Herbert Pocket
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Herbert Pocket is a good-natured, optimistic young gentleman in Charles Dickens’s novel "Great Expectations," known for his friendship with Pip and his modest ambitions in business.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Herbert Pocket canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10353642 — 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: Herbert Pocket Context triple: [Great Expectations, character, Herbert Pocket]
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A.
Ernest Maltravers
Ernest Maltravers is a philosophical and melodramatic novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that explores themes of education, morality, and social ambition in 19th-century England.
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B.
Jack Worthing
Jack Worthing is the respectable yet secretly duplicitous protagonist of Oscar Wilde’s comedy "The Importance of Being Earnest," known for leading a double life under the name Ernest.
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C.
Algernon Egerton
Algernon Egerton was a 19th-century British Conservative politician and member of Parliament from the prominent Egerton aristocratic family.
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D.
Ralph Touchett
Ralph Touchett is a sensitive, observant, and terminally ill American expatriate in Henry James’s novel "The Portrait of a Lady," known for his ironic detachment and deep, unrequited devotion to his cousin Isabel Archer.
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E.
Ralph Milbanke
Ralph Milbanke was a British aristocrat and member of the Milbanke family, notable as the father of Annabella Milbanke, the wife of poet Lord Byron.
- 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: Herbert Pocket Target entity description: Herbert Pocket is a good-natured, optimistic young gentleman in Charles Dickens’s novel "Great Expectations," known for his friendship with Pip and his modest ambitions in business.
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A.
Ernest Maltravers
Ernest Maltravers is a philosophical and melodramatic novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that explores themes of education, morality, and social ambition in 19th-century England.
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B.
Jack Worthing
Jack Worthing is the respectable yet secretly duplicitous protagonist of Oscar Wilde’s comedy "The Importance of Being Earnest," known for leading a double life under the name Ernest.
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C.
Algernon Egerton
Algernon Egerton was a 19th-century British Conservative politician and member of Parliament from the prominent Egerton aristocratic family.
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D.
Ralph Touchett
Ralph Touchett is a sensitive, observant, and terminally ill American expatriate in Henry James’s novel "The Portrait of a Lady," known for his ironic detachment and deep, unrequited devotion to his cousin Isabel Archer.
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E.
Ralph Milbanke
Ralph Milbanke was a British aristocrat and member of the Milbanke family, notable as the father of Annabella Milbanke, the wife of poet Lord Byron.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ male character ⓘ |
| ambition |
to become a merchant
ⓘ
to succeed in business ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Great Expectations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInForm | novel ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
good-natured
ⓘ
honest ⓘ kind ⓘ loyal ⓘ optimistic ⓘ |
| closeCompanionOf | Pip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Charles Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Clarriker and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engagedTo | Clara Barley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Matthew Pocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| financialStatus |
impecunious
ⓘ
in debt ⓘ |
| firstMeetsPipAt | Satis House GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1860 ⓘ |
| futureWife | Clara Barley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | Bildungsroman ⓘ |
| hasFriend | Pip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Matthew Pocket
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mrs. Pocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Pocket children ⓘ |
| helps | Pip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| laterLivesWith | Pip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meets | Pip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralRole | Pip's guide ⓘ |
| mother | Mrs. Pocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | Pip's confidant ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
clerk ⓘ |
| residence |
Barnard's Inn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| setIn |
Kent
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Victorian England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | middle class ⓘ |
| spouse | Clara Barley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teaches | Pip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teachesPip |
how to behave as a gentleman
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social etiquette ⓘ table manners ⓘ |
| worksIn | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Herbert Pocket Description of subject: Herbert Pocket is a good-natured, optimistic young gentleman in Charles Dickens’s novel "Great Expectations," known for his friendship with Pip and his modest ambitions in business.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.