Maurice Dedalus
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Maurice Dedalus is a minor character in James Joyce’s works, notably appearing as a member of the Dedalus family connected to Stephen Dedalus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maurice Dedalus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19317416 — 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: Maurice Dedalus Context triple: [Dedalus, usedByCharacter, Maurice Dedalus]
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A.
Simon Dedalus
Simon Dedalus is a proud, embittered, and often irresponsible father in James Joyce’s Ulysses, known for his eloquence, nostalgia, and strained relationship with his son Stephen.
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Boody Dedalus
Boody Dedalus is a minor character in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses," one of Stephen Dedalus’s younger sisters in the impoverished Dedalus family.
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C.
Tom Dedalus
Tom Dedalus is a minor character in James Joyce’s fiction, known primarily as one of Stephen Dedalus’s brothers in works like "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man."
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D.
Stephen Dedalus
Stephen Dedalus is a central fictional character created by James Joyce, portrayed as an intellectually restless young Dubliner whose artistic and philosophical struggles are explored in both "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" and "Ulysses."
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E.
Mary Dedalus
Mary Dedalus is the devout and long-suffering mother of Stephen Dedalus in James Joyce’s works, particularly *A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man* and *Ulysses*.
- 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: Maurice Dedalus Target entity description: Maurice Dedalus is a minor character in James Joyce’s works, notably appearing as a member of the Dedalus family connected to Stephen Dedalus.
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A.
Simon Dedalus
Simon Dedalus is a proud, embittered, and often irresponsible father in James Joyce’s Ulysses, known for his eloquence, nostalgia, and strained relationship with his son Stephen.
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B.
Boody Dedalus
Boody Dedalus is a minor character in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses," one of Stephen Dedalus’s younger sisters in the impoverished Dedalus family.
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C.
Tom Dedalus
Tom Dedalus is a minor character in James Joyce’s fiction, known primarily as one of Stephen Dedalus’s brothers in works like "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man."
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D.
Stephen Dedalus
Stephen Dedalus is a central fictional character created by James Joyce, portrayed as an intellectually restless young Dubliner whose artistic and philosophical struggles are explored in both "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" and "Ulysses."
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E.
Mary Dedalus
Mary Dedalus is the devout and long-suffering mother of Stephen Dedalus in James Joyce’s works, particularly *A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man* and *Ulysses*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.