Nahum Gardner
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Nahum Gardner is a New England farmer in H. P. Lovecraft’s horror story "The Colour Out of Space," whose land and family are slowly corrupted by a mysterious extraterrestrial presence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nahum Gardner canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8619501 — 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: Nahum Gardner Context triple: [The Colour Out of Space, hasCharacter, Nahum Gardner]
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A.
Lucian Johnston
Lucian Johnston is a film editor best known for his work on the acclaimed horror drama "Midsommar."
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B.
Granville Hicks
Granville Hicks was an American literary critic, novelist, and educator known for his Marxist-influenced criticism and his role in mid-20th-century American literary and political debates.
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C.
Gardner Campbell
Gardner Campbell is a prominent educator and advocate for digital learning and innovation in higher education.
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D.
Robert Hodges
Robert Hodges is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, and without additional context it most commonly refers to various professionals or public figures rather than a single widely recognized person.
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E.
William Ashburner
William Ashburner was a 19th-century American mining engineer and geologist known for his work in mineral surveying and resource assessment in the western United States.
- 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: Nahum Gardner Target entity description: Nahum Gardner is a New England farmer in H. P. Lovecraft’s horror story "The Colour Out of Space," whose land and family are slowly corrupted by a mysterious extraterrestrial presence.
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A.
Lucian Johnston
Lucian Johnston is a film editor best known for his work on the acclaimed horror drama "Midsommar."
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B.
Granville Hicks
Granville Hicks was an American literary critic, novelist, and educator known for his Marxist-influenced criticism and his role in mid-20th-century American literary and political debates.
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C.
Gardner Campbell
Gardner Campbell is a prominent educator and advocate for digital learning and innovation in higher education.
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D.
Robert Hodges
Robert Hodges is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, and without additional context it most commonly refers to various professionals or public figures rather than a single widely recognized person.
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E.
William Ashburner
William Ashburner was a 19th-century American mining engineer and geologist known for his work in mineral surveying and resource assessment in the western United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
farmer
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ |
| animalFate | livestock become deformed ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Colour Out of Space ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | weird fiction ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
extraterrestrial colour
ⓘ
mysterious meteorite ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | effects of the extraterrestrial colour ⓘ |
| creator | H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ |
| diesIn | The Colour Out of Space ⓘ |
| ethnicity | New England Yankee ⓘ |
| familyFate |
family members die under mysterious circumstances
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family members go insane ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Cthulhu Mythos ⓘ |
| firstPublicationWork | The Colour Out of Space ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Amazing Stories ⓘ |
| genre | cosmic horror ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Merwin Gardner
ⓘ
Thaddeus Gardner ⓘ Zenas Gardner ⓘ unnamed youngest child ⓘ unnamed youngest son ⓘ |
| householdMember |
Merwin Gardner
ⓘ
Mrs. Gardner ⓘ Thaddeus Gardner ⓘ Zenas Gardner ⓘ youngest son ⓘ |
| landFate |
farm becomes blighted
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vegetation grows unnaturally and then withers ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeSource | recounted by an unnamed surveyor-narrator ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| neighborPerception |
considered unlucky
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regarded with fear and pity ⓘ |
| occupation | farmer ⓘ |
| owns | Gardner farm ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| residence | rural farm near Arkham, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| setIn | fictional region of Arkham ⓘ |
| spouse | Mrs. Gardner ⓘ |
| storyRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| suffersFrom |
mental deterioration
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physical wasting ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
corruption of nature
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human helplessness before cosmic forces ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nahum Gardner Description of subject: Nahum Gardner is a New England farmer in H. P. Lovecraft’s horror story "The Colour Out of Space," whose land and family are slowly corrupted by a mysterious extraterrestrial presence.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.