Tateh
E854052
Tateh is a central character in E.L. Doctorow’s novel "Ragtime," an Eastern European Jewish immigrant who rises from poverty as a street artist and silhouette maker to become a successful filmmaker in early 20th-century America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tateh canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10252872 — 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: Tateh Context triple: [Ragtime, featuresFictionalCharacter, Tateh]
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A.
Tarō
Tarō is a common Japanese masculine given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" and frequently used in traditional and modern Japanese culture.
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B.
Tajōmaru
Tajōmaru is the notorious bandit whose conflicting testimonies drive the plot and themes of truth and perception in Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s short story "In a Grove."
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C.
Tatsumi
Tatsumi is a masculine Japanese given name commonly used for boys and borne by various notable figures in Japan.
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D.
Tomoyuki
Tomoyuki is a Japanese masculine given name borne by various notable figures in fields such as the military, arts, and entertainment.
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E.
Tani Tateki
Tani Tateki was a Japanese samurai and military commander of the Meiji era who played a key role in government forces during the Satsuma Rebellion.
- 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: Tateh Target entity description: Tateh is a central character in E.L. Doctorow’s novel "Ragtime," an Eastern European Jewish immigrant who rises from poverty as a street artist and silhouette maker to become a successful filmmaker in early 20th-century America.
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A.
Tarō
Tarō is a common Japanese masculine given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" and frequently used in traditional and modern Japanese culture.
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B.
Tajōmaru
Tajōmaru is the notorious bandit whose conflicting testimonies drive the plot and themes of truth and perception in Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s short story "In a Grove."
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C.
Tatsumi
Tatsumi is a masculine Japanese given name commonly used for boys and borne by various notable figures in Japan.
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D.
Tomoyuki
Tomoyuki is a Japanese masculine given name borne by various notable figures in fields such as the military, arts, and entertainment.
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E.
Tani Tateki
Tani Tateki was a Japanese samurai and military commander of the Meiji era who played a key role in government forces during the Satsuma Rebellion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
Ragtime (film)
ⓘ
Ragtime (stage musical) ⓘ
linked to:
Ragtime
|
| appearsIn | Ragtime ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
American Dream
ⓘ
immigrant experience in America ⓘ labor and class struggle ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
| characterDevelopment | transforms identity and social class ⓘ |
| characterRole | central character ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| creator | E. L. Doctorow ⓘ |
| economicActivity | selling street art ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyRelation | father of the Little Girl ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Ragtime (novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ragtime
|
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1975 ⓘ |
| immigratesTo |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| laterEconomicActivity | producing motion pictures ⓘ |
| literaryGenreOfWork | historical fiction ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | represents Jewish immigrant striving in early 20th-century America ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeArc | rags-to-riches ⓘ |
| notableSkill |
cutting paper silhouettes
ⓘ
visual storytelling ⓘ |
| occupation |
filmmaker
ⓘ
silhouette maker ⓘ street artist ⓘ |
| portrayedInFilmBy | Mandy Patinkin ⓘ |
| portrayedInMusicalBy | various stage actors ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| settingOfWork |
New York City
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| socialStatusAtBeginning | poor ⓘ |
| socialStatusLater | wealthy ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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: Tateh Description of subject: Tateh is a central character in E.L. Doctorow’s novel "Ragtime," an Eastern European Jewish immigrant who rises from poverty as a street artist and silhouette maker to become a successful filmmaker in early 20th-century America.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.