Homer Wells
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Homer Wells is the compassionate, orphaned protagonist of John Irving's novel "The Cider House Rules," who is raised in an orphanage and struggles to define his own moral path.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Homer Wells canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9356436 — 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: Homer Wells Context triple: [The Cider House Rules, mainCharacter, Homer Wells]
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A.
Norville Barnes
Norville Barnes is the naive yet ambitious mailroom clerk who unexpectedly rises to corporate power in the Coen brothers’ film "The Hudsucker Proxy."
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B.
Eugene Worley
Eugene Worley was an American jurist who served as a prominent judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
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C.
Walt Willey
Walt Willey is an American actor best known for his long-running role as attorney Jackson Montgomery on the soap opera "All My Children."
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D.
Billy Keller
Billy Keller is a former American professional basketball guard best known for his sharpshooting and key role on the Indiana Pacers’ championship teams in the American Basketball Association.
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E.
Homer Murray
Homer Murray is an American chef and restaurateur, best known as the son of actor Bill Murray and for running the Brooklyn restaurant 21 Greenpoint.
- 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: Homer Wells Target entity description: Homer Wells is the compassionate, orphaned protagonist of John Irving's novel "The Cider House Rules," who is raised in an orphanage and struggles to define his own moral path.
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A.
Norville Barnes
Norville Barnes is the naive yet ambitious mailroom clerk who unexpectedly rises to corporate power in the Coen brothers’ film "The Hudsucker Proxy."
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B.
Eugene Worley
Eugene Worley was an American jurist who served as a prominent judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
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C.
Walt Willey
Walt Willey is an American actor best known for his long-running role as attorney Jackson Montgomery on the soap opera "All My Children."
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D.
Billy Keller
Billy Keller is a former American professional basketball guard best known for his sharpshooting and key role on the Indiana Pacers’ championship teams in the American Basketball Association.
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E.
Homer Murray
Homer Murray is an American chef and restaurateur, best known as the son of actor Bill Murray and for running the Brooklyn restaurant 21 Greenpoint.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
The Cider House Rules (1999 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Cider House Rules
|
| appearsIn | The Cider House Rules ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium |
film adaptation
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
the cider house rules
ⓘ
linked to:
The Cider House Rules
|
| centralThemeRelation |
abortion ethics
ⓘ
family and belonging ⓘ moral autonomy ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalResidence |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | John Irving ⓘ |
| createdInYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Cider House Rules universe
ⓘ
linked to:
The Cider House Rules
|
| firstAppearance |
The Cider House Rules (novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Cider House Rules
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| guardian | Dr. Wilbur Larch ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
apple orchard worker
ⓘ
medical assistant ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith |
Candy Kendall
ⓘ
Wally Worthington ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
compassionate
ⓘ
independent ⓘ morally conflicted ⓘ |
| isOrphan | true ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| learnsFrom | Dr. Wilbur Larch ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | realist fiction ⓘ |
| literaryWorkAuthor | John Irving ⓘ |
| moralConflictWith | abortion ⓘ |
| moralDevelopmentArc | from obedience to self-determined ethics ⓘ |
| moralRole | questioner of institutional rules ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | focal character ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Tobey Maguire ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | The Cider House Rules ⓘ |
| raisedAt |
St. Cloud’s Orphanage
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Cloud’s orphanage
|
| raisedByInstitution | orphanage ⓘ |
| setting | Maine ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
search for personal ethics
ⓘ
the right to choose one’s path ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| trainedIn |
obstetrics (informally)
ⓘ
performing abortions (informally) ⓘ |
| worksAt | apple orchard at Ocean View ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Homer Wells Description of subject: Homer Wells is the compassionate, orphaned protagonist of John Irving's novel "The Cider House Rules," who is raised in an orphanage and struggles to define his own moral path.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.