Romney Wordsworth
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Romney Wordsworth is the doomed, book-loving librarian who defiantly resists a totalitarian regime in the classic The Twilight Zone episode "The Obsolete Man."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Romney Wordsworth canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9794994 — 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.
Target entity: Romney Wordsworth Context triple: [The Obsolete Man, mainCharacter, Romney Wordsworth]
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John Wordsworth
John Wordsworth was the younger brother of poet William Wordsworth, remembered chiefly for his close relationship with the poet and his tragic death in a shipwreck that deeply affected William’s life and work.
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Richard Wordsworth
Richard Wordsworth was the younger brother of the Romantic poet William Wordsworth, known mainly through his close familial connection to the famous writer.
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Charles Wordsworth
Charles Wordsworth was a 19th-century British clergyman, classical scholar, and educationalist best known for helping to establish the famous Oxford–Cambridge Boat Race.
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Thomas Wordsworth
Thomas Wordsworth was the son of the English Romantic poet William Wordsworth, remembered in part through his burial in St Oswald’s Churchyard in Grasmere.
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Christopher Wordsworth
Christopher Wordsworth was an English clergyman and scholar, best known as the younger brother of poet William Wordsworth and for his contributions to classical studies and the Church of England.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Romney Wordsworth Target entity description: Romney Wordsworth is the doomed, book-loving librarian who defiantly resists a totalitarian regime in the classic The Twilight Zone episode "The Obsolete Man."
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A.
John Wordsworth
John Wordsworth was the younger brother of poet William Wordsworth, remembered chiefly for his close relationship with the poet and his tragic death in a shipwreck that deeply affected William’s life and work.
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B.
Richard Wordsworth
Richard Wordsworth was the younger brother of the Romantic poet William Wordsworth, known mainly through his close familial connection to the famous writer.
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C.
Charles Wordsworth
Charles Wordsworth was a 19th-century British clergyman, classical scholar, and educationalist best known for helping to establish the famous Oxford–Cambridge Boat Race.
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D.
Thomas Wordsworth
Thomas Wordsworth was the son of the English Romantic poet William Wordsworth, remembered in part through his burial in St Oswald’s Churchyard in Grasmere.
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E.
Christopher Wordsworth
Christopher Wordsworth was an English clergyman and scholar, best known as the younger brother of poet William Wordsworth and for his contributions to classical studies and the Church of England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Twilight Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInEpisode | The Obsolete Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
book banning
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obsolete professions ⓘ state control of information ⓘ |
| chargesByRegime |
being a librarian
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being obsolete ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States (series origin) ⓘ |
| createdBy | Rod Serling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declared | obsolete ⓘ |
| facesPunishment | execution ⓘ |
| finalFate | dies in the explosion at the end of the episode ⓘ |
| firstAiredIn | 1961 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Twilight Zone episode "The Obsolete Man" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| influences | the Chancellor's downfall ⓘ |
| languageOfDialogue | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| methodOfExecutionPlanned | death in his apartment by a bomb ⓘ |
| moralStance | refuses to renounce his beliefs ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableAction |
chooses his own method of execution
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invites the Chancellor to witness his death ⓘ |
| notableQuote |
"A librarian, sir."
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"You cannot erase God with an edict." ⓘ |
| occupation | librarian ⓘ |
| opposes | totalitarian regime ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Burgess Meredith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reads | the Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesEpisodeNumber | 65 (overall series count) ⓘ |
| seriesSeason | Season 2 of The Twilight Zone ⓘ |
| setting | future totalitarian state ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
dignity of the individual
ⓘ
intellectual freedom ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
censorship
ⓘ
freedom of thought ⓘ individual vs. state ⓘ value of books ⓘ |
| trait |
book-loving
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defiant ⓘ |
| universe | The Twilight Zone universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Romney Wordsworth Description of subject: Romney Wordsworth is the doomed, book-loving librarian who defiantly resists a totalitarian regime in the classic The Twilight Zone episode "The Obsolete Man."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.