John Wesley
E309681
John Wesley is a mischievous, disrespectful young boy in Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” embodying the tale’s themes of moral decay and generational conflict.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Wesley canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2902850 — 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.
Target entity: John Wesley Context triple: [A Good Man Is Hard to Find, mainCharacter, John Wesley]
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John Wesley
John Wesley was an 18th-century Anglican cleric and theologian who founded Methodism and became a central figure in the rise of modern evangelical Christianity.
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George Whitefield
George Whitefield was an 18th-century Anglican preacher and key figure of the First Great Awakening, renowned for his powerful oratory and pioneering role in the spread of evangelical Christianity in Britain and the American colonies.
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C.
Charles Wesley
Charles Wesley was an 18th-century English clergyman, co-founder of Methodism, and prolific hymn writer whose work deeply shaped Methodist theology and worship.
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D.
Francis Asbury Roe
Francis Asbury Roe was a United States Navy officer and admiral noted for his service during the American Civil War and later naval commands.
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E.
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards was an 18th-century American theologian and preacher, a central figure of the First Great Awakening and one of the most influential thinkers in the Reformed Protestant tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: John Wesley Target entity description: John Wesley is a mischievous, disrespectful young boy in Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” embodying the tale’s themes of moral decay and generational conflict.
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A.
John Wesley
John Wesley was an 18th-century Anglican cleric and theologian who founded Methodism and became a central figure in the rise of modern evangelical Christianity.
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B.
George Whitefield
George Whitefield was an 18th-century Anglican preacher and key figure of the First Great Awakening, renowned for his powerful oratory and pioneering role in the spread of evangelical Christianity in Britain and the American colonies.
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C.
Charles Wesley
Charles Wesley was an 18th-century English clergyman, co-founder of Methodism, and prolific hymn writer whose work deeply shaped Methodist theology and worship.
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D.
Francis Asbury Roe
Francis Asbury Roe was a United States Navy officer and admiral noted for his service during the American Civil War and later naval commands.
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E.
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards was an 18th-century American theologian and preacher, a central figure of the First Great Awakening and one of the most influential thinkers in the Reformed Protestant tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (17)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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short story character ⓘ |
| age | young boy ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
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surface form:
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
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| characterTrait |
disrespectful
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mischievous ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Flannery O'Connor
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surface form:
Flannery O’Connor
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| embodiesTheme |
generational conflict
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moral decay ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
grandson of the Grandmother
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son of Bailey ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
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surface form:
short story collection "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1955 (collection) ⓘ |
| setting |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
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Subject: John Wesley Description of subject: John Wesley is a mischievous, disrespectful young boy in Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” embodying the tale’s themes of moral decay and generational conflict.
Referenced by (3)
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