Charles Condomine
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Charles Condomine is the skeptical novelist protagonist of Noël Coward’s comic play "Blithe Spirit," whose life is upended when a séance summons the ghost of his first wife.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles Condomine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10452523 — 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: Charles Condomine Context triple: [Blithe Spirit, mainCharacter, Charles Condomine]
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A.
Gilbert Guillemard
Gilbert Guillemard was an architect known for designing the Presbytère, a notable historic building in New Orleans’ French Quarter.
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B.
Tarquin Olivier
Tarquin Olivier is the son of English actress Jill Esmond and legendary actor Laurence Olivier, known primarily for his connection to this prominent theatrical family.
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C.
Francis Pierlot
Francis Pierlot was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in early 20th-century stage and film productions.
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D.
Bernard Marx
Bernard Marx is a discontented Alpha-plus psychologist in Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel "Brave New World," whose sense of alienation leads him to question the values of his highly controlled society.
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E.
Maurice Hennessy
Maurice Hennessy is a member of the Hennessy cognac family who has been a prominent figure in promoting and representing the historic Hennessy brand worldwide.
- 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 Condomine Target entity description: Charles Condomine is the skeptical novelist protagonist of Noël Coward’s comic play "Blithe Spirit," whose life is upended when a séance summons the ghost of his first wife.
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A.
Gilbert Guillemard
Gilbert Guillemard was an architect known for designing the Presbytère, a notable historic building in New Orleans’ French Quarter.
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B.
Tarquin Olivier
Tarquin Olivier is the son of English actress Jill Esmond and legendary actor Laurence Olivier, known primarily for his connection to this prominent theatrical family.
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C.
Francis Pierlot
Francis Pierlot was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in early 20th-century stage and film productions.
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D.
Bernard Marx
Bernard Marx is a discontented Alpha-plus psychologist in Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel "Brave New World," whose sense of alienation leads him to question the values of his highly controlled society.
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E.
Maurice Hennessy
Maurice Hennessy is a member of the Hennessy cognac family who has been a prominent figure in promoting and representing the historic Hennessy brand worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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protagonist ⓘ theatre character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
1945 film adaptation of Blithe Spirit
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various stage revivals of Blithe Spirit ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Blithe Spirit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Madame Arcati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterArc | from confident skeptic to beleaguered victim of hauntings ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Elvira Condomine
NERFINISHED
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Ruth Condomine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Noël Coward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dialogueStyle | witty banter ⓘ |
| event | attends séance at home ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | play Blithe Spirit (1941) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerSpouse | Elvira Condomine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWriting | fiction ⓘ |
| hauntedBy | Elvira’s ghost ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central viewpoint character ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| occupation | novelist ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
rational
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skeptical ⓘ witty ⓘ |
| relationshipStatusWithElvira | widower GENERATED ⓘ |
| residence | Kent countryside house ⓘ |
| settingOfStory | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Ruth Condomine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supernaturalExperience | first wife’s ghost is summoned ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
afterlife and ghosts
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marital conflict ⓘ skepticism versus the supernatural ⓘ |
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: Charles Condomine Description of subject: Charles Condomine is the skeptical novelist protagonist of Noël Coward’s comic play "Blithe Spirit," whose life is upended when a séance summons the ghost of his first wife.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Blithe Spirit