Father Cowley
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Father Cowley is a minor Catholic cleric and comic figure in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses," remembered for his appearance in the Ormond Hotel episode.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Father Cowley canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19317461 — 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: Father Cowley Context triple: [Ormond Hotel episode in Ulysses, notableCharacter, Father Cowley]
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A.
Francis Cockburn
Francis Cockburn was a British colonial official after whom Cockburn Town in the Turks and Caicos Islands was named.
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B.
Francis Augustus Coxe
Francis Augustus Coxe is a person known primarily as a notable bearer of the surname Coxe, though specific widely recognized achievements or roles are not well documented.
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C.
Thomas Nicholls
Thomas Nicholls was a 19th-century British sculptor best known for creating the original animal sculptures for Cardiff Castle’s iconic Animal Wall.
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D.
William Crosby Dawson
William Crosby Dawson was a 19th-century American politician and lawyer from Georgia who served in the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Senate.
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E.
Edward Bowen
Edward Bowen was a prominent 19th-century Canadian politician and lawyer in Lower Canada who became influential within the conservative anglophone elite known as the Château Clique.
- 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: Father Cowley Target entity description: Father Cowley is a minor Catholic cleric and comic figure in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses," remembered for his appearance in the Ormond Hotel episode.
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A.
Francis Cockburn
Francis Cockburn was a British colonial official after whom Cockburn Town in the Turks and Caicos Islands was named.
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B.
Francis Augustus Coxe
Francis Augustus Coxe is a person known primarily as a notable bearer of the surname Coxe, though specific widely recognized achievements or roles are not well documented.
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C.
Thomas Nicholls
Thomas Nicholls was a 19th-century British sculptor best known for creating the original animal sculptures for Cardiff Castle’s iconic Animal Wall.
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D.
William Crosby Dawson
William Crosby Dawson was a 19th-century American politician and lawyer from Georgia who served in the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Senate.
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E.
Edward Bowen
Edward Bowen was a prominent 19th-century Canadian politician and lawyer in Lower Canada who became influential within the conservative anglophone elite known as the Château Clique.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.