David Selig
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David Selig is the troubled, telepathic protagonist of Robert Silverberg’s novel "Dying Inside," whose fading psychic powers force him to confront his identity and isolation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Selig canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8494949 — 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: David Selig Context triple: [Dying Inside, mainCharacter, David Selig]
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A.
Ben Demaree
Ben Demaree is a cinematographer and filmmaker known for his work on low-budget genre films, including fantasy and science fiction titles.
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B.
Allan H. Selig
Allan H. "Bud" Selig is the former Commissioner of Major League Baseball who oversaw significant changes to the sport, including expansion, the introduction of the wild card, and interleague play.
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C.
James Steinberg
James Steinberg is an American diplomat and policy expert who has held senior U.S. government roles, including serving in the White House and the State Department.
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D.
Bob Tzudiker
Bob Tzudiker is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing Disney animated films such as "Tarzan" and "The Lion King."
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E.
Peter Seligmann
Peter Seligmann is an American environmentalist and business leader best known for co-founding and leading the global conservation organization Conservation International.
- 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: David Selig Target entity description: David Selig is the troubled, telepathic protagonist of Robert Silverberg’s novel "Dying Inside," whose fading psychic powers force him to confront his identity and isolation.
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A.
Ben Demaree
Ben Demaree is a cinematographer and filmmaker known for his work on low-budget genre films, including fantasy and science fiction titles.
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B.
Allan H. Selig
Allan H. "Bud" Selig is the former Commissioner of Major League Baseball who oversaw significant changes to the sport, including expansion, the introduction of the wild card, and interleague play.
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C.
James Steinberg
James Steinberg is an American diplomat and policy expert who has held senior U.S. government roles, including serving in the White House and the State Department.
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D.
Bob Tzudiker
Bob Tzudiker is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing Disney animated films such as "Tarzan" and "The Lion King."
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E.
Peter Seligmann
Peter Seligmann is an American environmentalist and business leader best known for co-founding and leading the global conservation organization Conservation International.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Dying Inside ⓘ |
| associatedWithWorkPublicationYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| centralToTheme | what remains when special talents fade ⓘ |
| createdBy | Robert Silverberg ⓘ |
| experiences |
gradual decline of psychic abilities
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increasing inability to read minds ⓘ nostalgia for earlier strength of powers ⓘ |
| featuredInGenre | psychological science fiction ⓘ |
| feels |
anxiety about power loss
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emotional detachment from others ⓘ shame about using telepathy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfFiction | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAbility | telepathy ⓘ |
| hasEducation | attended Columbia University ⓘ |
| hasInternalConflict | whether telepathy is a gift or a curse ⓘ |
| hasNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOnWorld |
cynical
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melancholic ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipType | romantic relationship with Kitty ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith | Kitty ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
alienated
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introspective ⓘ introverted ⓘ isolated ⓘ troubled ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | example of character-driven science fiction protagonist ⓘ |
| livesIn | New York City ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| occupation |
freelance editor
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ghostwriter ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | Dying Inside ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
aging
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identity ⓘ isolation ⓘ loss of telepathic powers ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the fear of creative or intellectual decline
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the fragility of identity ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
burden of extraordinary powers
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difficulty of human connection ⓘ fear of losing self ⓘ |
| usesAbilityFor | academic cheating services ⓘ |
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: David Selig Description of subject: David Selig is the troubled, telepathic protagonist of Robert Silverberg’s novel "Dying Inside," whose fading psychic powers force him to confront his identity and isolation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.