Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt
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Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a principled and rebellious U.S. Army soldier in James Jones’s World War II novel "From Here to Eternity," known for his refusal to compromise his values despite intense pressure from his superiors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4709044 — 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: Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt Context triple: [From Here to Eternity, mainCharacter, Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt]
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A.
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey is a Navy SEAL team leader and increasingly unstable antagonist in the 1989 science fiction film "The Abyss."
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B.
Major Henry West
Major Henry West is a British Army officer and the primary human antagonist in the post-apocalyptic horror film "28 Days Later," known for his ruthless and morally corrupt survival tactics.
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C.
Lieutenant Baugh
Lieutenant Baugh was a British officer involved in the 1857 Barrackpore incident, a key early flashpoint in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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D.
Lt. Eugene M. Bradley
Lt. Eugene M. Bradley was a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot whose fatal training accident in 1941 led to the naming of Bradley International Airport in his honor.
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E.
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."
- 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: Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt Target entity description: Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a principled and rebellious U.S. Army soldier in James Jones’s World War II novel "From Here to Eternity," known for his refusal to compromise his values despite intense pressure from his superiors.
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A.
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey is a Navy SEAL team leader and increasingly unstable antagonist in the 1989 science fiction film "The Abyss."
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B.
Major Henry West
Major Henry West is a British Army officer and the primary human antagonist in the post-apocalyptic horror film "28 Days Later," known for his ruthless and morally corrupt survival tactics.
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C.
Lieutenant Baugh
Lieutenant Baugh was a British officer involved in the 1857 Barrackpore incident, a key early flashpoint in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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D.
Lt. Eugene M. Bradley
Lt. Eugene M. Bradley was a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot whose fatal training accident in 1941 led to the naming of Bradley International Airport in his honor.
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E.
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."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | From Here to Eternity ⓘ |
| basedIn | U.S. Army peacetime garrison life ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
honorable
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independent ⓘ principled ⓘ rebellious ⓘ stubborn ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | James Jones ⓘ |
| familyName | Prewitt ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
From Here to Eternity (1951 novel)
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linked to:
From Here to Eternity
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| fullName | Robert E. Lee Prewitt ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | post-World War II American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | protagonist ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| middleNames | E. Lee ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| moralStance | refuses to bend to unjust authority ⓘ |
| nameReference | Robert E. Lee ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
refusal to compromise his values
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resisting pressure from his superiors ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| position | enlisted man ⓘ |
| pressureFrom | military superiors ⓘ |
| rank | Private ⓘ |
| role |
bugler
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infantryman ⓘ |
| setting | Schofield Barracks ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Hawaii
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Oahu ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
individual conscience versus military authority
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integrity ⓘ nonconformity ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1941
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prelude to the attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| valueSystem | personal code of honor ⓘ |
| workGenre |
realist fiction
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war novel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt Description of subject: Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a principled and rebellious U.S. Army soldier in James Jones’s World War II novel "From Here to Eternity," known for his refusal to compromise his values despite intense pressure from his superiors.
Referenced by (1)
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