Alec d'Urberville
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Alec d'Urberville is the wealthy, manipulative antagonist of Thomas Hardy’s novel "Tess of the d’Urbervilles," whose actions tragically shape the fate of the heroine, Tess.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alec d'Urberville canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13811537 — 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: Alec d'Urberville Context triple: [Hans Matheson, portrayed, Alec d'Urberville]
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A.
William Peverel
William Peverel was an 11th–12th century Norman knight and prominent landholder in England, traditionally associated with the early Norman administration of the Peak District and the founding of Peveril Castle.
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B.
William Cornysh
William Cornysh was an English Renaissance composer and dramatist known for his influential sacred and secular music at the Tudor court.
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C.
Julian Peveril
Julian Peveril is the fictional protagonist of Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel "Peveril of the Peak," set in 17th-century England during the aftermath of the English Civil War and the Popish Plot.
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D.
Henry Fairfax
Henry Fairfax was a member of the prominent Fairfax family, an English noble lineage influential in politics and society from the early modern period onward.
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E.
Roderick Elliston
Roderick Elliston is the tormented protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s tale “Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent,” whose life is consumed by a metaphorical serpent representing his destructive self-absorption.
- 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: Alec d'Urberville Target entity description: Alec d'Urberville is the wealthy, manipulative antagonist of Thomas Hardy’s novel "Tess of the d’Urbervilles," whose actions tragically shape the fate of the heroine, Tess.
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A.
William Peverel
William Peverel was an 11th–12th century Norman knight and prominent landholder in England, traditionally associated with the early Norman administration of the Peak District and the founding of Peveril Castle.
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B.
William Cornysh
William Cornysh was an English Renaissance composer and dramatist known for his influential sacred and secular music at the Tudor court.
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C.
Julian Peveril
Julian Peveril is the fictional protagonist of Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel "Peveril of the Peak," set in 17th-century England during the aftermath of the English Civil War and the Popish Plot.
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D.
Henry Fairfax
Henry Fairfax was a member of the prominent Fairfax family, an English noble lineage influential in politics and society from the early modern period onward.
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E.
Roderick Elliston
Roderick Elliston is the tormented protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s tale “Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent,” whose life is consumed by a metaphorical serpent representing his destructive self-absorption.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.