Robert
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Robert is a central character in Ian McEwan’s unsettling novel "The Comfort of Strangers," known for his charismatic yet deeply disturbing and controlling nature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19469645 — 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: Robert Context triple: [The Comfort of Strangers, mainCharacter, Robert]
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Edwards, an English literary critic and poet known for his 18th-century work "The Canons of Criticism."
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Thomas
Thomas is the formal given name of Tom LaGarde, an American former professional basketball player.
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Thomas
Thomas is the middle name of the individual Samuel Thomas Wilson.
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, a prominent 19th-century British peer and landowner.
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Thomas
Thomas is a character appearing in the animated series "Exit 9B" from the show "Regular Show."
- 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: Robert Target entity description: Robert is a central character in Ian McEwan’s unsettling novel "The Comfort of Strangers," known for his charismatic yet deeply disturbing and controlling nature.
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Robert
Robert is a fictional character known primarily for his role in the story of "Betrayal."
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Robert
Robert is the central protagonist of the film "Afterschool," around whom the story’s events and themes revolve.
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C.
Robert
Robert is a central character in the British black comedy film "Death at a Funeral," around whom much of the movie’s chaotic and farcical events unfold.
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Robert
Robert is the given name of the American singer-songwriter better known by his stage name Bobby Charles, a pioneer of swamp pop and contributor to early rock and roll.
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Robert
Robert is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.