Professor Burris
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Professor Burris is the skeptical psychology professor and narrator of B.F. Skinner’s utopian novel "Walden Two," through whose perspective the experimental community is explored and critiqued.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Professor Burris canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T981639 — 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: Professor Burris Context triple: [Walden Two, featuresCharacter, Professor Burris]
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A.
Professor Trevor Bruttenholm
Professor Trevor Bruttenholm is a scholarly occult expert and founding member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense who discovers, raises, and mentors the demon hero Hellboy.
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B.
Professor Bhaer
Professor Bhaer is a kind, intellectually inclined German immigrant and love interest of Jo March in the 1994 film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s "Little Women."
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C.
The Professor
The Professor is the mastermind strategist and enigmatic leader who orchestrates the meticulously planned heists in the Spanish series "Money Heist."
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D.
Mr. McFeely
Mr. McFeely is the speedy, friendly delivery man on the children's television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," known for his catchphrase "Speedy Delivery!"
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E.
Mr. Tappitt
Mr. Tappitt is a fictional character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Rachel Ray," serving as one of the townspeople involved in the social and romantic intrigues of the story.
- 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: Professor Burris Target entity description: Professor Burris is the skeptical psychology professor and narrator of B.F. Skinner’s utopian novel "Walden Two," through whose perspective the experimental community is explored and critiqued.
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A.
Professor Trevor Bruttenholm
Professor Trevor Bruttenholm is a scholarly occult expert and founding member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense who discovers, raises, and mentors the demon hero Hellboy.
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B.
Professor Bhaer
Professor Bhaer is a kind, intellectually inclined German immigrant and love interest of Jo March in the 1994 film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s "Little Women."
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C.
The Professor
The Professor is the mastermind strategist and enigmatic leader who orchestrates the meticulously planned heists in the Spanish series "Money Heist."
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D.
Mr. McFeely
Mr. McFeely is the speedy, friendly delivery man on the children's television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," known for his catchphrase "Speedy Delivery!"
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E.
Mr. Tappitt
Mr. Tappitt is a fictional character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Rachel Ray," serving as one of the townspeople involved in the social and romantic intrigues of the story.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| alignment | ambivalent toward Walden Two ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Walden Two
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surface form:
"Walden Two"
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| associatedWith |
Walden Two
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surface form:
Walden Two community
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| characterTrait |
analytical
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cautious ⓘ intellectual ⓘ skeptical ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Frazier's radical behaviorism ⓘ |
| createdBy |
B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner)
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surface form:
B. F. Skinner
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| educationLevel | university professor ⓘ |
| evaluates |
behaviorist principles in practice
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social engineering of Walden Two ⓘ |
| fieldOfExpertise | psychology ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
Walden Two
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surface form:
"Walden Two" (1948)
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| genreContext | utopian novel ⓘ |
| guides |
Barbara
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Castle ⓘ Jamnik ⓘ Mary ⓘ Rogers ⓘ Steve ⓘ |
| initialAttitudeTowardWaldenTwo | skeptical ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| laterAttitudeTowardWaldenTwo | more sympathetic but still questioning ⓘ |
| literaryRole | foil to Frazier ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | central lens for readers’ evaluation of Walden Two ⓘ |
| literaryThemeInvolvement |
freedom versus control
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individualism versus community ⓘ scientific planning of society ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
critical observer
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viewpoint character ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| narrativeReliability | questioned by some critics ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| occupation | psychology professor ⓘ |
| relationshipToFrazier |
college acquaintance
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intellectual opponent ⓘ |
| role | narrator of "Walden Two" ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | post–World War II United States (fictionalized) ⓘ |
| symbolizes | conventional intellectual skepticism ⓘ |
| usedByAuthorFor |
framing philosophical debates about behaviorism
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presenting objections to Walden Two ⓘ |
| worldview | traditional academic psychology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Professor Burris Description of subject: Professor Burris is the skeptical psychology professor and narrator of B.F. Skinner’s utopian novel "Walden Two," through whose perspective the experimental community is explored and critiqued.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.