Paul Orlac
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Paul Orlac is a fictional concert pianist whose transplanted hands drive the psychological and horror narrative of the novel and its film adaptations "The Hands of Orlac."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Paul Orlac canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10089402 — 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: Paul Orlac Context triple: [The Hands of Orlac, mainCharacter, Paul Orlac]
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A.
Alphonse Jourdain
Alphonse Jourdain was a 12th-century French nobleman and Count of Toulouse known for his role in regional politics and territorial expansion in southern France.
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B.
Victor Meynard
Victor Meynard is a middle-aged, solitary professional hitman whose life is upended when he unexpectedly becomes a mentor and protector in the French comedy film "Cible émouvante."
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C.
Hendrik Sartov
Hendrik Sartov was a cinematographer best known for his work on silent-era films, including collaborations with major directors and stars of the 1920s.
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D.
Jules Gilliéron
Jules Gilliéron was a pioneering Swiss-French linguist and dialectologist best known for his foundational work in Romance linguistics and the creation of the Atlas linguistique de la France.
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E.
Lucien De Vestel
Lucien De Vestel was a Belgian architect best known for his role in designing the European Commission’s Berlaymont building in Brussels.
- 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: Paul Orlac Target entity description: Paul Orlac is a fictional concert pianist whose transplanted hands drive the psychological and horror narrative of the novel and its film adaptations "The Hands of Orlac."
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A.
Alphonse Jourdain
Alphonse Jourdain was a 12th-century French nobleman and Count of Toulouse known for his role in regional politics and territorial expansion in southern France.
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B.
Victor Meynard
Victor Meynard is a middle-aged, solitary professional hitman whose life is upended when he unexpectedly becomes a mentor and protector in the French comedy film "Cible émouvante."
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C.
Hendrik Sartov
Hendrik Sartov was a cinematographer best known for his work on silent-era films, including collaborations with major directors and stars of the 1920s.
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D.
Jules Gilliéron
Jules Gilliéron was a pioneering Swiss-French linguist and dialectologist best known for his foundational work in Romance linguistics and the creation of the Atlas linguistique de la France.
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E.
Lucien De Vestel
Lucien De Vestel was a Belgian architect best known for his role in designing the European Commission’s Berlaymont building in Brussels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Orlac’s Hands
NERFINISHED
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The Hands of Orlac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | murderous transplanted hands ⓘ |
| centralConflict | identity crisis after hand transplant ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
fear of bodily alteration
ⓘ
loss of identity ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ |
| characterType | tragic hero ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Maurice Renard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | novel The Hands of Orlac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror fiction
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psychological horror ⓘ |
| hasBodyModification | hand transplantation ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Yvonne Orlac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later body-horror narratives ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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novel ⓘ |
| motif |
disembodied hands
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medical experimentation ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableAdaptation |
1924 film The Hands of Orlac
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
1935 film Mad Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
concert pianist
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pianist ⓘ |
| setting | early 20th-century Europe ⓘ |
| subjectOf | film adaptations of The Hands of Orlac ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Paul Orlac Description of subject: Paul Orlac is a fictional concert pianist whose transplanted hands drive the psychological and horror narrative of the novel and its film adaptations "The Hands of Orlac."
Referenced by (2)
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