Charles Dexter Ward
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Charles Dexter Ward is a fictional young antiquarian from Providence whose obsession with his occult ancestry leads to madness and horror in H. P. Lovecraft’s novella.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles Dexter Ward canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Dexter Ward Context triple: [The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, mainCharacter, Charles Dexter Ward]
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A.
Edgar Ravenswood
Edgar Ravenswood is the tragic, ill-fated Scottish nobleman who serves as the doomed romantic hero of Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Bride of Lammermoor."
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B.
Victor Comstock
Victor Comstock is a central character on the 1990s AMC television series "Remember WENN," serving as the idealistic station manager of the fictional Pittsburgh radio station WENN.
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C.
Hugo Davenport
Hugo Davenport is the son of English actor Nigel Davenport, known primarily in relation to his father's prominence in British film and television.
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D.
Denys Hawthorne
Denys Hawthorne was a Northern Irish actor known for his work in British television, film, and theatre.
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E.
Silas Talbot
Silas Talbot was an American naval officer and privateer who served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War and later commanded U.S. naval forces in the early national period.
- 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: Charles Dexter Ward Target entity description: Charles Dexter Ward is a fictional young antiquarian from Providence whose obsession with his occult ancestry leads to madness and horror in H. P. Lovecraft’s novella.
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A.
Edgar Ravenswood
Edgar Ravenswood is the tragic, ill-fated Scottish nobleman who serves as the doomed romantic hero of Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Bride of Lammermoor."
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B.
Victor Comstock
Victor Comstock is a central character on the 1990s AMC television series "Remember WENN," serving as the idealistic station manager of the fictional Pittsburgh radio station WENN.
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C.
Hugo Davenport
Hugo Davenport is the son of English actor Nigel Davenport, known primarily in relation to his father's prominence in British film and television.
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D.
Denys Hawthorne
Denys Hawthorne was a Northern Irish actor known for his work in British television, film, and theatre.
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E.
Silas Talbot
Silas Talbot was an American naval officer and privateer who served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War and later commanded U.S. naval forces in the early national period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| ancestor | Joseph Curwen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Case of Charles Dexter Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
alchemy
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forbidden knowledge ⓘ necromancy ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfMadness | obsession with occult ancestry ⓘ |
| conflict | identity with Joseph Curwen ⓘ |
| creator | H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | New England schools NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyBackground | old Providence family ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
horror fiction
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weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasDoctor | Dr. Marinus Bicknell Willett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | serialized posthumous publication ⓘ |
| hasInterest |
antiquities
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genealogy ⓘ occultism ⓘ |
| hasMediumAdaptation |
audio dramas
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film adaptations ⓘ radio plays ⓘ |
| killedBy | Dr. Marinus Bicknell Willett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | weird fiction of the 1920s ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| mentalState | madness ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | antiquarian ⓘ |
| partOfWorkCorpus | works of H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookForm | Arkham House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Joseph Curwen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| settingOfLife | Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyForm | novella ⓘ |
| storyWrittenYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| themeOfStory |
danger of forbidden knowledge
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degenerate heredity ⓘ survival of the past in the present ⓘ |
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Subject: Charles Dexter Ward Description of subject: Charles Dexter Ward is a fictional young antiquarian from Providence whose obsession with his occult ancestry leads to madness and horror in H. P. Lovecraft’s novella.
Referenced by (2)
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