Damon Wildeve
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Damon Wildeve is a central, romantically entangled character in Thomas Hardy’s novel "The Return of the Native," whose shifting affections help drive the story’s tragic conflicts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Damon Wildeve canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12359790 — 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: Damon Wildeve Context triple: [The Return of the Native, hasMainCharacter, Damon Wildeve]
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A.
Cliff Osmond
Cliff Osmond was an American character actor and screenwriter known for his comic supporting roles in films and television from the 1960s onward.
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B.
Walter Deverell
Walter Deverell was a 19th-century British Pre-Raphaelite painter known for discovering and first using Elizabeth Siddal as a model in his artworks.
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C.
Bertram Mitford
Bertram Mitford was a British author best known for his late 19th-century adventure and colonial novels set in southern Africa.
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D.
David Wooster
David Wooster was an American Revolutionary War general from Connecticut who played a significant role in the early struggle for independence.
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E.
Herbert Wilcox
Herbert Wilcox was a prominent British film producer and director, best known for his prolific output in the early to mid-20th century and his frequent collaborations with actress Anna Neagle.
- 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: Damon Wildeve Target entity description: Damon Wildeve is a central, romantically entangled character in Thomas Hardy’s novel "The Return of the Native," whose shifting affections help drive the story’s tragic conflicts.
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A.
Cliff Osmond
Cliff Osmond was an American character actor and screenwriter known for his comic supporting roles in films and television from the 1960s onward.
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B.
Walter Deverell
Walter Deverell was a 19th-century British Pre-Raphaelite painter known for discovering and first using Elizabeth Siddal as a model in his artworks.
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C.
Bertram Mitford
Bertram Mitford was a British author best known for his late 19th-century adventure and colonial novels set in southern Africa.
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D.
David Wooster
David Wooster was an American Revolutionary War general from Connecticut who played a significant role in the early struggle for independence.
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E.
Herbert Wilcox
Herbert Wilcox was a prominent British film producer and director, best known for his prolific output in the early to mid-20th century and his frequent collaborations with actress Anna Neagle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.