the lighthouse
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The lighthouse is a central symbolic structure in Virginia Woolf’s novel "To the Lighthouse," representing distance, aspiration, and the passage of time.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Lighthouse | 4 |
| the lighthouse canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11776456 — 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: the lighthouse Context triple: [To the Lighthouse, hasSymbol, the lighthouse]
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A.
Lighthouse
Lighthouse is an open-source Ethereum consensus client, written in Rust and maintained by Sigma Prime, that focuses on security, performance, and efficient participation in Ethereum’s proof-of-stake network.
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B.
Lighthouse
"Lighthouse" is a haunting, atmospheric indie song by Canadian singer-songwriter Patrick Watson, known for its delicate piano, ethereal vocals, and cinematic build.
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C.
The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse is a 2019 psychological horror film directed by Robert Eggers, known for its stark black-and-white cinematography and intense performances by Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson as isolated lighthouse keepers descending into madness.
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D.
The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse is a chamber opera by British composer Peter Maxwell Davies, known for its haunting atmosphere and psychological exploration of an infamous lighthouse disappearance.
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E.
The Lighthouse at Two Lights
The Lighthouse at Two Lights is a 1929 oil painting by American realist artist Edward Hopper depicting a sunlit lighthouse and keeper’s house on the coast of Maine.
- 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: the lighthouse Target entity description: The lighthouse is a central symbolic structure in Virginia Woolf’s novel "To the Lighthouse," representing distance, aspiration, and the passage of time.
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A.
Lighthouse
Lighthouse is an open-source Ethereum consensus client, written in Rust and maintained by Sigma Prime, that focuses on security, performance, and efficient participation in Ethereum’s proof-of-stake network.
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B.
Lighthouse
"Lighthouse" is a haunting, atmospheric indie song by Canadian singer-songwriter Patrick Watson, known for its delicate piano, ethereal vocals, and cinematic build.
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C.
The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse is a 2019 psychological horror film directed by Robert Eggers, known for its stark black-and-white cinematography and intense performances by Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson as isolated lighthouse keepers descending into madness.
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D.
The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse is a chamber opera by British composer Peter Maxwell Davies, known for its haunting atmosphere and psychological exploration of an infamous lighthouse disappearance.
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E.
The Lighthouse at Two Lights
The Lighthouse at Two Lights is a 1929 oil painting by American realist artist Edward Hopper depicting a sunlit lighthouse and keeper’s house on the coast of Maine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional structure
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literary symbol ⓘ narrative motif ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
To the Lighthouse
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Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse ⓘ
linked to:
To the Lighthouse
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| associatedWithCharacter |
James Ramsay
ⓘ
Lily Briscoe ⓘ Mr. Ramsay ⓘ
linked to:
Mr Ramsay
Mrs. Ramsay ⓘ
linked to:
Mrs Ramsay
|
| centralToPlotElement |
the delayed trip to the lighthouse
ⓘ
the final journey to the lighthouse ⓘ |
| createdBy | Virginia Woolf ⓘ |
| firstAppearsInSection | The Window ⓘ |
| hasMedium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasMetaphoricalRole |
anchor for characters’ inner lives
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beacon of desire ⓘ marker of temporal distance ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
modernism
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linked to:
Modernism
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| locatedInFictionalSetting |
the Hebrides
ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrides
|
| narrativeFunction |
links the Ramsay family across time
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organizes the novel’s three-part structure ⓘ serves as a fixed point amid temporal flux ⓘ |
| partOfWorkGenre | modernist novel ⓘ |
| perceivedDifferentlyBy |
James Ramsay
ⓘ
Lily Briscoe ⓘ Mr. Ramsay ⓘ
linked to:
Mr Ramsay
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| publicationYearOfWork | 1927 ⓘ |
| relatedTheme |
family relationships
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memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ subjective reality ⓘ the nature of art ⓘ |
| revisitedInSection |
The Lighthouse
ⓘ
linked to:
the lighthouse
Time Passes ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
artistic vision
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aspiration ⓘ distance ⓘ emotional distance within the Ramsay family ⓘ shifting human perception ⓘ the desire for meaning ⓘ the passage of time ⓘ the tension between permanence and change ⓘ unattainable goals ⓘ |
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: the lighthouse Description of subject: The lighthouse is a central symbolic structure in Virginia Woolf’s novel "To the Lighthouse," representing distance, aspiration, and the passage of time.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: the lighthouse
linked to: the lighthouse
subject linked to:
the lighthouse
linked to: the lighthouse
linked to: the lighthouse