Colonel Killigrew
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Colonel Killigrew is a pleasure-seeking, morally flawed old man in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment,” whose past indulgences and vices are exposed when he temporarily regains his youth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colonel Killigrew canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9358589 — 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: Colonel Killigrew Context triple: [Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment, character, Colonel Killigrew]
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A.
Colonel John Goffe
Colonel John Goffe was an 18th-century New Hampshire military officer and early settler known for his service in colonial wars and influence in the region’s development.
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B.
Colonel William Lumley
Colonel William Lumley was a British Army officer known for commanding government forces during the 1798 Irish Rebellion, including at the Battle of Antrim.
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C.
Colonel Arbuthnot
Colonel Arbuthnot is a stoic and honorable British army officer who becomes one of the key suspects in Agatha Christie’s detective novel "Murder on the Orient Express."
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D.
Colonel Nicholson
Colonel Nicholson is the rigid, duty-bound British officer at the center of the film "The Bridge on the River Kwai," whose obsession with military discipline leads to morally ambiguous collaboration with his captors.
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E.
Colonel John Parry
Colonel John Parry is a character in Philip Pullman’s "His Dark Materials" universe, notably appearing in the television adaptation where he is portrayed by Andrew Scott.
- 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: Colonel Killigrew Target entity description: Colonel Killigrew is a pleasure-seeking, morally flawed old man in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment,” whose past indulgences and vices are exposed when he temporarily regains his youth.
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A.
Colonel John Goffe
Colonel John Goffe was an 18th-century New Hampshire military officer and early settler known for his service in colonial wars and influence in the region’s development.
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B.
Colonel William Lumley
Colonel William Lumley was a British Army officer known for commanding government forces during the 1798 Irish Rebellion, including at the Battle of Antrim.
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C.
Colonel Arbuthnot
Colonel Arbuthnot is a stoic and honorable British army officer who becomes one of the key suspects in Agatha Christie’s detective novel "Murder on the Orient Express."
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D.
Colonel Nicholson
Colonel Nicholson is the rigid, duty-bound British officer at the center of the film "The Bridge on the River Kwai," whose obsession with military discipline leads to morally ambiguous collaboration with his captors.
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E.
Colonel John Parry
Colonel John Parry is a character in Philip Pullman’s "His Dark Materials" universe, notably appearing in the television adaptation where he is portrayed by Andrew Scott.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| ageStatus | old man ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment ⓘ |
| appearsWith |
Dr. Heidegger
ⓘ
Mr. Gascoigne ⓘ Mr. Medbourne ⓘ Widow Wycherly ⓘ |
| authorNationality |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| characterTrait |
hedonistic
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morally flawed ⓘ pleasure-seeking ⓘ self-indulgent ⓘ sensual ⓘ |
| createdBy | Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short stories ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
past indulgences
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pursuit of sensual pleasures ⓘ vices ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| moralFunction | illustrates the failure to learn from past sins ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
example of unrepentant sinner
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foil to Dr. Heidegger’s caution ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | colonel ⓘ |
| participatesIn | Dr. Heidegger’s experiment with the Fountain of Youth water ⓘ |
| plotEvent |
repeats his youthful vices when made young again
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temporarily regains his youth ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the dangers of sensual excess
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the persistence of vice despite age ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
consequences of vice
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moral corruption ⓘ the folly of trying to recapture youth ⓘ |
| timeOfCreation | 19th century ⓘ |
| workFirstPublishedIn | Twice-Told Tales ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Colonel Killigrew Description of subject: Colonel Killigrew is a pleasure-seeking, morally flawed old man in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment,” whose past indulgences and vices are exposed when he temporarily regains his youth.
Referenced by (4)
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