Eduard "Del" Delacroix
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Eduard "Del" Delacroix is a condemned Cajun inmate on death row in Stephen King’s "The Green Mile," known for his gentle bond with a trained mouse and his harrowingly botched execution.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eduard Delacroix | 6 |
| Eduard "Del" Delacroix canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Eduard "Del" Delacroix Context triple: [The Green Mile, mainCharacter, Eduard "Del" Delacroix]
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A.
Eugène Delacroix
Eugène Delacroix was a pioneering 19th-century French painter renowned for his dramatic compositions, vivid color, and emotionally charged scenes that helped define the Romantic movement in art.
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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was a 19th-century French painter renowned for his large-scale, dreamlike murals and his influential role in the development of Symbolist art.
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C.
Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet was a pioneering 19th-century French painter whose innovative style helped bridge Realism and Impressionism and profoundly influenced modern art.
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Louis Anquetin
Louis Anquetin was a French Post-Impressionist painter known for his bold use of flat color areas and outlines, and for helping pioneer the Cloisonnist style in late 19th-century Paris.
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E.
Antoine-Jean Gros
Antoine-Jean Gros was a French painter known for his dramatic, emotionally charged battle scenes that bridged Neoclassicism and Romanticism in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Eduard "Del" Delacroix Target entity description: Eduard "Del" Delacroix is a condemned Cajun inmate on death row in Stephen King’s "The Green Mile," known for his gentle bond with a trained mouse and his harrowingly botched execution.
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A.
Eugène Delacroix
Eugène Delacroix was a pioneering 19th-century French painter renowned for his dramatic compositions, vivid color, and emotionally charged scenes that helped define the Romantic movement in art.
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B.
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was a 19th-century French painter renowned for his large-scale, dreamlike murals and his influential role in the development of Symbolist art.
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C.
Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet was a pioneering 19th-century French painter whose innovative style helped bridge Realism and Impressionism and profoundly influenced modern art.
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D.
Louis Anquetin
Louis Anquetin was a French Post-Impressionist painter known for his bold use of flat color areas and outlines, and for helping pioneer the Cloisonnist style in late 19th-century Paris.
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E.
Antoine-Jean Gros
Antoine-Jean Gros was a French painter known for his dramatic, emotionally charged battle scenes that bridged Neoclassicism and Romanticism in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a film
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character in a novel ⓘ condemned prisoner ⓘ death row inmate ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| antagonisticRelationshipWith | Percy Wetmore ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium |
film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
The Green Mile
ⓘ
The Green Mile ⓘ
surface form:
The Green Mile (1999 film)
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| appearsInWorkType | novel ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
The Green Mile
ⓘ
surface form:
The Green Mile (novel)
|
| causeOfSufferingAtExecution | sponge deliberately not wetted ⓘ |
| conviction | arson and murder ⓘ |
| countryOfSetting |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| creator | Stephen King ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Cajun ⓘ |
| executionDeviceName | Old Sparky ⓘ |
| executionOutcome | botched execution ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | fictional ⓘ |
| friendlyRelationshipWith |
Brutus "Brutal" Howell
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John Coffey ⓘ Paul Edgecombe ⓘ |
| fullName |
Eduard "Del" Delacroix
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Eduard Delacroix
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Eduard ⓘ |
| knownFor |
botched execution in the electric chair
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gentle bond with a trained mouse ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French-accented English ⓘ |
| methodOfExecution | electric chair ⓘ |
| narrativeEra |
Great Depression
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surface form:
Great Depression era
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| narrativeFunction | death row inmate whose execution demonstrates cruelty and injustice ⓘ |
| nickname | Del ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
childlike
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fearful of execution ⓘ gentle ⓘ |
| pet | Mr. Jingles ⓘ |
| plotEvent |
is comforted by guards before execution
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watches Mr. Jingles perform tricks on the Mile ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Michael Jeter ⓘ |
| relationshipWithAnimal | caretaker of Mr. Jingles ⓘ |
| roleInStory | supporting character ⓘ |
| sentence | death ⓘ |
| setting |
Cold Mountain Penitentiary
ⓘ
E Block (The Green Mile) ⓘ
surface form:
E Block ("The Green Mile")
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| stateOfSetting | Louisiana (implied region for Cajun background) ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
capital punishment
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cruelty and abuse of power ⓘ humanity of condemned prisoners ⓘ |
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Subject: Eduard "Del" Delacroix Description of subject: Eduard "Del" Delacroix is a condemned Cajun inmate on death row in Stephen King’s "The Green Mile," known for his gentle bond with a trained mouse and his harrowingly botched execution.
Referenced by (7)
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