Will Parry
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Will Parry is a central character in Philip Pullman’s "His Dark Materials" trilogy, a brave and introspective boy who becomes the bearer of the subtle knife and travels between worlds alongside Lyra Silvertongue.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Will Parry canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3786796 — 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: Will Parry Context triple: [His Dark Materials, hasMainCharacter, Will Parry]
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A.
John Parry
John Parry is a former NFL official who served as the head referee in multiple Super Bowls and was known for his long career in professional football officiating.
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B.
Alexander Parris
Alexander Parris was a prominent 19th-century American architect and engineer best known for his austere Greek Revival and early granite public buildings in New England.
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C.
Ken Parry
Ken Parry was a British character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television from the 1960s through the 1980s.
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D.
Stanton Carlisle
Stanton Carlisle is the ambitious and morally conflicted carnival worker-turned-conman at the center of Guillermo del Toro’s neo-noir psychological thriller "Nightmare Alley" (2021).
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E.
Anthony Peckham
Anthony Peckham is a South African–born screenwriter best known for scripting films such as "Invictus" and "Sherlock Holmes."
- 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: Will Parry Target entity description: Will Parry is a central character in Philip Pullman’s "His Dark Materials" trilogy, a brave and introspective boy who becomes the bearer of the subtle knife and travels between worlds alongside Lyra Silvertongue.
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A.
John Parry
John Parry is a former NFL official who served as the head referee in multiple Super Bowls and was known for his long career in professional football officiating.
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B.
Alexander Parris
Alexander Parris was a prominent 19th-century American architect and engineer best known for his austere Greek Revival and early granite public buildings in New England.
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C.
Ken Parry
Ken Parry was a British character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television from the 1960s through the 1980s.
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D.
Stanton Carlisle
Stanton Carlisle is the ambitious and morally conflicted carnival worker-turned-conman at the center of Guillermo del Toro’s neo-noir psychological thriller "Nightmare Alley" (2021).
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E.
Anthony Peckham
Anthony Peckham is a South African–born screenwriter best known for scripting films such as "Invictus" and "Sherlock Holmes."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
human ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| adaptationAppearance |
His Dark Materials
ⓘ
surface form:
BBC–HBO television adaptation His Dark Materials
|
| ageAtIntroduction | about twelve ⓘ |
| ally |
Iorek Byrnison
ⓘ
Lyra Belacqua ⓘ
surface form:
Lyra Silvertongue
Mary Malone ⓘ Serafina Pekkala ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
His Dark Materials
ⓘ
The Amber Spyglass ⓘ The Book of Dust ⓘ The Subtle Knife ⓘ |
| closeCompanion |
Lyra Belacqua
ⓘ
surface form:
Lyra Silvertongue
|
| creator | Philip Pullman ⓘ |
| enemy |
Lord Asriel’s opponents
ⓘ
Magisterium ⓘ |
| father | John Parry ⓘ |
| fatherAlias |
Jopari
ⓘ
Stanislaus Grumman ⓘ |
| fullName | William Parry ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| homeTown | Oxford ⓘ |
| homeWorld | Oxford in Will’s world ⓘ |
| mother | Elaine Parry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | co-protagonist with Lyra Silvertongue ⓘ |
| notableAbility |
cut windows between worlds
ⓘ
exceptional determination ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
becomes the bearer of the Subtle Knife
ⓘ
Lyra Belacqua ⓘ
surface form:
falls in love with Lyra
helps release the dead from the land of the dead ⓘ journeys to the land of the dead with Lyra ⓘ kills a man while defending his mother ⓘ loses two fingers while taking the Subtle Knife ⓘ meets Lyra Belacqua in Cittàgazze ⓘ parts from Lyra to preserve the stability of the worlds ⓘ travels to Cittàgazze ⓘ |
| occupation | bearer of the Subtle Knife ⓘ |
| originUniverse |
Will’s world
ⓘ
a parallel version of modern Earth ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
brave
ⓘ
introspective ⓘ protective ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Amir Wilson ⓘ |
| romanticInterest |
Lyra Belacqua
ⓘ
surface form:
Lyra Silvertongue
|
| series |
His Dark Materials
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surface form:
His Dark Materials trilogy
|
| species | human ⓘ |
| title | Bearer of the Subtle Knife ⓘ |
| weapon | Subtle Knife ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Will Parry Description of subject: Will Parry is a central character in Philip Pullman’s "His Dark Materials" trilogy, a brave and introspective boy who becomes the bearer of the subtle knife and travels between worlds alongside Lyra Silvertongue.
Referenced by (10)
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