Tom Dedalus
E483962
Tom Dedalus is a minor character in James Joyce’s fiction, known primarily as one of Stephen Dedalus’s brothers in works like "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tom Dedalus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4814457 — 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: Tom Dedalus Context triple: [Stephen Dedalus, sibling, Tom Dedalus]
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A.
Simon Dedalus
Simon Dedalus is a proud, embittered, and often irresponsible father in James Joyce’s Ulysses, known for his eloquence, nostalgia, and strained relationship with his son Stephen.
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B.
Leopold Bloom
Leopold Bloom is the introspective Dublin advertising canvasser whose wandering thoughts and experiences over a single day form the core of James Joyce’s modernist novel "Ulysses."
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C.
Stephen Dedalus
Stephen Dedalus is a central fictional character created by James Joyce, portrayed as an intellectually restless young Dubliner whose artistic and philosophical struggles are explored in both "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" and "Ulysses."
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D.
Buck Mulligan
Buck Mulligan is a boisterous, irreverent medical student and one of the central figures in the opening episode of James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses."
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E.
Mary Dedalus
Mary Dedalus is the devout and long-suffering mother of Stephen Dedalus in James Joyce’s works, particularly *A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man* and *Ulysses*.
- 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: Tom Dedalus Target entity description: Tom Dedalus is a minor character in James Joyce’s fiction, known primarily as one of Stephen Dedalus’s brothers in works like "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man."
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A.
Simon Dedalus
Simon Dedalus is a proud, embittered, and often irresponsible father in James Joyce’s Ulysses, known for his eloquence, nostalgia, and strained relationship with his son Stephen.
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B.
Leopold Bloom
Leopold Bloom is the introspective Dublin advertising canvasser whose wandering thoughts and experiences over a single day form the core of James Joyce’s modernist novel "Ulysses."
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C.
Stephen Dedalus
Stephen Dedalus is a central fictional character created by James Joyce, portrayed as an intellectually restless young Dubliner whose artistic and philosophical struggles are explored in both "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" and "Ulysses."
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D.
Buck Mulligan
Buck Mulligan is a boisterous, irreverent medical student and one of the central figures in the opening episode of James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses."
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E.
Mary Dedalus
Mary Dedalus is the devout and long-suffering mother of Stephen Dedalus in James Joyce’s works, particularly *A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man* and *Ulysses*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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James Joyce’s fiction ⓘ
linked to:
works of James Joyce
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| associatedWith |
Dedalus family
ⓘ
Stephen Dedalus’s childhood ⓘ |
| characterType | supporting character ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalResidence | Ireland ⓘ |
| creator | James Joyce ⓘ |
| familyName | Dedalus ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | James Joyce universe ⓘ |
| genreContext | modernist literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Tom ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literaryWorkContext | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | member of Stephen Dedalus’s family ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish (fictional) ⓘ |
| relative |
Mary Dedalus
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Simon Dedalus ⓘ |
| roleInWork | minor character ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Dublin ⓘ |
| sibling | Stephen Dedalus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tom Dedalus Description of subject: Tom Dedalus is a minor character in James Joyce’s fiction, known primarily as one of Stephen Dedalus’s brothers in works like "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.