Lord Henry Wotton
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Lord Henry Wotton is a witty, hedonistic aristocrat in Oscar Wilde’s "The Picture of Dorian Gray" whose cynical philosophy and charm profoundly corrupt and shape Dorian’s character.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lord Henry Wotton canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10972506 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord Henry Wotton Context triple: [Dorian Gray, influencedBy, Lord Henry Wotton]
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A.
Lord Henry Seymour
Lord Henry Seymour was an English naval commander and nobleman who played a key role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
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B.
Lord Henry FitzGerald
Lord Henry FitzGerald was an 18th-century Irish nobleman and politician from the prominent FitzGerald family, known as a younger son of the Duke of Leinster and a member of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy.
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C.
Lord Henry John Spencer
Lord Henry John Spencer was a British aristocrat and politician of the Spencer family who served as a Member of Parliament in the late 18th century.
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D.
Lord Arthur Savile
Lord Arthur Savile is a fictional Victorian aristocrat whose misguided attempt to fulfill a foretold destiny drives the darkly comic plot of Oscar Wilde’s story "Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime."
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E.
Algernon Moncrieff
Algernon Moncrieff is a witty, hedonistic young gentleman in Oscar Wilde’s play "The Importance of Being Earnest," known for his sharp epigrams, love of pleasure, and role in satirizing Victorian social conventions.
- 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: Lord Henry Wotton Target entity description: Lord Henry Wotton is a witty, hedonistic aristocrat in Oscar Wilde’s "The Picture of Dorian Gray" whose cynical philosophy and charm profoundly corrupt and shape Dorian’s character.
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A.
Lord Henry Seymour
Lord Henry Seymour was an English naval commander and nobleman who played a key role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
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B.
Lord Henry FitzGerald
Lord Henry FitzGerald was an 18th-century Irish nobleman and politician from the prominent FitzGerald family, known as a younger son of the Duke of Leinster and a member of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy.
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C.
Lord Henry John Spencer
Lord Henry John Spencer was a British aristocrat and politician of the Spencer family who served as a Member of Parliament in the late 18th century.
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D.
Lord Arthur Savile
Lord Arthur Savile is a fictional Victorian aristocrat whose misguided attempt to fulfill a foretold destiny drives the darkly comic plot of Oscar Wilde’s story "Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime."
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E.
Algernon Moncrieff
Algernon Moncrieff is a witty, hedonistic young gentleman in Oscar Wilde’s play "The Importance of Being Earnest," known for his sharp epigrams, love of pleasure, and role in satirizing Victorian social conventions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aristocrat
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ supporting character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Picture of Dorian Gray ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
decadence
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influence and manipulation ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ pleasure and beauty ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Oscar Wilde (partially, by critical interpretation)
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linked to:
Oscar Wilde
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| characterTrait |
amoral
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charming ⓘ cynical ⓘ hedonistic ⓘ manipulative ⓘ witty ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Oscar Wilde ⓘ |
| familyName | Wotton ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Picture of Dorian Gray ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearsIn |
Gothic fiction
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philosophical novel ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry ⓘ |
| hasDialogueStyle |
epigrammatic
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paradoxical ⓘ |
| influences | Dorian Gray ⓘ |
| inUniverseStatus | married man ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Decadent movement
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linked to:
Decadentism
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| medium | novel ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | spokesperson for aesthetic and hedonistic ideas ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| occupation | aristocrat ⓘ |
| philosophy |
aestheticism
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hedonism ⓘ |
| relationshipTo |
acquaintance of Basil Hallward
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friend of Dorian Gray ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
articulates novel’s epigrams
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corrupts Dorian Gray ⓘ serves as tempter figure ⓘ |
| setting | Victorian London ⓘ |
| socialClass | upper class ⓘ |
| spouse | Lady Victoria Wotton ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | late 19th century ⓘ |
| title | Lord ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lord Henry Wotton Description of subject: Lord Henry Wotton is a witty, hedonistic aristocrat in Oscar Wilde’s "The Picture of Dorian Gray" whose cynical philosophy and charm profoundly corrupt and shape Dorian’s character.
Referenced by (4)
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