Montresor
E210047
Montresor is the calculating, vengeful protagonist of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado,” known for luring his enemy Fortunato to a gruesome death in an underground catacomb.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Montresor canonical | 9 |
| Montressor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1887174 — 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: Montresor Context triple: [The Cask of Amontillado, narratorCharacter, Montresor]
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A.
The Cask of Amontillado
"The Cask of Amontillado" is a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that follows a chilling tale of calculated revenge and murder set in the catacombs beneath an Italian city.
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B.
Francisco Scaramanga
Francisco Scaramanga is the suave, highly skilled assassin and primary antagonist known as the "Man with the Golden Gun" in the James Bond film of the same name.
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C.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None is a classic mystery novel by Agatha Christie in which ten strangers are lured to an isolated island and killed one by one according to a sinister nursery rhyme.
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D.
The Tell-Tale Heart
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that explores guilt and madness through the unreliable narration of a murderer haunted by the imagined beating of his victim’s heart.
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E.
Rue Morgue
Rue Morgue is a fictional Parisian street best known as the eerie setting of Edgar Allan Poe’s pioneering detective story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.”
- 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: Montresor Target entity description: Montresor is the calculating, vengeful protagonist of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado,” known for luring his enemy Fortunato to a gruesome death in an underground catacomb.
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A.
The Cask of Amontillado
"The Cask of Amontillado" is a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that follows a chilling tale of calculated revenge and murder set in the catacombs beneath an Italian city.
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B.
Francisco Scaramanga
Francisco Scaramanga is the suave, highly skilled assassin and primary antagonist known as the "Man with the Golden Gun" in the James Bond film of the same name.
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C.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None is a classic mystery novel by Agatha Christie in which ten strangers are lured to an isolated island and killed one by one according to a sinister nursery rhyme.
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D.
The Tell-Tale Heart
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that explores guilt and madness through the unreliable narration of a murderer haunted by the imagined beating of his victim’s heart.
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E.
Rue Morgue
Rue Morgue is a fictional Parisian street best known as the eerie setting of Edgar Allan Poe’s pioneering detective story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ murderer ⓘ protagonist ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Cask of Amontillado ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | short story ⓘ |
| chains | Fortunato to a niche wall ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
calculating
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cold ⓘ manipulative ⓘ secretive ⓘ vengeful ⓘ |
| claimsInsultBy | Fortunato ⓘ |
| confessesTo | an unnamed listener ⓘ |
| createdBy | Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ |
| emotionalResponseToCrime | shows little remorse ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Fortunato ⓘ |
| familyBackground | member of the Montresor family ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
The Cask of Amontillado
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surface form:
The Cask of Amontillado (1846)
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| genreContext |
Gothic fiction
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psychological horror ⓘ |
| languageOfNarration | first-person ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| luresWith | promise of Amontillado wine ⓘ |
| methodOfMurder | immurement ⓘ |
| moralAmbiguity | justifies murder as response to insult ⓘ |
| motto | Nemo me impune lacessit ⓘ |
| murders | Fortunato ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
explores theme of revenge
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illustrates unreliable narration ⓘ |
| nationality | Italian ⓘ |
| occupation | nobleman ⓘ |
| plansRevengeAccordingTo | principle of punishing with impunity ⓘ |
| prepares | masonry and mortar in the catacombs ⓘ |
| pretendsConcernFor | Fortunato's health ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
narrator of The Cask of Amontillado
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protagonist of The Cask of Amontillado ⓘ |
| seals | Fortunato behind a brick wall ⓘ |
| seeksRevengeOn | Fortunato ⓘ |
| setting | unnamed Italian city during carnival season ⓘ |
| settingOfCrime | catacombs beneath his palazzo ⓘ |
| symbolAssociatedWith |
family coat of arms depicting a foot crushing a serpent
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motto about revenge and impunity ⓘ |
| timeOfConfession | fifty years after the murder ⓘ |
| usesWeaknessOf |
Fortunato's love of wine
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Fortunato's pride in his connoisseurship of wine ⓘ |
| weaponUsed | trowel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Montresor Description of subject: Montresor is the calculating, vengeful protagonist of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado,” known for luring his enemy Fortunato to a gruesome death in an underground catacomb.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Montressor