Tony Last
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Tony Last is the naive, tradition-bound English country gentleman whose personal and moral disintegration forms the tragic core of Evelyn Waugh’s novel "A Handful of Dust."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tony Last canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6521229 — 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: Tony Last Context triple: [A Handful of Dust, mainCharacter, Tony Last]
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A.
Tony Hatch
Tony Hatch is an English composer, songwriter, and producer best known for creating memorable television theme tunes and pop hits from the 1960s onward.
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B.
Dennis FitzSimons
Dennis FitzSimons is an American media executive best known for serving as chairman and CEO of the Tribune Company.
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C.
Barry Ackroyd
Barry Ackroyd is a British cinematographer renowned for his gritty, handheld visual style in films such as The Hurt Locker, United 93, and Captain Phillips.
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D.
Eric Crozier
Eric Crozier was a British theatrical director, producer, and writer best known for his close collaboration with composer Benjamin Britten on several operas.
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E.
Trevor Waite
Trevor Waite is an editor known for his work on the film "Bright Young Things."
- 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: Tony Last Target entity description: Tony Last is the naive, tradition-bound English country gentleman whose personal and moral disintegration forms the tragic core of Evelyn Waugh’s novel "A Handful of Dust."
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A.
Tony Hatch
Tony Hatch is an English composer, songwriter, and producer best known for creating memorable television theme tunes and pop hits from the 1960s onward.
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B.
Dennis FitzSimons
Dennis FitzSimons is an American media executive best known for serving as chairman and CEO of the Tribune Company.
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C.
Barry Ackroyd
Barry Ackroyd is a British cinematographer renowned for his gritty, handheld visual style in films such as The Hurt Locker, United 93, and Captain Phillips.
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D.
Eric Crozier
Eric Crozier was a British theatrical director, producer, and writer best known for his close collaboration with composer Benjamin Britten on several operas.
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E.
Trevor Waite
Trevor Waite is an editor known for his work on the film "Bright Young Things."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Handful of Dust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
satirical novel
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tragic novel ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Hetton Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThemeInvolvement |
moral disintegration
ⓘ
personal disintegration ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
naive
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tradition-bound ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | Evelyn Waugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdIn | 1930s ⓘ |
| fictionalOccupation | country gentleman ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | A Handful of Dust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialPerspectiveFrom | Evelyn Waugh’s Catholic and satirical worldview ⓘ |
| hasNationality | English ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | interwar British fiction ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodiment of decaying English gentry ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | tragic protagonist ⓘ |
| partOf | 20th-century British literature ⓘ |
| relationship | husband of Brenda Last ⓘ |
| settingOfLife | English countryside ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
collapse of traditional values
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vulnerability of innocence ⓘ |
| undergoes |
betrayal by spouse
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loss of social stability ⓘ psychological breakdown ⓘ |
| values |
aristocratic ideals
ⓘ
traditional English country life ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Tony Last Description of subject: Tony Last is the naive, tradition-bound English country gentleman whose personal and moral disintegration forms the tragic core of Evelyn Waugh’s novel "A Handful of Dust."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.