Old Ekdal
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Old Ekdal is a disgraced former army officer in Henrik Ibsen’s play "The Wild Duck," whose fall from respectability and retreat into a fantasy world of hunting in his attic symbolize the play’s themes of illusion and lost honor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old Ekdal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20068103 — 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: Old Ekdal Context triple: [The Wild Duck, hasCharacter, Old Ekdal]
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A.
Hjalmar Ekdal
Hjalmar Ekdal is the idealistic yet self-deceiving photographer who serves as the tragic central figure in Henrik Ibsen’s play "The Wild Duck."
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B.
Hjalmar
Hjalmar is a masculine given name of Scandinavian origin, historically borne by several notable figures in Nordic countries.
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C.
Hovstad
Hovstad is the radical newspaper editor in Henrik Ibsen’s play "An Enemy of the People," whose shifting loyalties highlight the tension between truth, public opinion, and political opportunism.
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D.
Hjalmar Andersen
Hjalmar Andersen was a Norwegian speed skater who became one of the sport’s legends by winning three gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
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E.
Hjalmar Johansen
Hjalmar Johansen was a Norwegian polar explorer best known for his participation in Fridtjof Nansen’s Fram expedition and Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition.
- 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: Old Ekdal Target entity description: Old Ekdal is a disgraced former army officer in Henrik Ibsen’s play "The Wild Duck," whose fall from respectability and retreat into a fantasy world of hunting in his attic symbolize the play’s themes of illusion and lost honor.
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A.
Hjalmar Ekdal
Hjalmar Ekdal is the idealistic yet self-deceiving photographer who serves as the tragic central figure in Henrik Ibsen’s play "The Wild Duck."
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B.
Hjalmar
Hjalmar is a masculine given name of Scandinavian origin, historically borne by several notable figures in Nordic countries.
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C.
Hovstad
Hovstad is the radical newspaper editor in Henrik Ibsen’s play "An Enemy of the People," whose shifting loyalties highlight the tension between truth, public opinion, and political opportunism.
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D.
Hjalmar Andersen
Hjalmar Andersen was a Norwegian speed skater who became one of the sport’s legends by winning three gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
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E.
Hjalmar Johansen
Hjalmar Johansen was a Norwegian polar explorer best known for his participation in Fridtjof Nansen’s Fram expedition and Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.