Simon Dedalus
E111517
Simon Dedalus is a proud, embittered, and often irresponsible father in James Joyce’s Ulysses, known for his eloquence, nostalgia, and strained relationship with his son Stephen.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Simon Dedalus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T896791 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simon Dedalus Context triple: [Ulysses, notableCharacter, Simon Dedalus]
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A.
Stephen Dedalus
Stephen Dedalus is a central fictional character created by James Joyce, portrayed as an intellectually restless young Dubliner whose artistic and philosophical struggles are explored in both "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" and "Ulysses."
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B.
Leopold Bloom
Leopold Bloom is the introspective Dublin advertising canvasser whose wandering thoughts and experiences over a single day form the core of James Joyce’s modernist novel "Ulysses."
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C.
Buck Mulligan
Buck Mulligan is a boisterous, irreverent medical student and one of the central figures in the opening episode of James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses."
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D.
Feargus O'Connor
Feargus O'Connor was a prominent 19th-century Irish-born radical politician and journalist who became the most influential and charismatic leader of the British Chartist movement for democratic reform.
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E.
Seán
Seán is the Irish form of the given name John, commonly used as a male first name in Ireland.
- 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: Simon Dedalus Target entity description: Simon Dedalus is a proud, embittered, and often irresponsible father in James Joyce’s Ulysses, known for his eloquence, nostalgia, and strained relationship with his son Stephen.
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A.
Stephen Dedalus
Stephen Dedalus is a central fictional character created by James Joyce, portrayed as an intellectually restless young Dubliner whose artistic and philosophical struggles are explored in both "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" and "Ulysses."
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B.
Leopold Bloom
Leopold Bloom is the introspective Dublin advertising canvasser whose wandering thoughts and experiences over a single day form the core of James Joyce’s modernist novel "Ulysses."
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C.
Buck Mulligan
Buck Mulligan is a boisterous, irreverent medical student and one of the central figures in the opening episode of James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses."
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D.
Feargus O'Connor
Feargus O'Connor was a prominent 19th-century Irish-born radical politician and journalist who became the most influential and charismatic leader of the British Chartist movement for democratic reform.
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E.
Seán
Seán is the Irish form of the given name John, commonly used as a male first name in Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| admires | Charles Stewart Parnell ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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Ulysses ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
authoritarian
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boastful ⓘ eloquent ⓘ embittered ⓘ irresponsible ⓘ melancholic ⓘ nostalgic ⓘ proud ⓘ sentimental ⓘ |
| creator | James Joyce ⓘ |
| drinkingHabit | heavy drinker ⓘ |
| educationAttitude | fails to support Stephen’s education consistently ⓘ |
| familyName | Dedalus ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation | Dublin ⓘ |
| financialStatus | impoverished ⓘ |
| financialTrait | spendthrift ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Simon ⓘ |
| hasChild | Stephen Dedalus ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith | Stephen Dedalus ⓘ |
| hasScene |
Christmas dinner scene in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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Ormond Hotel episode in Ulysses ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Mary Dedalus ⓘ |
| isHauntedBy | fall of Parnell ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | modernist literature ⓘ |
| majorAppearance | Ulysses ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | foil to Stephen Dedalus ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish ⓘ |
| notableAbility |
singing ballads
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storytelling ⓘ |
| occupation |
former medical student
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rate collector ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| parentingStyle | neglectful ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Irish nationalist ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithStephen | strained ⓘ |
| religiousBackground | Catholic milieu ⓘ |
| setInTime | late 19th century and early 20th century Ireland ⓘ |
| supportsCause |
Irish Home Rule movement
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surface form:
Irish Home Rule
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| symbolizes |
burden of history and memory in Ulysses
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decline of an Irish middle-class patriarch ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Simon Dedalus Description of subject: Simon Dedalus is a proud, embittered, and often irresponsible father in James Joyce’s Ulysses, known for his eloquence, nostalgia, and strained relationship with his son Stephen.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ulysses