Jørgen Tesman
E360528
Jørgen Tesman is a scholarly, well-meaning but somewhat oblivious academic who serves as Hedda’s husband and foil in Henrik Ibsen’s play "Hedda Gabler."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jørgen Tesman canonical | 7 |
| George Tesman | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3466424 — 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: Jørgen Tesman Context triple: [Hedda Gabler, hasCharacter, Jørgen Tesman]
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Nils Krogstad
Nils Krogstad is a morally compromised yet ultimately sympathetic lawyer and bank employee in Henrik Ibsen’s play "A Doll’s House," whose blackmail of Nora Helmer drives much of the drama’s central conflict.
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B.
Torvald Helmer
Torvald Helmer is a central character in Henrik Ibsen’s play "A Doll’s House," depicted as a controlling, status-conscious husband whose attitudes toward his wife Nora drive the drama’s critique of 19th-century marriage and gender roles.
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Hjalmar Welhaven
Hjalmar Welhaven was a Norwegian architect and cultural figure known for his contributions to 19th-century Norwegian architecture and his connections to prominent literary and artistic circles.
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Kristine Linde
Kristine Linde is a supporting character in Henrik Ibsen's play "A Doll’s House," serving as Nora Helmer’s old friend whose practical outlook and personal sacrifices contrast with Nora’s initially sheltered life.
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Hjalmar
Hjalmar is a masculine given name of Scandinavian origin, historically borne by several notable figures in Nordic countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Jørgen Tesman Target entity description: Jørgen Tesman is a scholarly, well-meaning but somewhat oblivious academic who serves as Hedda’s husband and foil in Henrik Ibsen’s play "Hedda Gabler."
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A.
Nils Krogstad
Nils Krogstad is a morally compromised yet ultimately sympathetic lawyer and bank employee in Henrik Ibsen’s play "A Doll’s House," whose blackmail of Nora Helmer drives much of the drama’s central conflict.
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B.
Torvald Helmer
Torvald Helmer is a central character in Henrik Ibsen’s play "A Doll’s House," depicted as a controlling, status-conscious husband whose attitudes toward his wife Nora drive the drama’s critique of 19th-century marriage and gender roles.
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C.
Hjalmar Welhaven
Hjalmar Welhaven was a Norwegian architect and cultural figure known for his contributions to 19th-century Norwegian architecture and his connections to prominent literary and artistic circles.
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D.
Kristine Linde
Kristine Linde is a supporting character in Henrik Ibsen's play "A Doll’s House," serving as Nora Helmer’s old friend whose practical outlook and personal sacrifices contrast with Nora’s initially sheltered life.
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E.
Hjalmar
Hjalmar is a masculine given name of Scandinavian origin, historically borne by several notable figures in Nordic countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Hedda Gabler ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguageVersion | Norwegian ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
oblivious
ⓘ
scholarly ⓘ well-meaning ⓘ |
| creator | Henrik Ibsen ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | play Hedda Gabler ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | realist drama ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith |
Ejlert Løvborg
ⓘ
Judge Brack ⓘ Thea Elvsted ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Aunt Julle ⓘ |
| literaryMovementOfWork | modern drama ⓘ |
| mediumOfAppearance | theatre ⓘ |
| nationality | Norwegian ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
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scholar ⓘ |
| roleInWork | foil to Hedda Gabler ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | Christiania ⓘ |
| spouse | Hedda Gabler ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalUniverse | 19th century ⓘ |
| workAuthorNationality | Norwegian ⓘ |
| workForm | stage play ⓘ |
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.
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.
Subject: Jørgen Tesman Description of subject: Jørgen Tesman is a scholarly, well-meaning but somewhat oblivious academic who serves as Hedda’s husband and foil in Henrik Ibsen’s play "Hedda Gabler."
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.