Nicholas Jenkins
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Nicholas Jenkins is the reflective, observant protagonist and first-person chronicler of Anthony Powell’s multi-volume novel sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nicholas Jenkins canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5711561 — 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: Nicholas Jenkins Context triple: [A Dance to the Music of Time, narrator, Nicholas Jenkins]
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A.
Nicholas Hunt
Nicholas Hunt is a British figure best known as the father of UK Conservative politician and former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
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B.
Nicholas Hughes
Nicholas Hughes was the son of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, who became a respected fisheries biologist before his tragic death in 2009.
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C.
Nicholas Johnston
Nicholas Johnston is a friend of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, after whom Johnson’s son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson was partly named.
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D.
Nicholas Lucas
Nicholas Lucas was an early colonial leader known for helping establish the West Jersey settlement in what is now New Jersey.
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E.
Chris Jasper
Chris Jasper is an American R&B and funk keyboardist, songwriter, and producer best known for his influential work with the Isley Brothers and the splinter group Isley-Jasper-Isley.
- 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: Nicholas Jenkins Target entity description: Nicholas Jenkins is the reflective, observant protagonist and first-person chronicler of Anthony Powell’s multi-volume novel sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time."
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A.
Nicholas Hunt
Nicholas Hunt is a British figure best known as the father of UK Conservative politician and former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
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B.
Nicholas Hughes
Nicholas Hughes was the son of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, who became a respected fisheries biologist before his tragic death in 2009.
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C.
Nicholas Johnston
Nicholas Johnston is a friend of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, after whom Johnson’s son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson was partly named.
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D.
Nicholas Lucas
Nicholas Lucas was an early colonial leader known for helping establish the West Jersey settlement in what is now New Jersey.
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E.
Chris Jasper
Chris Jasper is an American R&B and funk keyboardist, songwriter, and producer best known for his influential work with the Isley Brothers and the splinter group Isley-Jasper-Isley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary protagonist ⓘ narrator ⓘ |
| acquaintance |
Barbara Goring
NERFINISHED
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Jean Templer NERFINISHED ⓘ Uncle Giles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Dance to the Music of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
friendship and betrayal
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memory ⓘ passage of time ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
| basedOn | aspects of Anthony Powell ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
detached
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observant ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Anthony Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education |
Eton College
NERFINISHED
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University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyConnection | Tolland family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | A Question of Upbringing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| friend |
Charles Stringham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kenneth Widmerpool NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Templer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | modernist fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lastAppearance | Hearing Secret Harmonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literarySeries | A Dance to the Music of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | major figure in British postwar fiction ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrates | A Dance to the Music of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | observer of social change ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| occupation |
literary critic
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scriptwriter ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| roleInWork | chronicler of his generation ⓘ |
| servedIn | British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfLife |
England
NERFINISHED
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London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Isobel Tolland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfNarration | 1920s to 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nicholas Jenkins Description of subject: Nicholas Jenkins is the reflective, observant protagonist and first-person chronicler of Anthony Powell’s multi-volume novel sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time."
Referenced by (2)
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