Duncan Garp
E794096
Duncan Garp is a fictional character from John Irving’s novel "The World According to Garp," known as one of the children of the protagonist, T.S. Garp.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duncan Garp canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9356392 — 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: Duncan Garp Context triple: [The World According to Garp, mainCharacter, Duncan Garp]
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A.
Eric Northman
Eric Northman is a centuries-old Viking vampire and charismatic bar owner who serves as a powerful and morally complex figure in the television series True Blood.
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B.
Louis Osbourne
Louis Osbourne is a British DJ, producer, and media personality best known as the son of rock musician Ozzy Osbourne and for his appearances on the reality show "The Osbournes."
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C.
Ed Peletier
Ed Peletier is a minor character in The Walking Dead franchise, known primarily as Carol Peletier’s abusive husband whose death becomes a turning point in her development.
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D.
Derek Bryceson
Derek Bryceson was a British-born Tanzanian politician and conservationist who served as director of Tanzania’s national parks and played a key role in supporting Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee research.
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E.
Bren MacGuff
Bren MacGuff is the sharp-tongued, supportive stepmother character from the 2007 film "Juno," portrayed by Allison Janney.
- 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: Duncan Garp Target entity description: Duncan Garp is a fictional character from John Irving’s novel "The World According to Garp," known as one of the children of the protagonist, T.S. Garp.
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A.
Eric Northman
Eric Northman is a centuries-old Viking vampire and charismatic bar owner who serves as a powerful and morally complex figure in the television series True Blood.
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B.
Louis Osbourne
Louis Osbourne is a British DJ, producer, and media personality best known as the son of rock musician Ozzy Osbourne and for his appearances on the reality show "The Osbournes."
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C.
Ed Peletier
Ed Peletier is a minor character in The Walking Dead franchise, known primarily as Carol Peletier’s abusive husband whose death becomes a turning point in her development.
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D.
Derek Bryceson
Derek Bryceson was a British-born Tanzanian politician and conservationist who served as director of Tanzania’s national parks and played a key role in supporting Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee research.
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E.
Bren MacGuff
Bren MacGuff is the sharp-tongued, supportive stepmother character from the 2007 film "Juno," portrayed by Allison Janney.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The World According to Garp
ⓘ
The World According to Garp (1982 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The World According to Garp
|
| basedOnWork | novel The World According to Garp ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | John Irving ⓘ |
| familyName | Garp ⓘ |
| father | T. S. Garp ⓘ |
| fictionalEthnicity | American ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The World According to Garp ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | literary fiction character ⓘ |
| givenName | Duncan ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The World According to Garp (1982 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The World According to Garp
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| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mother | Helen Holm ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | child of the protagonist ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
grows up in a family marked by tragedy
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loses an eye in the car accident ⓘ survives the car accident that kills his brother Walt ⓘ |
| occupation | student ⓘ |
| partOf | Garp family ⓘ |
| relative | Jenny Fields ⓘ |
| sibling |
Jenny Garp
ⓘ
Walt Garp ⓘ |
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: Duncan Garp Description of subject: Duncan Garp is a fictional character from John Irving’s novel "The World According to Garp," known as one of the children of the protagonist, T.S. Garp.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.