Paul Montague
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Paul Montague is a central fictional character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "The Way We Live Now," known for his moral conflicts and entanglement in financial and romantic intrigues within Victorian society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Paul Montague canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T864233 — 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: Paul Montague Context triple: [The Way We Live Now, mainCharacter, Paul Montague]
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A.
Richard Hiscott
Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
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B.
Keith Foulke
Keith Foulke is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known as the Boston Red Sox closer who played a pivotal role in their 2004 World Series championship run.
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C.
Thomas Lownds
Thomas Lownds was an 18th-century London publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto."
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D.
Geoffrey McGivern
Geoffrey McGivern is a British actor best known for originating the role of Ford Prefect in the radio and early television adaptations of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
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E.
Philip Woodruff
Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
- 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: Paul Montague Target entity description: Paul Montague is a central fictional character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "The Way We Live Now," known for his moral conflicts and entanglement in financial and romantic intrigues within Victorian society.
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A.
Richard Hiscott
Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
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B.
Keith Foulke
Keith Foulke is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known as the Boston Red Sox closer who played a pivotal role in their 2004 World Series championship run.
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C.
Thomas Lownds
Thomas Lownds was an 18th-century London publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto."
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D.
Geoffrey McGivern
Geoffrey McGivern is a British actor best known for originating the role of Ford Prefect in the radio and early television adaptations of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
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E.
Philip Woodruff
Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fictional character
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Literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Way We Live Now ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | Print literature ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Augustus Melmotte
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Roger Carbury ⓘ South Central Pacific and Mexican Railway ⓘ |
| associatedWithFamily | Carbury family ⓘ |
| createdBy | Anthony Trollope ⓘ |
| experiences |
Emotional turmoil
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Moral conflict ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInWork | The Way We Live Now ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | Victorian novel ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | Major character in Anthony Trollope’s fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterTrait |
Honesty
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Idealism ⓘ Impulsiveness ⓘ Moral scrupulousness ⓘ |
| hasFormerFiancée | Mrs Hurtle ⓘ |
| hasGuardianFigure | Roger Carbury ⓘ |
| hasLoveInterest | Hetta Carbury ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | Engineer ⓘ |
| hasRole | Protagonist ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Victorian era
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surface form:
Victorian England
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| hasSocialClass | Middle class ⓘ |
| hasSocialContext |
Victorian London
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surface form:
London society
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| involvedIn |
Financial intrigue
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Railway speculation ⓘ Romantic intrigue ⓘ |
| isCentralCharacterIn | The Way We Live Now ⓘ |
| isContrastedWith |
Augustus Melmotte
ⓘ
Sir Felix Carbury ⓘ
surface form:
Felix Carbury
|
| isSubjectOf | Literary criticism on The Way We Live Now ⓘ |
| isVictimOf | Augustus Melmotte ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| moralArc | Struggle to act ethically in corrupt society ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
Focus of romantic plotline
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Vehicle for social criticism ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | English ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfWork | 1875 ⓘ |
| romanticArc | Choice between past attachment and new love ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
Conflict between love and duty
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Corruption in high finance ⓘ Moral responsibility ⓘ Speculation and fraud ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Paul Montague Description of subject: Paul Montague is a central fictional character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "The Way We Live Now," known for his moral conflicts and entanglement in financial and romantic intrigues within Victorian society.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Way We Live Now (2001 TV serial)