Patrick Lewis
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Patrick Lewis is the introspective immigrant laborer protagonist of Michael Ondaatje’s novel "In the Skin of a Lion," whose experiences illuminate themes of identity, class, and the hidden lives behind Toronto’s early 20th-century development.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patrick Lewis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10391555 — 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: Patrick Lewis Context triple: [In the Skin of a Lion, featuresCharacter, Patrick Lewis]
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A.
Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis was an influential American jazz drummer and bandleader best known for co-leading the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, a cornerstone of modern big band jazz.
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B.
Brian Kerwin
Brian Kerwin is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including roles in movies like "King Kong Lives" and various popular TV series.
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C.
Jon Callas
Jon Callas is a cryptographer and security expert known for co-founding PGP Corporation and developing secure communication technologies.
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D.
Barry Bostwick
Barry Bostwick is an American actor best known for his roles in the cult musical film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the sitcom "Spin City."
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E.
Andy Davis
Andy Davis is the young boy and devoted toy owner whose imagination and attachment to his toys drive much of the emotional core of the Toy Story film series.
- 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: Patrick Lewis Target entity description: Patrick Lewis is the introspective immigrant laborer protagonist of Michael Ondaatje’s novel "In the Skin of a Lion," whose experiences illuminate themes of identity, class, and the hidden lives behind Toronto’s early 20th-century development.
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A.
Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis was an influential American jazz drummer and bandleader best known for co-leading the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, a cornerstone of modern big band jazz.
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B.
Brian Kerwin
Brian Kerwin is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including roles in movies like "King Kong Lives" and various popular TV series.
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C.
Jon Callas
Jon Callas is a cryptographer and security expert known for co-founding PGP Corporation and developing secure communication technologies.
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D.
Barry Bostwick
Barry Bostwick is an American actor best known for his roles in the cult musical film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the sitcom "Spin City."
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E.
Andy Davis
Andy Davis is the young boy and devoted toy owner whose imagination and attachment to his toys drive much of the emotional core of the Toy Story film series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | In the Skin of a Lion ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Toronto ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
class
ⓘ
hidden histories ⓘ identity ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ urban development ⓘ |
| associatedWithTimePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| background | immigrant ⓘ |
| characterTrait | introspective ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting | Canada ⓘ |
| createdBy | Michael Ondaatje ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | In the Skin of a Lion universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
In the Skin of a Lion (1987)
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linked to:
In the Skin of a Lion
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| involvedIn | construction of Toronto infrastructure ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literaryRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | to reveal hidden lives of workers ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| occupation | laborer ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | In the Skin of a Lion ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The English Patient ⓘ |
| relationshipToRelatedWork |
shares characters and themes with The English Patient
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linked to:
Love in wartime
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| socialClass | working class ⓘ |
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: Patrick Lewis Description of subject: Patrick Lewis is the introspective immigrant laborer protagonist of Michael Ondaatje’s novel "In the Skin of a Lion," whose experiences illuminate themes of identity, class, and the hidden lives behind Toronto’s early 20th-century development.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.