babe ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Marathon Man
ⓘ
linked to:
Marathon Man (1976 film)
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| associatedTheme |
legacy of Nazism
ⓘ
survival under persecution ⓘ trust and betrayal ⓘ |
| brotherNickname | Doc ⓘ |
| characterInGenre | thriller fiction ⓘ |
| creator | William Goldman ⓘ |
| education | Columbia University ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Levy ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | history ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| hasBrother | Henry David Levy ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | long-distance running ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
intellectual curiosity
ⓘ
moral courage ⓘ physical endurance ⓘ |
| occupation | graduate student ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Dustin Hoffman ⓘ |
| protagonistOf |
Marathon Man
ⓘ
linked to:
Marathon Man (1976 film)
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| relative | Henry David Levy ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sport | long-distance running ⓘ |
| subjectOf | film adaptation of Marathon Man ⓘ |
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: Thomas Levy Description of subject: Thomas Levy is the fictional graduate student and long-distance runner protagonist of William Goldman’s thriller novel "Marathon Man."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.