James Wait
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James Wait is the enigmatic, ailing black sailor whose presence and ambiguous illness drive the moral and psychological tensions aboard ship in Joseph Conrad’s novel *The Nigger of the “Narcissus”*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Wait canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16780122 — 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: James Wait Context triple: [The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, mainCharacter, James Wait]
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A.
Marcus Waite
Marcus Waite is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Waite.
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B.
Charles Wylie
Charles Wylie was a British mountaineer and army officer known for his role in early post-war Himalayan expeditions, including the 1953 British attempt on Mount Everest.
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C.
Joseph Wightman
Joseph Wightman was a British Army officer best known for commanding government forces against the Jacobites during the early 18th-century uprisings.
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D.
William Eldridge
William Eldridge is a person notable enough to be recognized as a primary bearer of the surname Eldridge, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly established.
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E.
John Tait
John Tait is known primarily as the husband of Katharine Tait, the daughter of philosopher Bertrand Russell.
- 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: James Wait Target entity description: James Wait is the enigmatic, ailing black sailor whose presence and ambiguous illness drive the moral and psychological tensions aboard ship in Joseph Conrad’s novel *The Nigger of the “Narcissus”*.
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A.
Marcus Waite
Marcus Waite is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Waite.
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B.
Charles Wylie
Charles Wylie was a British mountaineer and army officer known for his role in early post-war Himalayan expeditions, including the 1953 British attempt on Mount Everest.
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C.
Joseph Wightman
Joseph Wightman was a British Army officer best known for commanding government forces against the Jacobites during the early 18th-century uprisings.
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D.
William Eldridge
William Eldridge is a person notable enough to be recognized as a primary bearer of the surname Eldridge, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly established.
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E.
John Tait
John Tait is known primarily as the husband of Katharine Tait, the daughter of philosopher Bertrand Russell.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.