Jack Worthing
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Jack Worthing is the respectable yet secretly duplicitous protagonist of Oscar Wilde’s comedy "The Importance of Being Earnest," known for leading a double life under the name Ernest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jack Worthing canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7595920 — 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: Jack Worthing Context triple: [The Importance of Being Earnest, mainCharacter, Jack Worthing]
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A.
Charles, Lord Goring
Charles, Lord Goring was a Royalist general in the English Civil War, noted for his cavalry command and often-criticized indiscipline.
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B.
George Goring, Lord Goring
George Goring, Lord Goring was a prominent Royalist general during the English Civil War, noted for his cavalry leadership and often undisciplined but daring conduct in battle.
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C.
Ralph Touchett
Ralph Touchett is a sensitive, observant, and terminally ill American expatriate in Henry James’s novel "The Portrait of a Lady," known for his ironic detachment and deep, unrequited devotion to his cousin Isabel Archer.
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D.
Henry Wilcox
Henry Wilcox is a wealthy, pragmatic businessman and patriarch in E.M. Forster’s novel "Howards End," embodying the values and limitations of the Edwardian upper-middle class.
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E.
Sir George Treby
Sir George Treby was a British politician and public official who rose to prominence in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, notably serving in senior governmental and naval administrative roles.
- 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: Jack Worthing Target entity description: Jack Worthing is the respectable yet secretly duplicitous protagonist of Oscar Wilde’s comedy "The Importance of Being Earnest," known for leading a double life under the name Ernest.
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A.
Charles, Lord Goring
Charles, Lord Goring was a Royalist general in the English Civil War, noted for his cavalry command and often-criticized indiscipline.
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B.
George Goring, Lord Goring
George Goring, Lord Goring was a prominent Royalist general during the English Civil War, noted for his cavalry leadership and often undisciplined but daring conduct in battle.
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C.
Ralph Touchett
Ralph Touchett is a sensitive, observant, and terminally ill American expatriate in Henry James’s novel "The Portrait of a Lady," known for his ironic detachment and deep, unrequited devotion to his cousin Isabel Archer.
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D.
Henry Wilcox
Henry Wilcox is a wealthy, pragmatic businessman and patriarch in E.M. Forster’s novel "Howards End," embodying the values and limitations of the Edwardian upper-middle class.
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E.
Sir George Treby
Sir George Treby was a British politician and public official who rose to prominence in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, notably serving in senior governmental and naval administrative roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Ernest ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Importance of Being Earnest ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Irish (Oscar Wilde) ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
duplicitous
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respectable ⓘ |
| createdBy | Oscar Wilde ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
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linked to:
The Importance of Being Earnest
|
| foundAsInfantIn | handbag ⓘ |
| foundAtLocation |
Victoria Station
ⓘ
cloakroom at Victoria Station ⓘ |
| friendOf | Algernon Moncrieff ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | comedy of manners ⓘ |
| guardianOf | Cecily Cardew ⓘ |
| hasAlias | Ernest ⓘ |
| hasDoubleLifeLocation |
city (as Ernest)
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country (as Jack) ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| leadsDoubleLifeAs | Ernest ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Gwendolen Fairfax ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | English ⓘ |
| occupation | landowner ⓘ |
| pretendsToBe | Ernest in London ⓘ |
| raisedBy | Thomas Cardew ⓘ |
| realGivenName |
Ernest (revealed at end)
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linked to:
Ernest
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| relatedTo |
Algernon Moncrieff (as brother, revealed)
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linked to:
Algernon Moncrieff
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| residence |
Hertfordshire countryside
ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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| roleInWork | protagonist of The Importance of Being Earnest ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
Victorian England
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linked to:
Victorian era
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| socialStatus | respectable gentleman ⓘ |
| symbolizes | critique of earnestness ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
Victorian morality
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deception ⓘ identity ⓘ |
| ward | Cecily Cardew ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Jack Worthing Description of subject: Jack Worthing is the respectable yet secretly duplicitous protagonist of Oscar Wilde’s comedy "The Importance of Being Earnest," known for leading a double life under the name Ernest.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.