Edward Prendick
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Edward Prendick is the shipwrecked narrator and protagonist of H. G. Wells's science fiction novel "The Island of Doctor Moreau," who witnesses and recounts the horrific experiments of the titular vivisectionist.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edward Prendick canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T824718 — 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.
Target entity: Edward Prendick Context triple: [The Island of Doctor Moreau, mainCharacter, Edward Prendick]
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Alfred Harker
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William Hayes Fogg
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Henry Markham
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Annabella Milbanke
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Edward Williams
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Edward Prendick Target entity description: Edward Prendick is the shipwrecked narrator and protagonist of H. G. Wells's science fiction novel "The Island of Doctor Moreau," who witnesses and recounts the horrific experiments of the titular vivisectionist.
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A.
Alfred Harker
Alfred Harker was a British geologist and petrologist renowned for his pioneering work on igneous rocks and the geology of the British Isles.
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B.
William Hayes Fogg
William Hayes Fogg was an American businessman and art collector whose bequest led to the establishment of the Fogg Museum at Harvard University.
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C.
Henry Markham
Henry Markham was an American politician who served as the 18th governor of California from 1891 to 1895.
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D.
Charles Lanyon
Charles Lanyon was a prominent 19th-century Irish architect known for designing many notable public buildings in Belfast and across Ulster.
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E.
Annabella Milbanke
Annabella Milbanke, later Lady Byron, was an English aristocrat and mathematician best known as the wife of poet Lord Byron and the mother of computing pioneer Ada Lovelace.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ novel protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Island of Doctor Moreau ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
The Island of Doctor Moreau
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surface form:
Doctor Moreau
Montgomery ⓘ |
| associatedWithGroup | Beast Folk ⓘ |
| creator |
Herbert George Wells
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surface form:
H. G. Wells
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| fictionalUniverse | The Island of Doctor Moreau ⓘ |
| fullName | Edward Prendick self-link ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| laterCondition |
alienation from human society
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psychological trauma ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
science fiction
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speculative fiction ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| moralFunctionInText | observer of Moreau's cruelty ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| occupation | gentleman ⓘ |
| publicationContext | late 19th-century science fiction ⓘ |
| role |
narrator
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protagonist ⓘ |
| settingOfExperience | Moreau's island ⓘ |
| survives | ordeal on Moreau's island ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
ethics of scientific experimentation
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human-animal boundary ⓘ isolation and madness ⓘ |
| transportEvent | shipwreck survivor ⓘ |
| witnesses |
creation of Beast Folk
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vivisection experiments ⓘ |
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Subject: Edward Prendick Description of subject: Edward Prendick is the shipwrecked narrator and protagonist of H. G. Wells's science fiction novel "The Island of Doctor Moreau," who witnesses and recounts the horrific experiments of the titular vivisectionist.
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