Alton Locke
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Alton Locke is a social-problem novel by Charles Kingsley that follows a working-class tailor and poet amid the Chartist movement, exploring themes of class struggle, labor rights, and religious doubt in Victorian England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alton Locke canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11824662 — 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: Alton Locke Context triple: [Charles Kingsley, notableWork, Alton Locke]
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A.
Alton Lemon
Alton Lemon was a civil rights activist whose role as lead plaintiff in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case on church–state separation led to the establishment of the influential "Lemon test" for evaluating laws under the First Amendment.
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B.
Anthony Hancock
Anthony Hancock is a bumbling, downtrodden everyman character portrayed by British comedian Tony Hancock, known for his pessimistic wit and social awkwardness.
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C.
Lucien Wilbanks
Lucien Wilbanks is a seasoned, principled Southern lawyer who serves as a key mentor and ally to Jake Brigance in John Grisham’s legal thrillers.
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D.
Alton Ellis
Alton Ellis was a pioneering Jamaican singer and songwriter widely regarded as the "Godfather of Rocksteady" for his influential contributions to early reggae and rocksteady music.
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E.
Elmer Booth
Elmer Booth was an early 20th-century American silent film actor known for his dynamic performances in pioneering gangster and crime dramas.
- 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: Alton Locke Target entity description: Alton Locke is a social-problem novel by Charles Kingsley that follows a working-class tailor and poet amid the Chartist movement, exploring themes of class struggle, labor rights, and religious doubt in Victorian England.
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A.
Alton Lemon
Alton Lemon was a civil rights activist whose role as lead plaintiff in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case on church–state separation led to the establishment of the influential "Lemon test" for evaluating laws under the First Amendment.
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B.
Anthony Hancock
Anthony Hancock is a bumbling, downtrodden everyman character portrayed by British comedian Tony Hancock, known for his pessimistic wit and social awkwardness.
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C.
Lucien Wilbanks
Lucien Wilbanks is a seasoned, principled Southern lawyer who serves as a key mentor and ally to Jake Brigance in John Grisham’s legal thrillers.
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D.
Alton Ellis
Alton Ellis was a pioneering Jamaican singer and songwriter widely regarded as the "Godfather of Rocksteady" for his influential contributions to early reggae and rocksteady music.
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E.
Elmer Booth
Elmer Booth was an early 20th-century American silent film actor known for his dynamic performances in pioneering gangster and crime dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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social-problem novel ⓘ |
| addressesIssue |
class inequality
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education of the poor ⓘ industrialization ⓘ poverty ⓘ religious crisis ⓘ |
| author | Charles Kingsley ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
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political novel ⓘ social-problem novel ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Christian socialism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Alton Locke ⓘ |
| movementDepicted | Chartism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
poet
ⓘ
tailor ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
England
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London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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| settingPeriod |
Victorian England
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linked to:
Victorian era
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| theme |
Chartist movement
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linked to:
Chartism
class struggle ⓘ labor rights ⓘ religious doubt ⓘ social justice ⓘ working-class conditions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alton Locke Description of subject: Alton Locke is a social-problem novel by Charles Kingsley that follows a working-class tailor and poet amid the Chartist movement, exploring themes of class struggle, labor rights, and religious doubt in Victorian England.
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