Oliver Haddo
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Oliver Haddo is a sinister, occult-obsessed figure in W. Somerset Maugham’s novel "The Magician," loosely inspired by the real-life occultist Aleister Crowley.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Oliver Haddo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17640386 — 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: Oliver Haddo Context triple: [The Magician, character, Oliver Haddo]
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A.
William Orlamond
William Orlamond was a Danish-born American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
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B.
Oliver Heywood
Oliver Heywood was a prominent 19th-century Manchester banker and philanthropist known for his extensive charitable work and support of education and public institutions in the city.
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C.
Oliver Stapleton
Oliver Stapleton is a British cinematographer known for his versatile work across acclaimed films in both independent and mainstream cinema.
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D.
Oliver Lacon
Oliver Lacon is a senior British intelligence bureaucrat in John le Carré’s George Smiley novels, serving as a high-ranking civil servant overseeing the Secret Service.
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E.
Bartholomew Gedney
Bartholomew Gedney was a colonial Massachusetts magistrate best known for serving as one of the judges during the Salem witch trials of 1692.
- 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: Oliver Haddo Target entity description: Oliver Haddo is a sinister, occult-obsessed figure in W. Somerset Maugham’s novel "The Magician," loosely inspired by the real-life occultist Aleister Crowley.
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A.
William Orlamond
William Orlamond was a Danish-born American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
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B.
Oliver Heywood
Oliver Heywood was a prominent 19th-century Manchester banker and philanthropist known for his extensive charitable work and support of education and public institutions in the city.
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C.
Oliver Stapleton
Oliver Stapleton is a British cinematographer known for his versatile work across acclaimed films in both independent and mainstream cinema.
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D.
Oliver Lacon
Oliver Lacon is a senior British intelligence bureaucrat in John le Carré’s George Smiley novels, serving as a high-ranking civil servant overseeing the Secret Service.
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E.
Bartholomew Gedney
Bartholomew Gedney was a colonial Massachusetts magistrate best known for serving as one of the judges during the Salem witch trials of 1692.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.