Hazel Motes
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Hazel Motes is the tormented, anti-religious preacher at the center of Flannery O’Connor’s novel "Wise Blood," known for founding the nihilistic Church Without Christ.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hazel Motes canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2854952 — 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: Hazel Motes Context triple: [Wise Blood, mainCharacter, Hazel Motes]
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Raymond
Raymond is the furry blue sea-dog mascot of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays, known for his playful antics at the team’s home games.
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B.
Raymond
Raymond is a central character in the Gothic novel "The Monk," known for his romantic entanglements and morally complex actions that drive much of the plot.
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C.
Raymond
Raymond is the middle name of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, the prominent figure behind the anti-communist "McCarthyism" movement in the 1950s.
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D.
Raymond
Raymond is the given name of Ray Tomlinson, the American computer programmer widely credited with inventing networked email and introducing the use of the "@" symbol in email addresses.
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E.
Raymond
Raymond is the given first name of Teller, the silent half of the famous magician duo Penn & Teller.
- 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: Hazel Motes Target entity description: Hazel Motes is the tormented, anti-religious preacher at the center of Flannery O’Connor’s novel "Wise Blood," known for founding the nihilistic Church Without Christ.
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A.
Raymond
Raymond is the furry blue sea-dog mascot of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays, known for his playful antics at the team’s home games.
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B.
Raymond
Raymond is the given first name of Teller, the silent half of the famous magician duo Penn & Teller.
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C.
Raymond
Raymond is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Raymond
Raymond is a central character in the Gothic novel "The Monk," known for his romantic entanglements and morally complex actions that drive much of the plot.
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E.
Raymond
Raymond is the middle name of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, the prominent figure behind the anti-communist "McCarthyism" movement in the 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antihero
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ preacher ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
Wise Blood
ⓘ
surface form:
Wise Blood (1979 film)
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| appearsIn | Wise Blood ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | Southern Gothic ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
faith and doubt
ⓘ
grace and redemption ⓘ violence and self-punishment ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ascetic
ⓘ
fanatical ⓘ obsessive ⓘ tormented ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Flannery O'Connor
ⓘ
surface form:
Flannery O’Connor
|
| declares | There was no Fall because there was nothing to fall from and no redemption because there was no fall ⓘ |
| familyBackground | raised in a strict religious household ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
Wise Blood
ⓘ
surface form:
Wise Blood (1952 novel)
|
| founds | Church Without Christ ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasConflictWith |
Enoch Emery
ⓘ
Hoover Shoats ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith | Sabbath Lily Hawks ⓘ |
| hasVehicle | rat-colored Essex ⓘ |
| ideology | nihilistic worldview ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Catholic literary tradition (via O’Connor) ⓘ |
| militaryBackground | World War II veteran ⓘ |
| motivation | to escape belief in Christ ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodies O’Connor’s concept of the misfit ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| occupation | street preacher ⓘ |
| opposes | conventional Christianity ⓘ |
| paradox | cannot escape the religious reality he denies ⓘ |
| performsAct |
blinds himself with quicklime
ⓘ
puts rocks in his shoes ⓘ wraps himself in barbed wire ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Brad Dourif ⓘ |
| religiousStance | anti-religious ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central character of Wise Blood ⓘ |
| setting | Taulkinham, Tennessee (fictional city) ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
distorted religious zeal
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modern unbelief ⓘ spiritual blindness ⓘ |
| undergoes | spiritual crisis ⓘ |
| usesVehicleFor | street preaching ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hazel Motes Description of subject: Hazel Motes is the tormented, anti-religious preacher at the center of Flannery O’Connor’s novel "Wise Blood," known for founding the nihilistic Church Without Christ.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.