Henry Green
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Henry Green was a 20th-century English novelist celebrated for his innovative, elliptical prose style and acute portrayals of class and everyday life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henry Green canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4806715 — 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: Henry Green Context triple: [John Updike, influencedBy, Henry Green]
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A.
Wharton James
Wharton James was an early 20th-century film actor known for appearing in silent-era productions, including the 1920 adaptation of "Pollyanna."
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B.
Herbert Greene
Herbert Greene was an American Broadway conductor and musical director best known for his work on classic mid-20th-century stage productions.
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C.
Jeffrey Lockhart
Jeffrey Lockhart is the introspective, middle-aged narrator of Don DeLillo’s novel "Zero K," who grapples with mortality, technology, and his fraught relationship with his billionaire father.
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D.
Franklin Evans
Franklin Evans was an early 20th-century figure associated with polar exploration and research, recognized for his role in establishing the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, England.
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E.
Henry Bennett
Henry Bennett is the British father and central character portrayed by Ewan McGregor in the 2012 disaster drama film "The Impossible," which depicts a family's struggle to survive the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
- 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: Henry Green Target entity description: Henry Green was a 20th-century English novelist celebrated for his innovative, elliptical prose style and acute portrayals of class and everyday life.
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A.
Wharton James
Wharton James was an early 20th-century film actor known for appearing in silent-era productions, including the 1920 adaptation of "Pollyanna."
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B.
Herbert Greene
Herbert Greene was an American Broadway conductor and musical director best known for his work on classic mid-20th-century stage productions.
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C.
Jeffrey Lockhart
Jeffrey Lockhart is the introspective, middle-aged narrator of Don DeLillo’s novel "Zero K," who grapples with mortality, technology, and his fraught relationship with his billionaire father.
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D.
Franklin Evans
Franklin Evans was an early 20th-century figure associated with polar exploration and research, recognized for his role in establishing the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, England.
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E.
Henry Bennett
Henry Bennett is the British father and central character portrayed by Ewan McGregor in the 2012 disaster drama film "The Impossible," which depicts a family's struggle to survive the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English novelist
ⓘ
human ⓘ modernist writer ⓘ novelist ⓘ |
| birthName | Henry Vincent Yorke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1905-10-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1973-12-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Eton College
ⓘ
Magdalen College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | H. Pontifex & Sons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasBibliographyItem |
Blindness
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pack My Bag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industryOfEmployer | engineering ⓘ |
| influenced |
John Updike
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sebastian Faulks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
James Joyce
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia Woolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| literaryFocus |
class relations
ⓘ
everyday life ⓘ working-class experience ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Auxiliary Fire Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryService | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | modernism ⓘ |
| name | Henry Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Back
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caught NERFINISHED ⓘ Concluding ⓘ Doting NERFINISHED ⓘ Living ⓘ Loving NERFINISHED ⓘ Nothing NERFINISHED ⓘ Party Going NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Gloucestershire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tewkesbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| positionHeld | director of family engineering firm ⓘ |
| pseudonym | Henry Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Gloucestershire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| workPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
elliptical prose
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experimental narrative ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Henry Green Description of subject: Henry Green was a 20th-century English novelist celebrated for his innovative, elliptical prose style and acute portrayals of class and everyday life.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.