Tom Natsworthy
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Tom Natsworthy is the young, idealistic historian’s apprentice who becomes an unlikely hero in the post-apocalyptic, mobile-city world of Mortal Engines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tom Natsworthy canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10254864 — 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: Tom Natsworthy Context triple: [Mortal Engines (2018 film), mainCharacter, Tom Natsworthy]
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A.
Charlie Allnut
Charlie Allnut is the rough-edged but good-hearted Canadian boat captain from the classic film "The African Queen," known for his unlikely partnership and romance with a prim missionary during World War I.
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B.
Thomas Nelstrop
Thomas Nelstrop is a British actor and comedian known for his television work and appearances in UK comedy and drama series.
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C.
Frank Worthington
Frank Worthington was an English professional footballer best known as a flamboyant forward who played for clubs such as Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers during the 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
Tobias Wilson
Tobias Wilson is a recurring character in the animated television series "The Amazing World of Gumball," known as a colorful, athletic student at Elmore Junior High.
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E.
Charlie Runkle
Charlie Runkle is a fictional Hollywood talent agent and the loyal but often hapless best friend of writer Hank Moody on the television series "Californication."
- 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: Tom Natsworthy Target entity description: Tom Natsworthy is the young, idealistic historian’s apprentice who becomes an unlikely hero in the post-apocalyptic, mobile-city world of Mortal Engines.
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A.
Charlie Allnut
Charlie Allnut is the rough-edged but good-hearted Canadian boat captain from the classic film "The African Queen," known for his unlikely partnership and romance with a prim missionary during World War I.
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B.
Thomas Nelstrop
Thomas Nelstrop is a British actor and comedian known for his television work and appearances in UK comedy and drama series.
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C.
Frank Worthington
Frank Worthington was an English professional footballer best known as a flamboyant forward who played for clubs such as Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers during the 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
Tobias Wilson
Tobias Wilson is a recurring character in the animated television series "The Amazing World of Gumball," known as a colorful, athletic student at Elmore Junior High.
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E.
Charlie Runkle
Charlie Runkle is a fictional Hollywood talent agent and the loyal but often hapless best friend of writer Hank Moody on the television series "Californication."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| allyOf | Hester Shaw ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Mortal Engines
ⓘ
linked to:
Mortal Engines (novel)
Mortal Engines (2018 film) ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries | Mortal Engines Quartet ⓘ |
| associatedWith | London (traction city) ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | Mortal Engines (novel) ⓘ |
| becomes | unlikely hero ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
idealistic
ⓘ
young ⓘ |
| createdBy | Philip Reeve ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Municipal Darwinism
ⓘ
Thaddeus Valentine ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | novel Mortal Engines ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
steampunk
ⓘ
young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeArc | from naive apprentice to seasoned adventurer ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Hester Shaw ⓘ |
| nationality | Londoner ⓘ |
| occupation | historian’s apprentice ⓘ |
| partOf | Mortal Engines characters ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Robert Sheehan ⓘ |
| publisherOfSourceWork |
Scholastic
ⓘ
linked to:
Scholastic Corporation
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| residence | London (traction city) ⓘ |
| role | protagonist ⓘ |
| setting |
mobile-city world
ⓘ
post-apocalyptic world ⓘ |
| universe |
Mortal Engines universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Mortal Engines Quartet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tom Natsworthy Description of subject: Tom Natsworthy is the young, idealistic historian’s apprentice who becomes an unlikely hero in the post-apocalyptic, mobile-city world of Mortal Engines.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.