Frederic Henry
E307912
Frederic Henry is the American ambulance lieutenant in the Italian army during World War I who narrates and embodies the tragic love story at the center of Ernest Hemingway’s novel "A Farewell to Arms."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frederic Henry canonical | 8 |
| Gary Cooper as Frederic Henry | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2880944 — 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: Frederic Henry Context triple: [A Farewell to Arms, protagonist, Frederic Henry]
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A.
Frederic Henry Hedge
Frederic Henry Hedge was a 19th-century American Unitarian minister, scholar, and leading figure in the Transcendentalist movement known for promoting German philosophy and literature in the United States.
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B.
Frederick Henry
Frederick Henry was a 17th-century Prince of Orange and stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, noted for his military leadership and role in strengthening the Dutch state during the Eighty Years' War.
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C.
John Pelham
John Pelham was a Confederate artillery officer in the American Civil War, renowned for his daring and effective command of horse artillery.
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D.
Private James Francis Ryan
Private James Francis Ryan is the fictional World War II paratrooper whose rescue mission drives the plot of the film "Saving Private Ryan."
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E.
Paul Bäumer
Paul Bäumer is a young German soldier whose harrowing experiences and disillusionment with war form the emotional core of All Quiet on the Western Front.
- 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: Frederic Henry Target entity description: Frederic Henry is the American ambulance lieutenant in the Italian army during World War I who narrates and embodies the tragic love story at the center of Ernest Hemingway’s novel "A Farewell to Arms."
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A.
Frederic Henry Hedge
Frederic Henry Hedge was a 19th-century American Unitarian minister, scholar, and leading figure in the Transcendentalist movement known for promoting German philosophy and literature in the United States.
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B.
Frederick Henry
Frederick Henry was a 17th-century Prince of Orange and stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, noted for his military leadership and role in strengthening the Dutch state during the Eighty Years' War.
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C.
John Pelham
John Pelham was a Confederate artillery officer in the American Civil War, renowned for his daring and effective command of horse artillery.
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D.
Private James Francis Ryan
Private James Francis Ryan is the fictional World War II paratrooper whose rescue mission drives the plot of the film "Saving Private Ryan."
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E.
Paul Bäumer
Paul Bäumer is a young German soldier whose harrowing experiences and disillusionment with war form the emotional core of All Quiet on the Western Front.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ novel protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Farewell to Arms ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Gorizia
ⓘ
Milan ⓘ Swiss Alps ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
disillusionment
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exile and escape ⓘ love and loss ⓘ the futility of war ⓘ the search for meaning ⓘ |
| basedOn | Ernest Hemingway’s World War I experiences ⓘ |
| characterArc | from naive participant to disillusioned deserter ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| createdBy | Ernest Hemingway ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| genreContext |
tragic romance
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war novel ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Lost Generation ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Modernist literature ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Catherine Barkley ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Italian Army
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linked to:
Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy)
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| militaryRank | lieutenant ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
attempts escape to Switzerland with Catherine Barkley
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deserts the Italian army ⓘ |
| occupation | ambulance driver ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
narrator of A Farewell to Arms
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protagonist of A Farewell to Arms ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | Italian Front ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Frederic Henry Description of subject: Frederic Henry is the American ambulance lieutenant in the Italian army during World War I who narrates and embodies the tragic love story at the center of Ernest Hemingway’s novel "A Farewell to Arms."
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Frederic Henry