Newland Archer
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Newland Archer is the introspective young New York lawyer whose conflicted desires and adherence to social convention drive the central drama of Edith Wharton’s novel *The Age of Innocence*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Newland Archer canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16780351 — 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: Newland Archer Context triple: [The Age of Innocence, mainCharacter, Newland Archer]
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A.
Herbert Wilcox
Herbert Wilcox was a prominent British film producer and director, best known for his prolific output in the early to mid-20th century and his frequent collaborations with actress Anna Neagle.
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B.
Sebastian Flyte
Sebastian Flyte is a charming, troubled aristocrat whose intense friendship with Charles Ryder and gradual decline into alcoholism form one of the emotional centers of Evelyn Waugh’s *Brideshead Revisited*.
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C.
Mr. Touchett
Mr. Touchett is a wealthy, elderly American banker living in England in Henry James’s novel "The Portrait of a Lady," known as the father of Ralph Touchett and uncle to the protagonist Isabel Archer.
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D.
Damon Wildeve
Damon Wildeve is a central, romantically entangled character in Thomas Hardy’s novel "The Return of the Native," whose shifting affections help drive the story’s tragic conflicts.
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E.
Bertram Mitford
Bertram Mitford was a British author best known for his late 19th-century adventure and colonial novels set in southern Africa.
- 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: Newland Archer Target entity description: Newland Archer is the introspective young New York lawyer whose conflicted desires and adherence to social convention drive the central drama of Edith Wharton’s novel *The Age of Innocence*.
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A.
Herbert Wilcox
Herbert Wilcox was a prominent British film producer and director, best known for his prolific output in the early to mid-20th century and his frequent collaborations with actress Anna Neagle.
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B.
Sebastian Flyte
Sebastian Flyte is a charming, troubled aristocrat whose intense friendship with Charles Ryder and gradual decline into alcoholism form one of the emotional centers of Evelyn Waugh’s *Brideshead Revisited*.
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C.
Mr. Touchett
Mr. Touchett is a wealthy, elderly American banker living in England in Henry James’s novel "The Portrait of a Lady," known as the father of Ralph Touchett and uncle to the protagonist Isabel Archer.
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D.
Damon Wildeve
Damon Wildeve is a central, romantically entangled character in Thomas Hardy’s novel "The Return of the Native," whose shifting affections help drive the story’s tragic conflicts.
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E.
Bertram Mitford
Bertram Mitford was a British author best known for his late 19th-century adventure and colonial novels set in southern Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.