Tom Buchanan
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Tom Buchanan is a wealthy, arrogant, and domineering former athlete who embodies the moral decay and entitlement of the American upper class in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel *The Great Gatsby*.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tom Buchanan canonical | 21 |
| Tom Buchanan (Myrtle’s affair partner, not his own) | 1 |
| Tom Buchanan – Barry Sullivan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549582 — 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: Tom Buchanan Context triple: [The Great Gatsby, mainCharacter, Tom Buchanan]
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A.
Nick Carraway
Nick Carraway is the reflective Midwestern narrator of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel "The Great Gatsby," whose observations frame and interpret the story’s events and characters.
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B.
Jay Gatsby
Jay Gatsby is the enigmatic, self-made millionaire at the center of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel "The Great Gatsby," known for his lavish parties and obsessive love for Daisy Buchanan.
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C.
Rhett Butler
Rhett Butler is a charismatic, cynical, and roguishly charming Southern gentleman who serves as the complex romantic foil to Scarlett O’Hara in Margaret Mitchell’s novel and its film adaptation, Gone with the Wind.
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D.
Jervis Langdon
Jervis Langdon was a wealthy 19th-century American coal businessman and abolitionist from Elmira, New York, best known as the father of Olivia Langdon Clemens, the wife of author Mark Twain.
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E.
Red Rolfe
Red Rolfe was an American Major League Baseball third baseman and later manager, best known for his standout career with the New York Yankees in the 1930s and 1940s.
- 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: Tom Buchanan Target entity description: Tom Buchanan is a wealthy, arrogant, and domineering former athlete who embodies the moral decay and entitlement of the American upper class in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel *The Great Gatsby*.
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A.
Nick Carraway
Nick Carraway is the reflective Midwestern narrator of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel "The Great Gatsby," whose observations frame and interpret the story’s events and characters.
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B.
Jay Gatsby
Jay Gatsby is the enigmatic, self-made millionaire at the center of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel "The Great Gatsby," known for his lavish parties and obsessive love for Daisy Buchanan.
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C.
Rhett Butler
Rhett Butler is a charismatic, cynical, and roguishly charming Southern gentleman who serves as the complex romantic foil to Scarlett O’Hara in Margaret Mitchell’s novel and its film adaptation, Gone with the Wind.
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D.
Jervis Langdon
Jervis Langdon was a wealthy 19th-century American coal businessman and abolitionist from Elmira, New York, best known as the father of Olivia Langdon Clemens, the wife of author Mark Twain.
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E.
Red Rolfe
Red Rolfe was an American Major League Baseball third baseman and later manager, best known for his standout career with the New York Yankees in the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in The Great Gatsby
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Great Gatsby ⓘ |
| athleticBackground | college football star ⓘ |
| causes | tension in his marriage ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Jay Gatsby ⓘ |
| contributesTo | Myrtle Wilson's death circumstances ⓘ |
| creator | F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ |
| defends | social status quo ⓘ |
| education | Yale University ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Great Gatsby ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasChildWith | Daisy Buchanan ⓘ |
| hasLover | Myrtle Wilson ⓘ |
| householdWealthLevel | very wealthy ⓘ |
| influences | George Wilson's decision to kill Gatsby ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Jazz Age literature ⓘ |
| literaryRole | antagonist ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | morally corrupt ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | former football player ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
aggressive
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arrogant ⓘ domineering ⓘ entitled ⓘ racist ⓘ sexist ⓘ |
| reads | The Rise of the Colored Empires ⓘ |
| relationshipDescription | Nick Carraway's acquaintance and cousin-in-law ⓘ |
| relationshipTo |
Jay Gatsby
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Nick Carraway ⓘ |
| residence | East Egg ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Long Island
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surface form:
Long Island, New York
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| settingTimePeriod | Roaring Twenties ⓘ |
| socialClass | upper class ⓘ |
| spouse | Daisy Buchanan ⓘ |
| supports | white supremacist ideas ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
brutality of old money society
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moral decay of the American upper class ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
American Dream critique
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class privilege ⓘ infidelity ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| transportation | owns expensive cars ⓘ |
| wealthType | old money ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tom Buchanan Description of subject: Tom Buchanan is a wealthy, arrogant, and domineering former athlete who embodies the moral decay and entitlement of the American upper class in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel *The Great Gatsby*.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tom Buchanan – Barry Sullivan
this entity surface form:
Tom Buchanan (Myrtle’s affair partner, not his own)