Leopold Bloom
E105631
Leopold Bloom is the introspective Dublin advertising canvasser whose wandering thoughts and experiences over a single day form the core of James Joyce’s modernist novel "Ulysses."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leopold Bloom canonical | 38 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T896740 — 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: Leopold Bloom Context triple: [Ulysses, mainCharacter, Leopold Bloom]
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A.
Phineas Finn
Phineas Finn is a political novel by Anthony Trollope that follows the career and personal struggles of an ambitious young Irishman in Victorian British Parliament.
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B.
Seamus
Seamus is the Irish form of the given name James, commonly used for boys in Ireland and among the Irish diaspora.
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C.
Harold
Harold is a masculine given name of Old English origin, historically borne by several notable figures including kings and modern public personalities.
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D.
Bernard
Bernard is a masculine given name of Old French and Germanic origin, historically borne by notable figures such as military leaders and saints.
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E.
Raymond
Raymond is the furry blue sea-dog mascot of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays, known for his playful antics at the team’s home games.
- 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: Leopold Bloom Target entity description: Leopold Bloom is the introspective Dublin advertising canvasser whose wandering thoughts and experiences over a single day form the core of James Joyce’s modernist novel "Ulysses."
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A.
Phineas Finn
Phineas Finn is a political novel by Anthony Trollope that follows the career and personal struggles of an ambitious young Irishman in Victorian British Parliament.
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B.
Seamus
Seamus is the Irish form of the given name James, commonly used for boys in Ireland and among the Irish diaspora.
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C.
Harold
Harold is a masculine given name of Old English origin, historically borne by several notable figures including kings and modern public personalities.
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D.
Bernard
Bernard is a masculine given name of Old French and Germanic origin, historically borne by notable figures such as military leaders and saints.
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E.
Raymond
Raymond is the furry blue sea-dog mascot of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays, known for his playful antics at the team’s home games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fictional character
ⓘ
Literary character ⓘ Protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Ulysses ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Bloomsday ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Odysseus from Homer’s Odyssey
ⓘ
linked to:
Odysseus
|
| birthPlace | Dublin ⓘ |
| centralThemeIn | Ulysses ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
Compassionate
ⓘ
Curious ⓘ Introspective ⓘ Melancholic ⓘ Sexually preoccupied ⓘ |
| child |
Millicent Bloom
ⓘ
Rudy Bloom ⓘ |
| createdBy | James Joyce ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Jewish ⓘ |
| father | Rudolph Bloom ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Ulysses (1922)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ulysses
|
| friend | Stephen Dedalus ⓘ |
| fullName | Leopold Paula Bloom ⓘ |
| gender | Male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Peripatetic wanderings through Dublin
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Stream of consciousness interior monologue ⓘ |
| literaryDeviceAssociated |
Free indirect discourse
ⓘ
Interior monologue ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | Iconic character of 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| majorEpisode |
Calypso
ⓘ
Circe ⓘ Cyclops ⓘ
linked to:
Cyclopes
Ithaca ⓘ Lestrygonians ⓘ
linked to:
Laestrygonians
Nausicaa ⓘ Sirens ⓘ
linked to:
the Sirens
|
| mother | Ellen Higgins ⓘ |
| narrativeDate | 16 June 1904 ⓘ |
| narrativeTimeSpan | One day ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish ⓘ |
| occupation | Advertising canvasser ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholic (nominal) ⓘ |
| residence | Dublin ⓘ |
| setting |
7 Eccles Street, Dublin
ⓘ
Dublin public spaces ⓘ |
| spouse | Molly Bloom ⓘ |
| symbolicRole |
Modern Everyman
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Odysseus figure ⓘ |
| themeEmbodies |
Alienation
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Everyday heroism ⓘ Sexual jealousy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Leopold Bloom Description of subject: Leopold Bloom is the introspective Dublin advertising canvasser whose wandering thoughts and experiences over a single day form the core of James Joyce’s modernist novel "Ulysses."
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
James Joyce's Ulysses
subject linked to:
James Joyce's Ulysses
subject linked to:
Boylan
subject linked to:
Ulysses episode "Nausicaa"