Henry Clerval
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Henry Clerval is Victor Frankenstein’s loyal and idealistic best friend whose compassion and humanism sharply contrast with Victor’s obsessive scientific ambition in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994 film).
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henry Clerval canonical | 5 |
| Tom Hulce as Henry Clerval | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2352420 — 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: Henry Clerval Context triple: [Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994 film), character, Henry Clerval]
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A.
Victor
Victor is a masculine given name of Latin origin meaning "conqueror" or "winner," commonly used in many European and English-speaking countries.
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B.
Nathaniel Rochester
Nathaniel Rochester was an American Revolutionary War officer, land speculator, and founder of the city of Rochester in New York.
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C.
Augustus Melmotte
Augustus Melmotte is a wealthy, unscrupulous financier whose rise and fall in Victorian high society drives the satirical plot of Anthony Trollope's novel "The Way We Live Now."
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D.
Abraham Franklin Frankenstein
Abraham Franklin Frankenstein was an American composer best known for writing the music to the state song of California, "I Love You, California."
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E.
Pierre Saint-Jean
Pierre Saint-Jean is a French weightlifter best known for delivering the athletes' oath at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
- 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: Henry Clerval Target entity description: Henry Clerval is Victor Frankenstein’s loyal and idealistic best friend whose compassion and humanism sharply contrast with Victor’s obsessive scientific ambition in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994 film).
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A.
Victor
Victor is a masculine given name of Latin origin meaning "conqueror" or "winner," commonly used in many European and English-speaking countries.
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B.
Nathaniel Rochester
Nathaniel Rochester was an American Revolutionary War officer, land speculator, and founder of the city of Rochester in New York.
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C.
Augustus Melmotte
Augustus Melmotte is a wealthy, unscrupulous financier whose rise and fall in Victorian high society drives the satirical plot of Anthony Trollope's novel "The Way We Live Now."
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D.
Abraham Franklin Frankenstein
Abraham Franklin Frankenstein was an American composer best known for writing the music to the state song of California, "I Love You, California."
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E.
Pierre Saint-Jean
Pierre Saint-Jean is a French weightlifter best known for delivering the athletes' oath at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
ⓘ
surface form:
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994 film) ⓘ
surface form:
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994 film)
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| basedOn | Henry Clerval self-link ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
compassionate
ⓘ
humanistic ⓘ idealistic ⓘ loyal ⓘ |
| contrastBasis | Victor Frankenstein's obsessive scientific ambition ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Victor Frankenstein ⓘ |
| creator | Mary Shelley ⓘ |
| embodies |
compassion
ⓘ
humanism ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| friendOf | Victor Frankenstein ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
gothic horror ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Victor Frankenstein ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | moral foil to Victor Frankenstein ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | best friend of the protagonist ⓘ |
| portrayedInFilmAdaptationOf | Frankenstein ⓘ |
| settingUniverse | Frankenstein universe ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Henry Clerval Description of subject: Henry Clerval is Victor Frankenstein’s loyal and idealistic best friend whose compassion and humanism sharply contrast with Victor’s obsessive scientific ambition in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994 film).
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tom Hulce as Henry Clerval