Seymour Glass
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Seymour Glass is a central, enigmatic figure in J.D. Salinger’s Glass family saga, portrayed as a spiritually intense yet psychologically fragile World War II veteran whose inner turmoil profoundly shapes several of Salinger’s stories.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Seymour Glass canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12875271 — 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: Seymour Glass Context triple: [Nine Stories, hasCharacter, Seymour Glass]
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A.
Albert Woolson
Albert Woolson was an American Civil War veteran widely recognized as the last surviving member of the Union veterans' organization, the Grand Army of the Republic.
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B.
Frank Carver
Frank Carver is the central protagonist of the film "Love Hurts," around whom the story’s emotional and relational conflicts revolve.
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C.
Conrad Salinger
Conrad Salinger was an American arranger and orchestrator renowned for his lush, sophisticated scores for Hollywood musicals during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Ben Harmon
Ben Harmon is a troubled psychiatrist and family man whose personal failings and attempts at redemption drive much of the psychological and supernatural drama in American Horror Story: Murder House.
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E.
Dick Diver
Dick Diver is a charismatic but ultimately tragic American psychiatrist whose personal and professional decline forms the emotional core of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel "Tender Is the Night."
- 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: Seymour Glass Target entity description: Seymour Glass is a central, enigmatic figure in J.D. Salinger’s Glass family saga, portrayed as a spiritually intense yet psychologically fragile World War II veteran whose inner turmoil profoundly shapes several of Salinger’s stories.
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A.
Albert Woolson
Albert Woolson was an American Civil War veteran widely recognized as the last surviving member of the Union veterans' organization, the Grand Army of the Republic.
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B.
Frank Carver
Frank Carver is the central protagonist of the film "Love Hurts," around whom the story’s emotional and relational conflicts revolve.
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C.
Conrad Salinger
Conrad Salinger was an American arranger and orchestrator renowned for his lush, sophisticated scores for Hollywood musicals during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Ben Harmon
Ben Harmon is a troubled psychiatrist and family man whose personal failings and attempts at redemption drive much of the psychological and supernatural drama in American Horror Story: Murder House.
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E.
Dick Diver
Dick Diver is a charismatic but ultimately tragic American psychiatrist whose personal and professional decline forms the emotional core of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel "Tender Is the Night."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Franny and Zooey NERFINISHED ⓘ Nine Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters NERFINISHED ⓘ Seymour: An Introduction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | J. D. Salinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathManner | suicide ⓘ |
| deathSceneDepictedIn | A Perfect Day for Bananafish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBy | Buddy Glass as narrator ⓘ |
| familyName | Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Glass family saga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | A Perfect Day for Bananafish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Seymour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | other members of the Glass family (fictional) ⓘ |
| hasParent |
Bessie Glass
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Les Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Beatrice Glass
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boo Boo Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ Buddy Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ Franny Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ Waker Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ Walt Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ Zooey Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American literature ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Muriel Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
novella
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central figure in the Glass family stories
ⓘ
subject of Buddy Glass’s reminiscences ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
World War II veteran
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psychologically fragile ⓘ spiritually intense ⓘ |
| occupation |
poet
ⓘ
teacher ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
child prodigy
ⓘ
gifted spiritual mentor to his siblings ⓘ |
| setIn | New York City (fictional setting) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeAssociated |
alienation
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mysticism ⓘ postwar trauma ⓘ spiritual seeking ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Seymour Glass Description of subject: Seymour Glass is a central, enigmatic figure in J.D. Salinger’s Glass family saga, portrayed as a spiritually intense yet psychologically fragile World War II veteran whose inner turmoil profoundly shapes several of Salinger’s stories.
Referenced by (4)
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