Colonel Jack
E124831
"Colonel Jack" is an early 18th-century novel by Daniel Defoe that follows the morally complex life and adventures of a London pickpocket who rises through crime, transportation, and eventual reform.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colonel Jack canonical | 1 |
| Colonel Jack (fictional character) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1078503 — 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: Colonel Jack Context triple: [Daniel Defoe, notableWork, Colonel Jack]
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A.
Chief Hancock
Chief Hancock was a prominent Native American leader of the Tuscarora people who played a central role in the early 18th-century Tuscarora War in colonial North Carolina.
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B.
Captain Vidal
Captain Vidal is the ruthless and authoritarian Falangist officer who serves as the primary antagonist in Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth."
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C.
Captain Lemuel Moody
Captain Lemuel Moody was a 19th-century American sea captain and entrepreneur from Portland, Maine, best known for commissioning and overseeing the construction of the historic Portland Observatory.
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D.
James Crabe
James Crabe was an American cinematographer best known for his work on influential films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the original Rocky.
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E.
Captain Englehorn
Captain Englehorn is the German skipper of the ship Venture in the King Kong franchise, known for transporting filmmaker Carl Denham to Skull Island.
- 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: Colonel Jack Target entity description: "Colonel Jack" is an early 18th-century novel by Daniel Defoe that follows the morally complex life and adventures of a London pickpocket who rises through crime, transportation, and eventual reform.
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A.
Chief Hancock
Chief Hancock was a prominent Native American leader of the Tuscarora people who played a central role in the early 18th-century Tuscarora War in colonial North Carolina.
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B.
Captain Vidal
Captain Vidal is the ruthless and authoritarian Falangist officer who serves as the primary antagonist in Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth."
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C.
Captain Lemuel Moody
Captain Lemuel Moody was a 19th-century American sea captain and entrepreneur from Portland, Maine, best known for commissioning and overseeing the construction of the historic Portland Observatory.
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D.
James Crabe
James Crabe was an American cinematographer best known for his work on influential films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the original Rocky.
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E.
Captain Englehorn
Captain Englehorn is the German skipper of the ship Venture in the King Kong franchise, known for transporting filmmaker Carl Denham to Skull Island.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| approximatePublicationDecade | 1720s ⓘ |
| author | Daniel Defoe ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
crime and punishment
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moral reform ⓘ poverty and survival ⓘ religious conversion ⓘ repentance ⓘ social mobility ⓘ transportation of criminals ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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crime fiction ⓘ moral fiction ⓘ picaresque novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
reformed sinner
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rogue protagonist ⓘ |
| hasMoralPerspective | Protestant ethic of repentance and industry ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeElement |
eventual economic success
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life of crime in London streets ⓘ military service ⓘ orphaned or abandoned childhood ⓘ religious and moral reflection ⓘ transportation to the American colonies ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | early English novel ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Augustan literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
example of early 18th-century English prose fiction
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explores criminal underclass in early modern London ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | autobiographical fiction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Colonel Jack
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Colonel Jack (fictional character)
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| protagonistMoralArc | from criminality to repentance ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
pickpocket
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soldier ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
A Journal of the Plague Year
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Captain Singleton ⓘ Moll Flanders ⓘ Robinson Crusoe ⓘ |
| setting |
British colonies in America
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England ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| tone |
didactic
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moralizing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Colonel Jack Description of subject: "Colonel Jack" is an early 18th-century novel by Daniel Defoe that follows the morally complex life and adventures of a London pickpocket who rises through crime, transportation, and eventual reform.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Colonel Jack (fictional character)