Professor Henry Higgins
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Professor Henry Higgins is a brilliant but arrogant phonetics expert who attempts to transform a Cockney flower girl into a refined lady in the musical film "My Fair Lady."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henry Higgins | 3 |
| Professor Henry Higgins canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6579205 — 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.
Target entity: Professor Henry Higgins Context triple: [My Fair Lady (film), character, Professor Henry Higgins]
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Horatio Bottomley
Horatio Bottomley was a flamboyant British financier, journalist, and politician notorious for his role in major financial scandals in the early 20th century.
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Arthur Sullivan
Arthur Sullivan was a 19th-century English composer best known for his comic operas created in collaboration with librettist W. S. Gilbert, such as "H.M.S. Pinafore" and "The Mikado."
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Sir George Lepping
Sir George Lepping was a Solomon Islands statesman who served as the country’s Governor-General and played a prominent role in its post-independence political life.
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Sir Samuel Garth
Sir Samuel Garth was an English physician and poet of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, best known for his satirical poem "The Dispensary" and his advocacy for medical reform.
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Phineas Finn
Phineas Finn is a political novel by Anthony Trollope that follows the career and personal struggles of an ambitious young Irishman in Victorian British Parliament.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Professor Henry Higgins Target entity description: Professor Henry Higgins is a brilliant but arrogant phonetics expert who attempts to transform a Cockney flower girl into a refined lady in the musical film "My Fair Lady."
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A.
Horatio Bottomley
Horatio Bottomley was a flamboyant British financier, journalist, and politician notorious for his role in major financial scandals in the early 20th century.
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B.
Arthur Sullivan
Arthur Sullivan was a 19th-century English composer best known for his comic operas created in collaboration with librettist W. S. Gilbert, such as "H.M.S. Pinafore" and "The Mikado."
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C.
Sir George Lepping
Sir George Lepping was a Solomon Islands statesman who served as the country’s Governor-General and played a prominent role in its post-independence political life.
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D.
Sir Samuel Garth
Sir Samuel Garth was an English physician and poet of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, best known for his satirical poem "The Dispensary" and his advocacy for medical reform.
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E.
Phineas Finn
Phineas Finn is a political novel by Anthony Trollope that follows the career and personal struggles of an ambitious young Irishman in Victorian British Parliament.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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phonetics professor ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
My Fair Lady (1956 stage musical)
NERFINISHED
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My Fair Lady (1964 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
My Fair Lady
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pygmalion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alfred P. Doolittle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colonel Pickering NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Pearce NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor Zoltan Karpathy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attemptsToTransform | Eliza Doolittle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterArc | develops emotional attachment to Eliza Doolittle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | George Bernard Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| famousSong |
I’m an Ordinary Man
NERFINISHED
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I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face NERFINISHED ⓘ Why Can’t the English? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptation | My Fair Lady (1964 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Pygmalion (1913 play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | romantic comedy ⓘ |
| goal | transform a Cockney flower girl into a refined lady ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | mythological figure Pygmalion ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| makesWagerWith | Colonel Pickering NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
musical film
ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableQuote | I’ve grown accustomed to her face. ⓘ |
| occupation |
linguist
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phonetics expert ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
arrogant
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blunt ⓘ brilliant ⓘ eccentric ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Rex Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Wimpole Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | Higgins’s laboratory ⓘ |
| socialClass | upper middle class ⓘ |
| specialization |
English accents
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phonetics ⓘ speech training ⓘ |
| student | Eliza Doolittle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teaches |
proper pronunciation
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upper-class English accent ⓘ |
| workOfFictionType | musical theatre ⓘ |
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Subject: Professor Henry Higgins Description of subject: Professor Henry Higgins is a brilliant but arrogant phonetics expert who attempts to transform a Cockney flower girl into a refined lady in the musical film "My Fair Lady."
Referenced by (6)
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