Colonel Joll
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Colonel Joll is a cold, sadistic officer of the Empire’s security forces in J.M. Coetzee’s novel "Waiting for the Barbarians," embodying the brutality and moral blindness of authoritarian power.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colonel Joll canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20928211 — 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: Colonel Joll Context triple: [Waiting for the Barbarians, mainCharacter, Colonel Joll]
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Colonel Howard
Colonel Howard is a fictional military officer character featured in the film "The Pilot."
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B.
Colonel Kenny
Colonel Kenny was a British military officer noted for his command role in the Battle of Gawilghur during the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
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C.
Colonel Bobi
Colonel Bobi is a ruthless and power-hungry military officer who becomes the central figure in a coup plot in Frederick Forsyth’s novel "The Dogs of War."
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D.
Colonel Lloyd
Colonel Lloyd is a central fictional character in the "Little Colonel" series, portrayed as a proud, aristocratic Southern gentleman whose relationship with his granddaughter drives much of the stories’ drama and sentiment.
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E.
Colonel Osborne
Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
- 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: Colonel Joll Target entity description: Colonel Joll is a cold, sadistic officer of the Empire’s security forces in J.M. Coetzee’s novel "Waiting for the Barbarians," embodying the brutality and moral blindness of authoritarian power.
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A.
Colonel Howard
Colonel Howard is a fictional military officer character featured in the film "The Pilot."
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B.
Colonel Kenny
Colonel Kenny was a British military officer noted for his command role in the Battle of Gawilghur during the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
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C.
Colonel Bobi
Colonel Bobi is a ruthless and power-hungry military officer who becomes the central figure in a coup plot in Frederick Forsyth’s novel "The Dogs of War."
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D.
Colonel Lloyd
Colonel Lloyd is a central fictional character in the "Little Colonel" series, portrayed as a proud, aristocratic Southern gentleman whose relationship with his granddaughter drives much of the stories’ drama and sentiment.
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E.
Colonel Osborne
Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.