Peter Quint
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Peter Quint is a sinister former valet whose ghostly presence and ambiguous influence over the children drive the psychological horror in Henry James’s novella "The Turn of the Screw."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter Quint canonical | 6 |
| aware of Peter Quint’s history at Bly | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2210447 — 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: Peter Quint Context triple: [The Turn of the Screw, mainCharacter, Peter Quint]
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A.
Gussie Fink-Nottle
Gussie Fink-Nottle is a shy, newt-obsessed friend of Bertie Wooster in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves stories, known for his timidity and comic misadventures.
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B.
Newt Scamander
Newt Scamander is a magizoologist and the central protagonist of the Fantastic Beasts film series within J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World.
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C.
Nevil Macready
Nevil Macready was a British Army general best known for serving as Commander-in-Chief in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence.
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D.
Bustopher Jones
Bustopher Jones is a distinguished, portly cat from T. S. Eliot’s *Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats*, known for his impeccable manners, formal attire, and fondness for gentlemen’s clubs.
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E.
Ralph Milbanke
Ralph Milbanke was a British aristocrat and member of the Milbanke family, notable as the father of Annabella Milbanke, the wife of poet Lord Byron.
- 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: Peter Quint Target entity description: Peter Quint is a sinister former valet whose ghostly presence and ambiguous influence over the children drive the psychological horror in Henry James’s novella "The Turn of the Screw."
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A.
Gussie Fink-Nottle
Gussie Fink-Nottle is a shy, newt-obsessed friend of Bertie Wooster in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves stories, known for his timidity and comic misadventures.
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B.
Newt Scamander
Newt Scamander is a magizoologist and the central protagonist of the Fantastic Beasts film series within J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World.
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C.
Nevil Macready
Nevil Macready was a British Army general best known for serving as Commander-in-Chief in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence.
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D.
Bustopher Jones
Bustopher Jones is a distinguished, portly cat from T. S. Eliot’s *Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats*, known for his impeccable manners, formal attire, and fondness for gentlemen’s clubs.
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E.
Ralph Milbanke
Ralph Milbanke was a British aristocrat and member of the Milbanke family, notable as the father of Annabella Milbanke, the wife of poet Lord Byron.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
ghost ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsAs | apparition ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Turn of the Screw ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bly
ⓘ
Flora ⓘ Miles ⓘ Miss Jessel ⓘ |
| characterAlignment | malevolent ⓘ |
| characterType | ambiguous villain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom (fictional setting)
|
| creator | Henry James ⓘ |
| deathStatus | dead before main events of the story ⓘ |
| employer | the bachelor uncle of the children in The Turn of the Screw ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Turn of the Screw ⓘ |
| formerOccupation | valet ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
ghost story
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psychological horror ⓘ |
| influences |
Flora
ⓘ
Miles ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 19th century literature ⓘ |
| medium | novella ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
ambiguous supernatural presence
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source of psychological horror ⓘ |
| occupation | valet ⓘ |
| perceivedBy | the governess ⓘ |
| roleInWork | antagonist ⓘ |
| setting |
Bly
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surface form:
Bly estate
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| themeRelation |
corruption of innocence
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repression and sexuality ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1898 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Peter Quint Description of subject: Peter Quint is a sinister former valet whose ghostly presence and ambiguous influence over the children drive the psychological horror in Henry James’s novella "The Turn of the Screw."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
aware of Peter Quint’s history at Bly