Silas
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Silas is a fanatical albino monk and key antagonist in Dan Brown’s novel "The Da Vinci Code," known for his violent devotion and self-flagellation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silas canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T577934 — 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: Silas Context triple: [The Da Vinci Code, character, Silas]
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A.
Silas
Silas is an early Christian leader and missionary companion of Paul, mentioned in the New Testament for his role in spreading the gospel and strengthening the early Church.
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B.
Thaddaeus
Thaddaeus is a disciple of Jesus traditionally counted among the Twelve Apostles in Christian tradition, often identified with Jude the Apostle.
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C.
Gabriel
Gabriel is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in many cultures and languages.
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D.
Degory Priest
Degory Priest was an English Pilgrim and early settler of Plymouth Colony who traveled on the Mayflower and participated in the founding governance of the colony.
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E.
Silas Phelps
Silas Phelps is a kindly but morally conflicted Southern farmer and slave owner who appears as Tom Sawyer’s uncle in Mark Twain’s novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
- 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: Silas Target entity description: Silas is a fanatical albino monk and key antagonist in Dan Brown’s novel "The Da Vinci Code," known for his violent devotion and self-flagellation.
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A.
Silas
Silas is an early Christian leader and missionary companion of Paul, mentioned in the New Testament for his role in spreading the gospel and strengthening the early Church.
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B.
Thaddaeus
Thaddaeus is a disciple of Jesus traditionally counted among the Twelve Apostles in Christian tradition, often identified with Jude the Apostle.
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C.
Gabriel
Gabriel is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in many cultures and languages.
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D.
Degory Priest
Degory Priest was an English Pilgrim and early settler of Plymouth Colony who traveled on the Mayflower and participated in the founding governance of the colony.
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E.
Silas Phelps
Silas Phelps is a kindly but morally conflicted Southern farmer and slave owner who appears as Tom Sawyer’s uncle in Mark Twain’s novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ monk ⓘ novel character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
The Da Vinci Code
ⓘ
surface form:
The Da Vinci Code (2006 film)
|
| alignment | antagonistic ⓘ |
| appearsInFranchise |
Robert Langdon film series
ⓘ
surface form:
Robert Langdon series
|
| appearsInWork | The Da Vinci Code ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
blind obedience
ⓘ
religious fanaticism ⓘ self-mortification ⓘ |
| backstoryElement |
raised in abusive circumstances
ⓘ
Bishop Aringarosa ⓘ
surface form:
recruited by Bishop Aringarosa
|
| characterTrait |
devout
ⓘ
fanatical ⓘ obsessive ⓘ violent ⓘ |
| creator | Dan Brown ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Da Vinci Code
ⓘ
surface form:
The Da Vinci Code universe
|
| firstAppearance |
The Da Vinci Code
ⓘ
surface form:
The Da Vinci Code (2003 novel)
|
| genreOfWork | mystery thriller ⓘ |
| hairColor | white ⓘ |
| hasCondition | albinism ⓘ |
| killedBy | police (during climax of the novel) ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
Bishop Aringarosa
ⓘ
The Teacher ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| moralAmbiguity | depicted as both victim and perpetrator ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
desire to serve God
ⓘ
religious zeal ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | enforcer for the main conspiracy ⓘ |
| nationality | French (in backstory as presented in the novel) ⓘ |
| notableAction | self-flagellation ⓘ |
| occupation | monk ⓘ |
| perpetrates | murders of Priory of Sion members ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Paul Bettany ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | Opus Dei ⓘ |
| roleInWork | key antagonist ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
France
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| skinColor | pale ⓘ |
| usesObject |
cilice
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discipline whip ⓘ |
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: Silas Description of subject: Silas is a fanatical albino monk and key antagonist in Dan Brown’s novel "The Da Vinci Code," known for his violent devotion and self-flagellation.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.