Dr. Wilbur Larch
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Dr. Wilbur Larch is a compassionate yet morally conflicted obstetrician and orphanage director in John Irving’s novel "The Cider House Rules," known for performing illegal abortions and raising orphans in rural Maine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dr. Wilbur Larch canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9356437 — 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: Dr. Wilbur Larch Context triple: [The Cider House Rules, mainCharacter, Dr. Wilbur Larch]
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A.
Dr. Louis Judd
Dr. Louis Judd is a psychiatrist character in the 1942 horror film "Cat People," known for his skeptical, analytical approach to the film’s supernatural events.
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Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo is a bumbling, cowardly sorcerer portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Raven."
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C.
Dr. Fred Mallory
Dr. Fred Mallory is a character in the 1939 science-fiction movie serial "The Phantom Creeps," which stars Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist.
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D.
Dr. Jaquith
Dr. Jaquith is the compassionate psychiatrist in the 1942 film "Now, Voyager" who helps the protagonist undergo a profound emotional and psychological transformation.
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E.
Dr. Charles Burton
Dr. Charles Burton is a key scientist in Michael Crichton’s science fiction novel "The Andromeda Strain," involved in investigating a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism.
- 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: Dr. Wilbur Larch Target entity description: Dr. Wilbur Larch is a compassionate yet morally conflicted obstetrician and orphanage director in John Irving’s novel "The Cider House Rules," known for performing illegal abortions and raising orphans in rural Maine.
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A.
Dr. Louis Judd
Dr. Louis Judd is a psychiatrist character in the 1942 horror film "Cat People," known for his skeptical, analytical approach to the film’s supernatural events.
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B.
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo is a bumbling, cowardly sorcerer portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1963 horror-comedy film "The Raven."
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C.
Dr. Fred Mallory
Dr. Fred Mallory is a character in the 1939 science-fiction movie serial "The Phantom Creeps," which stars Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist.
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D.
Dr. Jaquith
Dr. Jaquith is the compassionate psychiatrist in the 1942 film "Now, Voyager" who helps the protagonist undergo a profound emotional and psychological transformation.
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E.
Dr. Charles Burton
Dr. Charles Burton is a key scientist in Michael Crichton’s science fiction novel "The Andromeda Strain," involved in investigating a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ orphanage director ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | film ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Cider House Rules NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInAdaptationOf | The Cider House Rules (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | novel ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | John Irving NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution | St. Cloud’s orphanage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTopic |
abortion in literature
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orphans in literature ⓘ |
| caresFor | orphans ⓘ |
| characterArcInvolves |
conflict between law and ethics
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surrogate fatherhood ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
compassionate
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morally conflicted ⓘ |
| createdBy | John Irving NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethicalConflict | abortion ⓘ |
| fictionalProfessionLocation | Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Cider House Rules NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1985 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
performing illegal abortions
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raising orphans ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | realist fiction ⓘ |
| mentorOf | Homer Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralThemeAssociatedWith |
personal responsibility
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reproductive rights ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
mentor figure
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moral center of the novel ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation |
obstetrician
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orphanage director ⓘ |
| parentalRoleTo | Homer Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Michael Caine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| providesService |
illegal abortions
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obstetrical care ⓘ |
| role | director of St. Cloud’s orphanage ⓘ |
| settingLocation | rural Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worksAt | St. Cloud’s orphanage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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
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.
Input
Subject: Dr. Wilbur Larch Description of subject: Dr. Wilbur Larch is a compassionate yet morally conflicted obstetrician and orphanage director in John Irving’s novel "The Cider House Rules," known for performing illegal abortions and raising orphans in rural Maine.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.