Wormwood
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Wormwood is the inexperienced junior demon in C.S. Lewis's satirical Christian novel "The Screwtape Letters," who receives guidance from his uncle Screwtape on how to tempt a human soul.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wormwood canonical | 7 |
| Wormwood from The Screwtape Letters | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19580845 — 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: Wormwood Context triple: [The Screwtape Letters, mainCharacter, Wormwood]
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Wormwood
"Wormwood" is a crime novel by David Levien, known for its gritty, suspenseful storytelling and exploration of the darker sides of human nature.
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B.
Wormwood
Wormwood is a 2017 Netflix docudrama miniseries by Errol Morris that blends documentary interviews with dramatized scenes to explore the mysterious death of scientist Frank Olson and the CIA’s MK-Ultra program.
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C.
Birthistle
Birthistle is an Irish surname most notably borne by actress and writer Eva Birthistle.
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D.
Calvatone
Calvatone is a small municipality in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, known for its rural landscape and proximity to the Oglio River.
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Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse
Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse is a darkly comedic horror comic series featuring a debauched, dimension-hopping worm inhabiting a reanimated corpse, created by writer-artist Ben Templesmith.
- 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: Wormwood Target entity description: Wormwood is the inexperienced junior demon in C.S. Lewis's satirical Christian novel "The Screwtape Letters," who receives guidance from his uncle Screwtape on how to tempt a human soul.
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A.
Wormwood
"Wormwood" is a crime novel by David Levien, known for its gritty, suspenseful storytelling and exploration of the darker sides of human nature.
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B.
Wormwood
Wormwood is a 2017 Netflix docudrama miniseries by Errol Morris that blends documentary interviews with dramatized scenes to explore the mysterious death of scientist Frank Olson and the CIA’s MK-Ultra program.
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C.
Birthistle
Birthistle is an Irish surname most notably borne by actress and writer Eva Birthistle.
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D.
Calvatone
Calvatone is a small municipality in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, known for its rural landscape and proximity to the Oglio River.
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E.
Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse
Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse is a darkly comedic horror comic series featuring a debauched, dimension-hopping worm inhabiting a reanimated corpse, created by writer-artist Ben Templesmith.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Wormwood