Thomas B. Harris
E763359
Thomas B. Harris was a local figure of historical significance after whom the village of Thomasboro, Illinois, was named.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas B. Harris canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8870074 — 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 B. Harris Context triple: [Thomasboro, Illinois, namedAfter, Thomas B. Harris]
-
A.
Raymond Gardner
Raymond Gardner was the brother of famed American actress Ava Gardner, a member of the Gardner family from rural North Carolina.
-
B.
J. Peter Robinson
J. Peter Robinson is a British composer, arranger, and keyboardist known for his film and television scores as well as his work in rock and jazz fusion.
-
C.
Robert A. R. Parker
Robert A. R. Parker was a NASA astronaut and astrophysicist who flew on two Space Shuttle missions and contributed significantly to space-based scientific research.
-
D.
Thomas Harris
Thomas Harris is an American novelist best known for creating the character Hannibal Lecter in his series of psychological horror thrillers.
-
E.
Nelson DeMille
Nelson DeMille is an American novelist best known for his suspenseful thrillers and crime novels featuring complex plots, military and law-enforcement settings, and sharp, witty dialogue.
- 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 B. Harris Target entity description: Thomas B. Harris was a local figure of historical significance after whom the village of Thomasboro, Illinois, was named.
-
A.
Raymond Gardner
Raymond Gardner was the brother of famed American actress Ava Gardner, a member of the Gardner family from rural North Carolina.
-
B.
J. Peter Robinson
J. Peter Robinson is a British composer, arranger, and keyboardist known for his film and television scores as well as his work in rock and jazz fusion.
-
C.
Robert A. R. Parker
Robert A. R. Parker was a NASA astronaut and astrophysicist who flew on two Space Shuttle missions and contributed significantly to space-based scientific research.
-
D.
Thomas Harris
Thomas Harris is an American novelist best known for creating the character Hannibal Lecter in his series of psychological horror thrillers.
-
E.
Nelson DeMille
Nelson DeMille is an American novelist best known for his suspenseful thrillers and crime novels featuring complex plots, military and law-enforcement settings, and sharp, witty dialogue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (11)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | person ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Thomasboro, Illinois ⓘ |
| associatedWithState | Illinois ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasFamilyName | Harris ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| hasMiddleInitial | B. ⓘ |
| hasNotability | local figure of historical significance ⓘ |
| hasPlaceNamedAfterHim | Thomasboro, Illinois ⓘ |
| name | Thomas B. Harris ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thomas B. Harris ⓘ |
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 B. Harris Description of subject: Thomas B. Harris was a local figure of historical significance after whom the village of Thomasboro, Illinois, was named.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.