Jonathan Harker
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Jonathan Harker is a young English solicitor and one of the primary protagonists in Bram Stoker’s novel "Dracula," known for his harrowing encounter with Count Dracula in Transylvania and subsequent efforts to stop the vampire.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Harker canonical | 10 |
| John Harker | 1 |
| Jonathan Harker (Dracula, 1931 film) | 1 |
| Trevor Eve as Jonathan Harker | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2388732 — 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: Jonathan Harker Context triple: [Dracula, mainCharacter, Jonathan Harker]
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A.
Lyle Talbot
Lyle Talbot was an American actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1930s through the 1980s, including roles in both major studio productions and low-budget cult classics.
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B.
Barnabas
Barnabas is an early Christian disciple and missionary, closely associated with Paul, known for his role in spreading Christianity and supporting the early church.
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C.
Rupert of Hentzau
Rupert of Hentzau is the charming yet ruthless villain from Anthony Hope’s Ruritanian adventure novels, best known as the dashing antagonist to Rudolf Rassendyll.
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D.
Mr. Edward Hyde
Mr. Edward Hyde is the violent, malevolent alter ego of Dr. Henry Jekyll in Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Gothic novella "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde."
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E.
Alfred Harker
Alfred Harker was a British geologist and petrologist renowned for his pioneering work on igneous rocks and the geology of the British Isles.
- 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: Jonathan Harker Target entity description: Jonathan Harker is a young English solicitor and one of the primary protagonists in Bram Stoker’s novel "Dracula," known for his harrowing encounter with Count Dracula in Transylvania and subsequent efforts to stop the vampire.
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A.
Lyle Talbot
Lyle Talbot was an American actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1930s through the 1980s, including roles in both major studio productions and low-budget cult classics.
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B.
Barnabas
Barnabas is an early Christian disciple and missionary, closely associated with Paul, known for his role in spreading Christianity and supporting the early church.
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C.
Rupert of Hentzau
Rupert of Hentzau is the charming yet ruthless villain from Anthony Hope’s Ruritanian adventure novels, best known as the dashing antagonist to Rudolf Rassendyll.
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D.
Mr. Edward Hyde
Mr. Edward Hyde is the violent, malevolent alter ego of Dr. Henry Jekyll in Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Gothic novella "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde."
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E.
Alfred Harker
Alfred Harker was a British geologist and petrologist renowned for his pioneering work on igneous rocks and the geology of the British Isles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fictional character
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Literary character ⓘ Protagonist ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Jonathan ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Dracula ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Abraham Van Helsing
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Arthur Holmwood ⓘ Count Dracula ⓘ John Seward ⓘ
surface form:
Dr. John Seward
Mina Harker ⓘ Quincey Morris ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
Brave
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Loyal ⓘ Rational ⓘ |
| conflict | Struggle against vampirism ⓘ |
| creator | Bram Stoker ⓘ |
| familyRole | Husband of Mina Harker ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Dracula
ⓘ
surface form:
Dracula universe
|
| firstAppearance | Dracula ⓘ |
| gender | Male ⓘ |
| genre |
Gothic fiction
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Horror fiction ⓘ |
| hasLoveInterest | Mina Harker ⓘ |
| homeLocation | England ⓘ |
| inspiredAdaptations |
Film adaptations of Dracula
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Stage adaptations of Dracula ⓘ Television adaptations of Dracula ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| medium | Novel ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
Diary entries
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Letters ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Discovers Dracula is a vampire
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Escapes from Dracula’s castle ⓘ Helps track and destroy Count Dracula ⓘ Visits Count Dracula’s castle in Transylvania ⓘ |
| occupation | Solicitor ⓘ |
| partOf | Dracula characters ⓘ |
| relationshipToDracula |
Opponent
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Victim ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
Narrator
ⓘ
Primary protagonist ⓘ |
| settingOfMajorEvents |
England
ⓘ
Transylvania ⓘ |
| spouse | Mina Harker ⓘ |
| timeOfPublicationContext |
Dracula
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surface form:
Dracula (1897)
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Jonathan Harker Description of subject: Jonathan Harker is a young English solicitor and one of the primary protagonists in Bram Stoker’s novel "Dracula," known for his harrowing encounter with Count Dracula in Transylvania and subsequent efforts to stop the vampire.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Renfield (Dracula, 1931 film)
this entity surface form:
Jonathan Harker (Dracula, 1931 film)
this entity surface form:
John Harker
this entity surface form:
Trevor Eve as Jonathan Harker