Arthur Harmon
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Arthur Harmon is a fictional character from the 1970s American sitcom "Maude," known as the conservative, often pompous husband of Vivian Harmon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arthur Harmon canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6966766 — 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: Arthur Harmon Context triple: [Vivian Harmon, spouse, Arthur Harmon]
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A.
Roland Culver
Roland Culver was a British actor known for his polished, often aristocratic screen presence in mid-20th-century film, television, and theatre.
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B.
Lavon Hayes
Lavon Hayes is a charismatic former NFL star and the beloved mayor of Bluebell, Alabama, on the TV series "Hart of Dixie."
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C.
Harlen Maguire
Harlen Maguire is a sadistic crime-scene photographer and hitman portrayed by Jude Law in the 2002 crime drama film "Road to Perdition."
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D.
Leo Proudhammer
Leo Proudhammer is the introspective African American actor and narrator at the center of James Baldwin’s novel "Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone," through whom themes of race, sexuality, and artistic identity are explored.
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E.
Walter Darre
Walter Darré was a leading Nazi official and ideologue of "blood and soil" agrarianism who served as Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture and was later tried as a war criminal after World War II.
- 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: Arthur Harmon Target entity description: Arthur Harmon is a fictional character from the 1970s American sitcom "Maude," known as the conservative, often pompous husband of Vivian Harmon.
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A.
Roland Culver
Roland Culver was a British actor known for his polished, often aristocratic screen presence in mid-20th-century film, television, and theatre.
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B.
Lavon Hayes
Lavon Hayes is a charismatic former NFL star and the beloved mayor of Bluebell, Alabama, on the TV series "Hart of Dixie."
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C.
Harlen Maguire
Harlen Maguire is a sadistic crime-scene photographer and hitman portrayed by Jude Law in the 2002 crime drama film "Road to Perdition."
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D.
Leo Proudhammer
Leo Proudhammer is the introspective African American actor and narrator at the center of James Baldwin’s novel "Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone," through whom themes of race, sexuality, and artistic identity are explored.
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E.
Walter Darre
Walter Darré was a leading Nazi official and ideologue of "blood and soil" agrarianism who served as Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture and was later tried as a war criminal after World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Maude NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Maude Findlay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vivian Harmon NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Findlay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
argumentative
ⓘ
conservative ⓘ opinionated ⓘ pompous ⓘ |
| comedicRole | foil to Maude Findlay ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdFor | American television audience ⓘ |
| decadeOfFirstAppearance | 1970s ⓘ |
| fictionalEthnicity | white American ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | fictional ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Maude NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceWork | Maude NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom ⓘ |
| householdRole | husband of Vivian Harmon ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| network | CBS ⓘ |
| notableFor | conservative views contrasted with Maude Findlay’s liberalism ⓘ |
| occupation |
medical doctor
ⓘ
surgeon ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Maude (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | conservative ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Conrad Bain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Tandem Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relativeOf | Vivian Harmon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Tuckahoe, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Vivian Harmon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeContext | political and social satire of the 1970s United States ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Arthur Harmon Description of subject: Arthur Harmon is a fictional character from the 1970s American sitcom "Maude," known as the conservative, often pompous husband of Vivian Harmon.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Carol Traynor