Obsession
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Obsession is a novel by American crime writer Lionel White, known for its hardboiled suspense and for inspiring Jean-Luc Godard’s film "Pierrot le Fou."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Obsession canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8625809 — 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: Obsession Context triple: [Pierrot le Fou, basedOn, Obsession]
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A.
Obsession
"Obsession" is a synth-pop single by American singer Sky Ferreira that helped introduce her dark, edgy pop aesthetic to a wider audience.
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B.
Obsession
Obsession is a 1976 psychological thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, known for its Hitchcockian style, themes of guilt and identity, and Bernard Herrmann’s haunting score.
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C.
Obsessed
"Obsessed" is a 2009 R&B/pop single by Mariah Carey, known for its confrontational lyrics and catchy hook, widely interpreted as a response to rapper Eminem.
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D.
Obsessed
Obsessed is a social media account or online persona that is followed by the user Cinco.
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E.
Obsessed
"Obsessed" is a country-pop studio album by American duo Dan + Shay, featuring romantic, harmony-rich tracks that helped solidify their mainstream success.
- 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: Obsession Target entity description: Obsession is a novel by American crime writer Lionel White, known for its hardboiled suspense and for inspiring Jean-Luc Godard’s film "Pierrot le Fou."
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A.
Obsession
"Obsession" is a synth-pop single by American singer Sky Ferreira that helped introduce her dark, edgy pop aesthetic to a wider audience.
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B.
Obsession
Obsession is a 1976 psychological thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, known for its Hitchcockian style, themes of guilt and identity, and Bernard Herrmann’s haunting score.
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C.
Obsessed
Obsessed is a social media account or online persona that is followed by the user Cinco.
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D.
Obsessed
"Obsessed" is a country-pop studio album by American duo Dan + Shay, featuring romantic, harmony-rich tracks that helped solidify their mainstream success.
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E.
Obsessed
"Obsessed" is a 2009 R&B/pop single by Mariah Carey, known for its confrontational lyrics and catchy hook, widely interpreted as a response to rapper Eminem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
film director ⓘ novel ⓘ person ⓘ |
| author | Lionel White ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Jean-Luc Godard ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
hardboiled fiction ⓘ suspense fiction ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Obsession ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | Pierrot le Fou ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | hardboiled suspense style ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Obsession
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Pierrot le Fou ⓘ |
| occupation | crime writer ⓘ |
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: Obsession Description of subject: Obsession is a novel by American crime writer Lionel White, known for its hardboiled suspense and for inspiring Jean-Luc Godard’s film "Pierrot le Fou."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.