Harold Krebs
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Harold Krebs is the disillusioned World War I veteran protagonist of Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Soldier’s Home,” struggling to readjust to civilian life after the war.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Harold Krebs canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12874097 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harold Krebs Context triple: [Soldier’s Home, mainCharacter, Harold Krebs]
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A.
Maynard G. Krebs
Maynard G. Krebs is a beatnik sidekick character from the American TV sitcom "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," known for his goatee, bongo drums, and comic aversion to work.
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B.
Joseph Milligan
Joseph Milligan is a musician best known as a guitarist for the American alternative rock band Anberlin.
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C.
Bert Woodruff
Bert Woodruff was an American character actor of the silent film era, known for his numerous supporting roles in early 20th-century cinema.
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D.
John Pelham
John Pelham was a Confederate artillery officer in the American Civil War, renowned for his daring and effective command of horse artillery.
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E.
Tyrone Slothrop
Tyrone Slothrop is the paranoid, womanizing American lieutenant at the center of Thomas Pynchon’s novel "Gravity’s Rainbow," whose bizarre connections to V-2 rocket strikes drive much of the book’s sprawling, surreal narrative.
- 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: Harold Krebs Target entity description: Harold Krebs is the disillusioned World War I veteran protagonist of Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Soldier’s Home,” struggling to readjust to civilian life after the war.
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A.
Maynard G. Krebs
Maynard G. Krebs is a beatnik sidekick character from the American TV sitcom "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," known for his goatee, bongo drums, and comic aversion to work.
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B.
Joseph Milligan
Joseph Milligan is a musician best known as a guitarist for the American alternative rock band Anberlin.
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C.
Bert Woodruff
Bert Woodruff was an American character actor of the silent film era, known for his numerous supporting roles in early 20th-century cinema.
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D.
John Pelham
John Pelham was a Confederate artillery officer in the American Civil War, renowned for his daring and effective command of horse artillery.
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E.
Tyrone Slothrop
Tyrone Slothrop is the paranoid, womanizing American lieutenant at the center of Thomas Pynchon’s novel "Gravity’s Rainbow," whose bizarre connections to V-2 rocket strikes drive much of the book’s sprawling, surreal narrative.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Soldier’s Home ⓘ |
| characterInWorkBy | Ernest Hemingway ⓘ |
| createdBy | Ernest Hemingway ⓘ |
| createdInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Krebs ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | disillusioned veteran ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | Soldier’s Home ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | In Our Time ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Harold ⓘ |
| hasAge | young adult ⓘ |
| hasFather | Mr. Krebs ⓘ |
| hasMother | Mrs. Krebs ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Helen Krebs ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
emotional numbness
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honesty about war experiences ⓘ passivity ⓘ reluctance to talk about the war ⓘ social withdrawal ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Modernist literature ⓘ |
| medium | short story ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | World War I ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodies the lost generation veteran ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | Soldier’s Home ⓘ |
| psychologicalState |
apathy
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disillusionment ⓘ emotional detachment ⓘ postwar alienation ⓘ |
| relationshipToFamily | emotional distance from parents ⓘ |
| relationshipToReligion | loss of religious faith ⓘ |
| relationshipToRomance | lack of interest in romantic relationships ⓘ |
| residence |
Midwestern United States
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Oklahoma ⓘ |
| settingOfExperience | post–World War I America ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
postwar disillusionment
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the difficulty of reintegration into civilian life ⓘ the psychological scars of war ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
conflict between individual and society
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difficulty of returning to civilian life after war ⓘ inability to communicate ⓘ isolation ⓘ loss of faith ⓘ |
| timeOfFictionalExistence | after World War I armistice ⓘ |
| veteranOf | World War I ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harold Krebs Description of subject: Harold Krebs is the disillusioned World War I veteran protagonist of Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Soldier’s Home,” struggling to readjust to civilian life after the war.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.