Robert Jordan
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Robert Jordan is the American dynamiter and Spanish Civil War volunteer who serves as the idealistic yet introspective protagonist of Ernest Hemingway’s novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Jordan canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T477178 — 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 Jordan Context triple: [For Whom the Bell Tolls, mainCharacter, Robert Jordan]
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A.
Bill Rowling
Bill Rowling was a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as Prime Minister in the mid-1970s.
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B.
David Benioff
David Benioff is an American writer, producer, and showrunner best known as the co-creator of the television series "Game of Thrones."
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C.
Andrew Davies
Andrew Davies is a renowned British screenwriter celebrated for his acclaimed television adaptations of classic literature, including numerous works by Jane Austen.
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D.
Ernest Merritt
Ernest Merritt was an American physicist and academic who co-founded the influential scientific journal Physical Review and helped shape early 20th-century physics research in the United States.
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E.
John Irving
John Irving is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for works such as "The World According to Garp," "The Cider House Rules," and "A Prayer for Owen Meany," which often blend dark humor with complex family dramas.
- 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 Jordan Target entity description: Robert Jordan is the American dynamiter and Spanish Civil War volunteer who serves as the idealistic yet introspective protagonist of Ernest Hemingway’s novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
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A.
Bill Rowling
Bill Rowling was a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as Prime Minister in the mid-1970s.
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B.
David Benioff
David Benioff is an American writer, producer, and showrunner best known as the co-creator of the television series "Game of Thrones."
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C.
Andrew Davies
Andrew Davies is a renowned British screenwriter celebrated for his acclaimed television adaptations of classic literature, including numerous works by Jane Austen.
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D.
Ernest Merritt
Ernest Merritt was an American physicist and academic who co-founded the influential scientific journal Physical Review and helped shape early 20th-century physics research in the United States.
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E.
John Irving
John Irving is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for works such as "The World According to Garp," "The Cider House Rules," and "A Prayer for Owen Meany," which often blend dark humor with complex family dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ novel protagonist ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Republican side in the Spanish Civil War
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linked to:
Spanish Republicans
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| appearsIn | For Whom the Bell Tolls ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | mortally wounded in battle ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
courageous
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idealistic ⓘ introspective ⓘ self-sacrificing ⓘ |
| closeAssociate |
Pablo
ⓘ
Pilar ⓘ |
| conflictContext | Spanish Civil War ⓘ |
| createdBy | Ernest Hemingway ⓘ |
| deathStatus | dies at the end of the novel ⓘ |
| educationBackground | university instructor in Spanish before the war ⓘ |
| familyName | Jordan ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
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linked to:
For Whom the Bell Tolls
|
| fullName | Robert Jordan ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| internalConflict | struggle between political duty and personal love ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | one of Ernest Hemingway’s most famous protagonists ⓘ |
| literaryWorkAuthor | Ernest Hemingway ⓘ |
| loveInterest | María ⓘ |
| mission | to blow up a strategic bridge ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited focused on Robert Jordan ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | dynamiter ⓘ |
| role |
protagonist of "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
ⓘ
volunteer fighter in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ |
| setting |
Guadarrama mountains, Spain
ⓘ
linked to:
Sierra de Guadarrama
|
| skill |
explosives handling
ⓘ
fluency in Spanish ⓘ military tactics ⓘ |
| specialization | demolitions ⓘ |
| symbolicRole | symbol of committed anti-fascist idealism ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
duty versus personal desire
ⓘ
heroism and sacrifice ⓘ the cost of war ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robert Jordan Description of subject: Robert Jordan is the American dynamiter and Spanish Civil War volunteer who serves as the idealistic yet introspective protagonist of Ernest Hemingway’s novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.