Jabez Stone
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Jabez Stone is the New Hampshire farmer in Stephen Vincent Benét’s short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster" who famously sells his soul to the Devil and later fights to win it back.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jabez Stone canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7558032 — 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: Jabez Stone Context triple: [The Devil and Daniel Webster, characterIn, Jabez Stone]
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A.
Jabez
Jabez is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin traditionally interpreted to mean "sorrow" or "pain."
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B.
Silas Phelps
Silas Phelps is a kindly but morally conflicted Southern farmer and slave owner who appears as Tom Sawyer’s uncle in Mark Twain’s novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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C.
Elias Loomis
Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.
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D.
Jedediah Purdy
Jedediah Purdy is an American legal scholar and writer known for his work on democracy, environmental politics, and political economy.
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E.
Franklin Evans
Franklin Evans was an early 20th-century figure associated with polar exploration and research, recognized for his role in establishing the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, England.
- 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: Jabez Stone Target entity description: Jabez Stone is the New Hampshire farmer in Stephen Vincent Benét’s short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster" who famously sells his soul to the Devil and later fights to win it back.
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A.
Jabez
Jabez is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin traditionally interpreted to mean "sorrow" or "pain."
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B.
Silas Phelps
Silas Phelps is a kindly but morally conflicted Southern farmer and slave owner who appears as Tom Sawyer’s uncle in Mark Twain’s novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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C.
Elias Loomis
Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.
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D.
Jedediah Purdy
Jedediah Purdy is an American legal scholar and writer known for his work on democracy, environmental politics, and political economy.
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E.
Franklin Evans
Franklin Evans was an early 20th-century figure associated with polar exploration and research, recognized for his role in establishing the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
All That Money Can Buy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Devil and Daniel Webster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Daniel Webster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mr. Scratch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | The Devil and Daniel Webster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictType |
legal trial
ⓘ
supernatural conflict ⓘ |
| contractDuration | seven years ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Stephen Vincent Benét NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | American ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Devil and Daniel Webster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationIn | The Saturday Evening Post NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
fantasy literature
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptation All That Money Can Buy
ⓘ
stage adaptations of The Devil and Daniel Webster ⓘ |
| helpedBy | Daniel Webster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalConflictWith | the Devil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Faustian bargain ⓘ |
| makesDealWith | the Devil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralTheme |
American ideals of justice
ⓘ
redemption ⓘ the value of the human soul ⓘ |
| motiveForDeal |
escape bad luck
ⓘ
seek prosperity ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| occupation | farmer ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Mr. Scratch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstAppearance | The Saturday Evening Post NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedBy | Daniel Webster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resolution | wins back his soul ⓘ |
| sells | soul ⓘ |
| settingRegion | New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortStoryAuthor | Stephen Vincent Benét NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storySetting | 19th-century New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
ordinary people tempted by evil
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the common American farmer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jabez Stone Description of subject: Jabez Stone is the New Hampshire farmer in Stephen Vincent Benét’s short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster" who famously sells his soul to the Devil and later fights to win it back.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.