James Steerforth
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James Steerforth is a charismatic yet morally flawed gentleman in Charles Dickens's novel "David Copperfield," whose charm and selfishness profoundly affect the lives of those around him.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Steerforth canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3675822 — 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: James Steerforth Context triple: [David Copperfield, featuresCharacter, James Steerforth]
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A.
Ernest Maltravers
Ernest Maltravers is a philosophical and melodramatic novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that explores themes of education, morality, and social ambition in 19th-century England.
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B.
Ralph Milbanke
Ralph Milbanke was a British aristocrat and member of the Milbanke family, notable as the father of Annabella Milbanke, the wife of poet Lord Byron.
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C.
Harry Coningsby
Harry Coningsby is the idealistic young aristocratic protagonist of Benjamin Disraeli’s political novel "Coningsby, or The New Generation," whose development reflects the social and political transformations of early Victorian England.
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D.
Raymond
Raymond is a surname most notably associated with Eric S. Raymond, an American software developer, open-source advocate, and author of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
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E.
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.
- 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: James Steerforth Target entity description: James Steerforth is a charismatic yet morally flawed gentleman in Charles Dickens's novel "David Copperfield," whose charm and selfishness profoundly affect the lives of those around him.
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A.
Ernest Maltravers
Ernest Maltravers is a philosophical and melodramatic novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that explores themes of education, morality, and social ambition in 19th-century England.
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B.
Ralph Milbanke
Ralph Milbanke was a British aristocrat and member of the Milbanke family, notable as the father of Annabella Milbanke, the wife of poet Lord Byron.
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C.
Harry Coningsby
Harry Coningsby is the idealistic young aristocratic protagonist of Benjamin Disraeli’s political novel "Coningsby, or The New Generation," whose development reflects the social and political transformations of early Victorian England.
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D.
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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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 (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Character in David Copperfield
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Fictional character ⓘ Literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | David Copperfield ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Rosa Dartle ⓘ |
| betrays |
Daniel Peggotty
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David Copperfield ⓘ Emily ⓘ |
| causeOf | Rosa Dartle’s facial scar ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
Charismatic
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Charming ⓘ Manipulative ⓘ Morally flawed ⓘ Proud ⓘ Selfish ⓘ Spoiled ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Daniel Peggotty
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surface form:
Peggotty family
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| creator | Charles Dickens ⓘ |
| deathCause | Drowning ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Norfolk Coast
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surface form:
Yarmouth coast
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| diesIn | Shipwreck ⓘ |
| dominates | Tommy Traddles ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Salem House ⓘ |
| elopesWith | Emily ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
David Copperfield
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surface form:
David Copperfield (1850 novel)
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| friendOf | David Copperfield ⓘ |
| genre | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| influences |
Daniel Peggotty’s quest
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Fate of Emily ⓘ David Copperfield ⓘ
surface form:
Life of David Copperfield
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| literaryPeriod | 19th-century English literature ⓘ |
| livesIn | Highgate ⓘ |
| mother | Mrs. Steerforth ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
Antagonist
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Foil to David Copperfield ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| occupation | Gentleman ⓘ |
| patronOf | Tommy Traddles ⓘ |
| relationshipWith | Rosa Dartle ⓘ |
| schoolmateOf | David Copperfield ⓘ |
| seduces | Emily ⓘ |
| servant | Littimer ⓘ |
| socialClass | Upper class ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
Class and social status
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Corruption by privilege ⓘ Moral responsibility ⓘ |
| visits | Yarmouth ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: James Steerforth Description of subject: James Steerforth is a charismatic yet morally flawed gentleman in Charles Dickens's novel "David Copperfield," whose charm and selfishness profoundly affect the lives of those around him.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.