Robert Cohn
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Robert Cohn is a central character in Ernest Hemingway’s novel "The Sun Also Rises," portrayed as an insecure, idealistic American expatriate whose romantic entanglements and social awkwardness highlight the tensions within the postwar Lost Generation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Cohn canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2721824 — 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: Robert Cohn Context triple: [The Sun Also Rises, mainCharacter, Robert Cohn]
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A.
Dashiell Weinstein
Dashiell Weinstein is one of the children of disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein.
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B.
Seymour Durst
Seymour Durst was a prominent New York City real estate developer and patriarch of the Durst family, known for expanding The Durst Organization into a major Manhattan property empire and for his outspoken political views.
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C.
Jules Munshin
Jules Munshin was an American comic actor and singer best known for his energetic musical-comedy roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and on Broadway.
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D.
Lucien Ballard
Lucien Ballard was an American cinematographer renowned for his innovative lighting techniques and influential work on numerous Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1970s.
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E.
Felix Rosenblueth (Pinchas Rosen)
Felix Rosenblueth, better known as Pinchas Rosen, was an Israeli jurist and statesman who served as the first Minister of Justice of Israel and played a key role in shaping the young state's legal system.
- 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: Robert Cohn Target entity description: Robert Cohn is a central character in Ernest Hemingway’s novel "The Sun Also Rises," portrayed as an insecure, idealistic American expatriate whose romantic entanglements and social awkwardness highlight the tensions within the postwar Lost Generation.
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A.
Dashiell Weinstein
Dashiell Weinstein is one of the children of disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein.
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B.
Seymour Durst
Seymour Durst was a prominent New York City real estate developer and patriarch of the Durst family, known for expanding The Durst Organization into a major Manhattan property empire and for his outspoken political views.
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C.
Jules Munshin
Jules Munshin was an American comic actor and singer best known for his energetic musical-comedy roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and on Broadway.
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D.
Lucien Ballard
Lucien Ballard was an American cinematographer renowned for his innovative lighting techniques and influential work on numerous Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1970s.
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E.
Felix Rosenblueth (Pinchas Rosen)
Felix Rosenblueth, better known as Pinchas Rosen, was an Israeli jurist and statesman who served as the first Minister of Justice of Israel and played a key role in shaping the young state's legal system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a novel
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Sun Also Rises ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | modernist novel ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Jewish identity
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Lost Generation ⓘ masculinity ⓘ outsider status ⓘ post–World War I disillusionment ⓘ romantic disillusionment ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Jake Barnes
ⓘ
Mike Campbell ⓘ Pedro Romero ⓘ |
| createdBy | Ernest Hemingway ⓘ |
| createdInCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| education | Princeton University ⓘ |
| engagesIn | bullfighting festival trip ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
amateur boxer
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| hasRomanticInterestIn | Lady Brett Ashley ⓘ |
| is |
American expatriate
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idealistic ⓘ insecure ⓘ socially awkward ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext |
Lost Generation literature
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linked to:
Lost Generation
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| maritalStatus | divorced ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
contrast to the cynicism of other characters
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source of tension within expatriate group ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
clings to romantic ideals
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difficulty accepting rejection ⓘ socially out of place among other expatriates ⓘ |
| publicationOfWork |
The Sun Also Rises (1926)
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linked to:
The Sun Also Rises
|
| religionOrEthnicityInFiction | Jewish ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
central character
ⓘ
foil to Jake Barnes ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
Paris
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post–World War I era ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
failure to adapt to postwar values
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prewar romantic idealism ⓘ |
| travelsTo |
Pamplona
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Paris ⓘ San Sebastián ⓘ
linked to:
Donostia-San Sebastián
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robert Cohn Description of subject: Robert Cohn is a central character in Ernest Hemingway’s novel "The Sun Also Rises," portrayed as an insecure, idealistic American expatriate whose romantic entanglements and social awkwardness highlight the tensions within the postwar Lost Generation.
Referenced by (7)
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