Edmond Dantès
E356683
Edmond Dantès is the wrongfully imprisoned sailor who, after escaping and discovering a vast fortune, reinvents himself to orchestrate an elaborate revenge in Alexandre Dumas’ novel "The Count of Monte Cristo."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edmond Dantès canonical | 37 |
| Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo (2002 film) | 1 |
| Edmond Dantès – Jim Caviezel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3416429 — 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: Edmond Dantès Context triple: [The Count of Monte Cristo, mainCharacter, Edmond Dantès]
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A.
Jules Gilliéron
Jules Gilliéron was a pioneering Swiss-French linguist and dialectologist best known for his foundational work in Romance linguistics and the creation of the Atlas linguistique de la France.
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B.
Monsieur Bonacieux
Monsieur Bonacieux is a minor but pivotal character in Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers," known as Constance Bonacieux's older, miserly husband and d'Artagnan's landlord in Paris.
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C.
Augustus Melmotte
Augustus Melmotte is a wealthy, unscrupulous financier whose rise and fall in Victorian high society drives the satirical plot of Anthony Trollope's novel "The Way We Live Now."
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D.
Claude Lantier
Claude Lantier is a passionate, often tormented painter in Émile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart series, embodying the struggles of artistic genius and social alienation in 19th-century France.
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E.
Monsieur Valmondé
Monsieur Valmondé is a wealthy Louisiana plantation owner and the adoptive father of Désirée in Kate Chopin’s short story "Désirée’s Baby."
- 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: Edmond Dantès Target entity description: Edmond Dantès is the wrongfully imprisoned sailor who, after escaping and discovering a vast fortune, reinvents himself to orchestrate an elaborate revenge in Alexandre Dumas’ novel "The Count of Monte Cristo."
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A.
Jules Gilliéron
Jules Gilliéron was a pioneering Swiss-French linguist and dialectologist best known for his foundational work in Romance linguistics and the creation of the Atlas linguistique de la France.
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B.
Monsieur Bonacieux
Monsieur Bonacieux is a minor but pivotal character in Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers," known as Constance Bonacieux's older, miserly husband and d'Artagnan's landlord in Paris.
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C.
Augustus Melmotte
Augustus Melmotte is a wealthy, unscrupulous financier whose rise and fall in Victorian high society drives the satirical plot of Anthony Trollope's novel "The Way We Live Now."
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D.
Claude Lantier
Claude Lantier is a passionate, often tormented painter in Émile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart series, embodying the struggles of artistic genius and social alienation in 19th-century France.
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E.
Monsieur Valmondé
Monsieur Valmondé is a wealthy Louisiana plantation owner and the adoptive father of Désirée in Kate Chopin’s short story "Désirée’s Baby."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
numerous film adaptations of The Count of Monte Cristo
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stage adaptations of The Count of Monte Cristo ⓘ television adaptations of The Count of Monte Cristo ⓘ |
| alias |
Ferruccio Busoni
ⓘ
surface form:
Abbé Busoni
Lord Wilmore ⓘ Sinbad the Sailor ⓘ The Count of Monte Cristo ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Count of Monte Cristo ⓘ |
| benefactorOf | Morrel family ⓘ |
| creator | Alexandre Dumas ⓘ |
| discovers | treasure of the island of Monte Cristo ⓘ |
| enemy |
Caderousse
ⓘ
Danglars ⓘ Fernand Mondego ⓘ Gérard de Villefort ⓘ |
| fiancée | Mercédès ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Count of Monte Cristo
ⓘ
surface form:
The Count of Monte Cristo universe
|
| firstAppearance |
The Count of Monte Cristo
ⓘ
surface form:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1844)
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ |
| inheritsFrom | Abbé Faria ⓘ |
| isWrongfullyImprisoned | true ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century French literature ⓘ |
| mentor | Abbé Faria ⓘ |
| motivation | revenge ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
desire for justice
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patience ⓘ resourcefulness ⓘ |
| occupation |
sailor
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ship’s mate ⓘ |
| placeOfImprisonment | Château d’If ⓘ |
| relationship |
benefactor of Maximilien Morrel
ⓘ
former friend of Danglars ⓘ former friend of Fernand Mondego ⓘ |
| setIn |
France
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Marseille ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| spouse | Mercédès (former fiancée) ⓘ |
| themeAssociated |
forgiveness
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justice ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| undergoes | identity transformation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Edmond Dantès Description of subject: Edmond Dantès is the wrongfully imprisoned sailor who, after escaping and discovering a vast fortune, reinvents himself to orchestrate an elaborate revenge in Alexandre Dumas’ novel "The Count of Monte Cristo."
Referenced by (39)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Edmond Dantès – Jim Caviezel
this entity surface form:
Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo (2002 film)