Richard Phillotson
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Richard Phillotson is a schoolmaster in Thomas Hardy’s novel "Jude the Obscure," whose conventional ambitions and troubled marriage to Sue Bridehead highlight the novel’s critique of Victorian social and marital norms.
All labels observed (1)
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| Richard Phillotson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12263667 — 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: Richard Phillotson Context triple: [Jude the Obscure, mainCharacter, Richard Phillotson]
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A.
James Millar
James Millar is a name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as economics, politics, and the arts.
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B.
Joseph Johnson
Joseph Johnson was an influential 18th-century London publisher and bookseller known for promoting radical, Enlightenment, and early feminist works.
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C.
John Millar
John Millar was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and legal scholar known for his influential work on jurisprudence, political economy, and the development of civil society.
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D.
William Blackwood
William Blackwood was a Scottish publisher and bookseller best known for founding the influential 19th-century literary magazine Blackwood's Magazine.
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E.
Archibald Constable
Archibald Constable was a prominent early 19th-century Scottish publisher and bookseller best known for issuing major literary works, including those of Sir Walter Scott.
- 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: Richard Phillotson Target entity description: Richard Phillotson is a schoolmaster in Thomas Hardy’s novel "Jude the Obscure," whose conventional ambitions and troubled marriage to Sue Bridehead highlight the novel’s critique of Victorian social and marital norms.
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A.
James Millar
James Millar is a name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as economics, politics, and the arts.
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B.
Joseph Johnson
Joseph Johnson was an influential 18th-century London publisher and bookseller known for promoting radical, Enlightenment, and early feminist works.
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C.
John Millar
John Millar was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and legal scholar known for his influential work on jurisprudence, political economy, and the development of civil society.
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D.
William Blackwood
William Blackwood was a Scottish publisher and bookseller best known for founding the influential 19th-century literary magazine Blackwood's Magazine.
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E.
Archibald Constable
Archibald Constable was a prominent early 19th-century Scottish publisher and bookseller best known for issuing major literary works, including those of Sir Walter Scott.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.