Dr. Simon Jordan
E108667
Dr. Simon Jordan is a fictional physician and early psychiatrist who becomes deeply involved in investigating Grace Marks’s notorious murder case in Margaret Atwood’s novel "Alias Grace."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dr. Simon Jordan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T912765 — 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: Dr. Simon Jordan Context triple: [Alias Grace, hasCharacter, Dr. Simon Jordan]
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A.
Dr. Philip Raven
Dr. Philip Raven is a fictional British statesman and visionary whose prophetic dream-notes frame the future-history narrative in H. G. Wells’s novel "The Shape of Things to Come."
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B.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
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C.
Jared C. Nicholson
Jared C. Nicholson is an American politician and attorney who serves as the mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.
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D.
Dr. Randall Mindy
Dr. Randall Mindy is the fictional astronomer protagonist in the satirical disaster film "Don't Look Up," who discovers a comet headed toward Earth and struggles to convince the world of the impending catastrophe.
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E.
Richard L. Simon
Richard L. Simon was an American publisher and co-founder of the major publishing house Simon & Schuster.
- 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: Dr. Simon Jordan Target entity description: Dr. Simon Jordan is a fictional physician and early psychiatrist who becomes deeply involved in investigating Grace Marks’s notorious murder case in Margaret Atwood’s novel "Alias Grace."
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A.
Dr. Philip Raven
Dr. Philip Raven is a fictional British statesman and visionary whose prophetic dream-notes frame the future-history narrative in H. G. Wells’s novel "The Shape of Things to Come."
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B.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
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C.
Jared C. Nicholson
Jared C. Nicholson is an American politician and attorney who serves as the mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.
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D.
Dr. Randall Mindy
Dr. Randall Mindy is the fictional astronomer protagonist in the satirical disaster film "Don't Look Up," who discovers a comet headed toward Earth and struggles to convince the world of the impending catastrophe.
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E.
Richard L. Simon
Richard L. Simon was an American publisher and co-founder of the major publishing house Simon & Schuster.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
physician ⓘ psychiatrist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Alias Grace ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Grace Marks
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Grace Marks murder trial ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical developments in psychiatry ⓘ |
| characterIn | novel ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| createdBy | Margaret Atwood ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Alias Grace ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mental health
ⓘ
psychiatry ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Alias Grace
ⓘ
surface form:
Alias Grace (1996)
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | historical fiction character ⓘ |
| hasProfessionInStory | consulting doctor on criminal case ⓘ |
| investigates | Grace Marks ⓘ |
| investigatesTypeOfCrime | double murder ⓘ |
| investigativeFocus |
Grace Marks’s possible amnesia
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Grace Marks’s reliability as a witness ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Grace Marks murder case ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| linkedToRealEvents | inspired by the historical Grace Marks case ⓘ |
| literaryRole | frame narrator for Grace Marks’s story ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | investigator of Grace Marks’s memories ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited focusing on Simon Jordan ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | major character ⓘ |
| occupation |
early psychiatrist
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physician ⓘ |
| partOf | Alias Grace characters ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| storyLocation | Canada ⓘ |
| themeConnection |
memory
ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ power dynamics between doctor and patient ⓘ truth ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
early psychological interviewing
ⓘ
talking cure ⓘ |
| workOf | Margaret Atwood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dr. Simon Jordan Description of subject: Dr. Simon Jordan is a fictional physician and early psychiatrist who becomes deeply involved in investigating Grace Marks’s notorious murder case in Margaret Atwood’s novel "Alias Grace."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.