Mr Farraday
E517130
Mr Farraday is the American gentleman who becomes the new owner of Darlington Hall in Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel "The Remains of the Day."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mr Farraday canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5398566 — 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: Mr Farraday Context triple: [Darlington Hall, laterOwnedBy, Mr Farraday]
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A.
Charles Jervas
Charles Jervas was an Irish portrait painter and translator of Cervantes who became a prominent figure in early 18th-century London’s artistic and literary circles.
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B.
Stephen Sinclair
Stephen Sinclair is a New Zealand screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay for Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
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C.
Ernest Poole
Ernest Poole was an American novelist and journalist best known for his socially conscious fiction and as the inaugural recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (now Fiction).
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D.
Michael Foale
Michael Foale is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut renowned for his long-duration missions on the Space Shuttle and Mir, and for being one of the most experienced spacefarers in history.
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E.
Jonathan Penrose
Jonathan Penrose was a British chess grandmaster and psychologist, best known for winning the British Chess Championship ten times between 1958 and 1969.
- 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: Mr Farraday Target entity description: Mr Farraday is the American gentleman who becomes the new owner of Darlington Hall in Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel "The Remains of the Day."
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A.
Charles Jervas
Charles Jervas was an Irish portrait painter and translator of Cervantes who became a prominent figure in early 18th-century London’s artistic and literary circles.
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B.
Stephen Sinclair
Stephen Sinclair is a New Zealand screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay for Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
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C.
Ernest Poole
Ernest Poole was an American novelist and journalist best known for his socially conscious fiction and as the inaugural recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (now Fiction).
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D.
Michael Foale
Michael Foale is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut renowned for his long-duration missions on the Space Shuttle and Mir, and for being one of the most experienced spacefarers in history.
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E.
Jonathan Penrose
Jonathan Penrose was a British chess grandmaster and psychologist, best known for winning the British Chess Championship ten times between 1958 and 1969.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ supporting character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Remains of the Day ⓘ |
| characterIn |
The Remains of the Day
ⓘ
linked to:
The Remains of the Day (1989 novel)
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Kazuo Ishiguro ⓘ |
| employerOf | Stevens ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Remains of the Day universe
ⓘ
linked to:
The Remains of the Day
|
| householdStaffEmployer | Stevens ⓘ |
| languageOfDialogue | English ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
contrast to Lord Darlington
ⓘ
source of culture clash with Stevens ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | gentleman ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
good-humored
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informal ⓘ teasing ⓘ |
| purchases | Darlington Hall ⓘ |
| relationshipToLordDarlington | successor as owner of Darlington Hall ⓘ |
| relationshipToStevens | employer ⓘ |
| residence | Darlington Hall ⓘ |
| role | owner of Darlington Hall ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
post-World War II England
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linked to:
post-war Britain
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| workGenre |
historical novel
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1989 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mr Farraday Description of subject: Mr Farraday is the American gentleman who becomes the new owner of Darlington Hall in Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel "The Remains of the Day."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.