Felix Krull
E243676
Felix Krull is the charming, quick-witted con artist and social climber who narrates Thomas Mann’s picaresque novel "The Confessions of Felix Krull."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Felix Krull canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2014450 — 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: Felix Krull Context triple: [The Confessions of Felix Krull, mainCharacter, Felix Krull]
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A.
Werner
Werner is a given name and surname of Germanic origin, commonly used in German-speaking countries.
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B.
Kurt Student
Kurt Student was a German Luftwaffe general and pioneer of airborne forces who played a key role in developing and leading Nazi Germany’s paratrooper units during World War II.
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C.
Kurt Franz
Kurt Franz was a high-ranking SS officer and one of the principal perpetrators of the Holocaust, notorious for his brutal role in the mass murder of Jews at the Treblinka extermination camp.
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D.
Hermann Blankenstein
Hermann Blankenstein was a prominent 19th-century German architect best known for designing numerous public buildings in Berlin, particularly schools and administrative structures.
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E.
Ludwig Crüwell
Ludwig Crüwell was a German Wehrmacht general and Afrika Korps commander during World War II, noted for his leadership in the North African campaign.
- 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: Felix Krull Target entity description: Felix Krull is the charming, quick-witted con artist and social climber who narrates Thomas Mann’s picaresque novel "The Confessions of Felix Krull."
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A.
Werner
Werner is a given name and surname of Germanic origin, commonly used in German-speaking countries.
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B.
Kurt Student
Kurt Student was a German Luftwaffe general and pioneer of airborne forces who played a key role in developing and leading Nazi Germany’s paratrooper units during World War II.
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C.
Kurt Franz
Kurt Franz was a high-ranking SS officer and one of the principal perpetrators of the Holocaust, notorious for his brutal role in the mass murder of Jews at the Treblinka extermination camp.
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D.
Hermann Blankenstein
Hermann Blankenstein was a prominent 19th-century German architect best known for designing numerous public buildings in Berlin, particularly schools and administrative structures.
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E.
Ludwig Crüwell
Ludwig Crüwell was a German Wehrmacht general and Afrika Korps commander during World War II, noted for his leadership in the North African campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
con artist
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ social climber ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Confessions of Felix Krull
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surface form:
Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull
The Confessions of Felix Krull ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
deception and performance
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identity and self-invention ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ambitious
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charming ⓘ manipulative ⓘ opportunistic ⓘ quick-witted ⓘ |
| createdBy | Thomas Mann ⓘ |
| familyBackground | declining middle-class family ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | serialized form ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkNarrated | picaresque novel ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
exploration of moral ambiguity
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satire of bourgeois society ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| narratesWork | The Confessions of Felix Krull ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | German ⓘ |
| notableAbility |
acting skill
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social adaptability ⓘ talent for mimicry ⓘ |
| occupation |
confidence trickster
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impostor ⓘ |
| roleInWork | autobiographical narrator ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Felix Krull Description of subject: Felix Krull is the charming, quick-witted con artist and social climber who narrates Thomas Mann’s picaresque novel "The Confessions of Felix Krull."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.