Hugh "Blazes" Boylan
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Hugh "Blazes" Boylan is a charismatic advertising canvasser and womanizer in James Joyce's novel "Ulysses," best known as the lover of Molly Bloom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hugh "Blazes" Boylan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19069642 — 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: Hugh "Blazes" Boylan Context triple: [Blazes, alsoKnownAs, Hugh "Blazes" Boylan]
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A.
Eddie Boland
Eddie Boland was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his comic supporting roles in numerous Hollywood productions.
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B.
John O’Bail
John O’Bail, better known as Cornplanter, was a prominent Seneca war chief and diplomat who played a key role in relations between the Iroquois Confederacy and the early United States.
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C.
John Healy
John Healy is a musician known for being a member of the Irish-American band O'Malley's March.
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D.
Jack Doolan
Jack Doolan is a British actor best known for his role in the coming-of-age comedy-drama film "Cemetery Junction" and various appearances in UK television series.
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E.
Ray Doolan
Ray Doolan is an Australian local government official who serves as the mayor of Carrathool Shire in New South Wales.
- 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: Hugh "Blazes" Boylan Target entity description: Hugh "Blazes" Boylan is a charismatic advertising canvasser and womanizer in James Joyce's novel "Ulysses," best known as the lover of Molly Bloom.
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A.
Eddie Boland
Eddie Boland was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his comic supporting roles in numerous Hollywood productions.
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B.
John O’Bail
John O’Bail, better known as Cornplanter, was a prominent Seneca war chief and diplomat who played a key role in relations between the Iroquois Confederacy and the early United States.
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C.
John Healy
John Healy is a musician known for being a member of the Irish-American band O'Malley's March.
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D.
Jack Doolan
Jack Doolan is a British actor best known for his role in the coming-of-age comedy-drama film "Cemetery Junction" and various appearances in UK television series.
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E.
Ray Doolan
Ray Doolan is an Australian local government official who serves as the mayor of Carrathool Shire in New South Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.