Mr Norrell
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Mr Norrell is a reclusive and pedantic English magician in Susanna Clarke’s novel "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell," known for reviving practical magic in 19th-century Britain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mr Norrell canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16015912 — 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: Mr Norrell Context triple: [Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, mainCharacter, Mr Norrell]
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A.
Giles Hopkins
Giles Hopkins was a Mayflower passenger and early settler in Plymouth Colony, known as the son of fellow passenger Stephen Hopkins.
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B.
Philip Goldson
Philip Goldson was a prominent Belizean nationalist, journalist, and politician known for his key role in the country’s independence movement and advocacy for social justice.
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C.
Walter Deverell
Walter Deverell was a 19th-century British Pre-Raphaelite painter known for discovering and first using Elizabeth Siddal as a model in his artworks.
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D.
Howard Bannister
Howard Bannister is the mild-mannered, musicologist protagonist played by Ryan O'Neal in the screwball comedy film "What's Up, Doc?".
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E.
Nicholas Pike
Nicholas Pike is a film and television composer known for his atmospheric scores for horror and genre projects, including numerous Stephen King adaptations.
- 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: Mr Norrell Target entity description: Mr Norrell is a reclusive and pedantic English magician in Susanna Clarke’s novel "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell," known for reviving practical magic in 19th-century Britain.
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A.
Giles Hopkins
Giles Hopkins was a Mayflower passenger and early settler in Plymouth Colony, known as the son of fellow passenger Stephen Hopkins.
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B.
Philip Goldson
Philip Goldson was a prominent Belizean nationalist, journalist, and politician known for his key role in the country’s independence movement and advocacy for social justice.
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C.
Walter Deverell
Walter Deverell was a 19th-century British Pre-Raphaelite painter known for discovering and first using Elizabeth Siddal as a model in his artworks.
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D.
Howard Bannister
Howard Bannister is the mild-mannered, musicologist protagonist played by Ryan O'Neal in the screwball comedy film "What's Up, Doc?".
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E.
Nicholas Pike
Nicholas Pike is a film and television composer known for his atmospheric scores for horror and genre projects, including numerous Stephen King adaptations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.