Joseph Surface
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Joseph Surface is a central hypocritical and duplicitous character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s comedy play "The School for Scandal."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joseph Surface canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10452941 — 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: Joseph Surface Context triple: [The School for Scandal, notableCharacter, Joseph Surface]
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A.
Orlando Murden
Orlando Murden was an American songwriter best known for co-writing the classic soul ballad "For Once in My Life."
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B.
Victor Sullivan
Victor Sullivan is a seasoned fortune hunter and mentor figure in the Uncharted franchise, known for his roguish charm, cigar habit, and partnership with protagonist Nathan Drake.
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C.
Arthur Getz
Arthur Getz was an American artist and illustrator best known for his numerous New Yorker magazine covers.
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D.
Paul Brenner
Paul Brenner is an undercover U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division agent who serves as the central protagonist in Nelson DeMille’s military crime thriller "The General’s Daughter."
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E.
Max Renn
Max Renn is the morally ambiguous television executive and protagonist of David Cronenberg’s 1983 sci-fi horror film "Videodrome," whose exposure to a mysterious broadcast leads to disturbing hallucinations and a descent into body horror.
- 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: Joseph Surface Target entity description: Joseph Surface is a central hypocritical and duplicitous character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s comedy play "The School for Scandal."
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A.
Orlando Murden
Orlando Murden was an American songwriter best known for co-writing the classic soul ballad "For Once in My Life."
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B.
Victor Sullivan
Victor Sullivan is a seasoned fortune hunter and mentor figure in the Uncharted franchise, known for his roguish charm, cigar habit, and partnership with protagonist Nathan Drake.
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C.
Arthur Getz
Arthur Getz was an American artist and illustrator best known for his numerous New Yorker magazine covers.
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D.
Paul Brenner
Paul Brenner is an undercover U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division agent who serves as the central protagonist in Nelson DeMille’s military crime thriller "The General’s Daughter."
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E.
Max Renn
Max Renn is the morally ambiguous television executive and protagonist of David Cronenberg’s 1983 sci-fi horror film "Videodrome," whose exposure to a mysterious broadcast leads to disturbing hallucinations and a descent into body horror.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ |
| analyzedAs | satire of sentimental moral posturing ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The School for Scandal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
gossip
ⓘ
hypocrisy ⓘ reputation ⓘ scandal ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
duplicitous
ⓘ
hypocritical ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Charles Surface
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sir Oliver Surface NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Richard Brinsley Sheridan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReceptionAspect | example of comic hypocrisy ⓘ |
| deceives |
Charles Surface
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lady Teazle NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Oliver Surface NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Peter Teazle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exposedBy |
Sir Oliver Surface
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
screen scene ⓘ |
| familyName | Surface NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyRelation | brother of Charles Surface ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The School for Scandal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYearOfWork | 1777 ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | comedy of manners ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriodOfWork | 18th-century British drama ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | antagonist ⓘ |
| moralOutcome | hypocrisy revealed ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | foil to Charles Surface ⓘ |
| nationalityOfWork | British ⓘ |
| notableScene | the screen scene with Lady Teazle and Sir Peter ⓘ |
| publicPersona | virtuous ⓘ |
| relatedAuthor | Richard Brinsley Sheridan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Rivals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central character ⓘ |
| settingOfWork | 18th-century London high society ⓘ |
| socialRole | supposed man of sentiment ⓘ |
| studiedIn | English literature courses ⓘ |
| trueNature |
scheming
ⓘ
self-serving ⓘ |
| workPremiereLocation | Drury Lane Theatre, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workType | stage play ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Joseph Surface Description of subject: Joseph Surface is a central hypocritical and duplicitous character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s comedy play "The School for Scandal."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The School for Scandal