Tom Robbins
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Tom Robbins is an American novelist known for his whimsical, philosophical, and surreal works such as "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" and "Jitterbug Perfume."
All labels observed (1)
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| Tom Robbins canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11555263 — 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: Tom Robbins Context triple: [Robbins, hasNotableBearer, Tom Robbins]
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A.
Tom Alan Robbins
Tom Alan Robbins is an American actor and singer best known for originating the role of Pumbaa in the Broadway production of Disney’s The Lion King.
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B.
Ralph Keyes
Ralph Keyes is a former Irish rugby union fly-half best known for being the top points scorer at the 1991 Rugby World Cup.
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C.
Douglas Kenney
Douglas Kenney was an American comedy writer, actor, and co-founder of National Lampoon magazine who became influential in 1970s and 1980s film comedy.
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D.
Mel Horowitz
Mel Horowitz is a character from the film and TV series "Clueless," known as Cher's overprotective but caring father and a successful lawyer.
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E.
Paul Fry
Paul Fry is a literary scholar best known for his work in literary theory and criticism, including his influential teaching and writing on the subject at Yale University.
- 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: Tom Robbins Target entity description: Tom Robbins is an American novelist known for his whimsical, philosophical, and surreal works such as "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" and "Jitterbug Perfume."
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A.
Tom Alan Robbins
Tom Alan Robbins is an American actor and singer best known for originating the role of Pumbaa in the Broadway production of Disney’s The Lion King.
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B.
Ralph Keyes
Ralph Keyes is a former Irish rugby union fly-half best known for being the top points scorer at the 1991 Rugby World Cup.
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C.
Douglas Kenney
Douglas Kenney was an American comedy writer, actor, and co-founder of National Lampoon magazine who became influential in 1970s and 1980s film comedy.
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D.
Mel Horowitz
Mel Horowitz is a character from the film and TV series "Clueless," known as Cher's overprotective but caring father and a successful lawyer.
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E.
Paul Fry
Paul Fry is a literary scholar best known for his work in literary theory and criticism, including his influential teaching and writing on the subject at Yale University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American writer
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human ⓘ novelist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1932-07-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Richmond Professional Institute
NERFINISHED
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Washington and Lee University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
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philosophical fiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ surrealist fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Tom ⓘ |
| hasWrittenForm |
essay
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novel ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| influencedBy | American counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | counterculture ⓘ |
| name | Tom Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
philosophical themes
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playful use of language ⓘ surreal and fantastical plots ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Another Roadside Attraction
NERFINISHED
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B is for Beer NERFINISHED ⓘ Even Cowgirls Get the Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates NERFINISHED ⓘ Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas NERFINISHED ⓘ Jitterbug Perfume NERFINISHED ⓘ Skinny Legs and All NERFINISHED ⓘ Still Life with Woodpecker NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan Peach Pie NERFINISHED ⓘ Villa Incognito NERFINISHED ⓘ Wild Ducks Flying Backward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Blowing Rock, North Carolina, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Washington state, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
humorous
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philosophical ⓘ surreal ⓘ whimsical ⓘ |
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: Tom Robbins Description of subject: Tom Robbins is an American novelist known for his whimsical, philosophical, and surreal works such as "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" and "Jitterbug Perfume."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.