Hugo Lamb
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Hugo Lamb is a morally ambiguous, charismatic antihero who appears as a recurring character in several of David Mitchell’s interconnected novels.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hugo Lamb canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6739511 — 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: Hugo Lamb Context triple: [David Mitchell, hasRecurringCharacter, Hugo Lamb]
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A.
Douglas Hadow
Douglas Hadow was a young British mountaineer best known for being among the party on the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865, during which he died in a famous climbing accident on the descent.
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B.
Geoffrey Unsworth
Geoffrey Unsworth was a renowned British cinematographer celebrated for his visually rich work on numerous classic films of the 1960s and 1970s.
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C.
Anthony Salvin
Anthony Salvin was a prominent 19th-century English architect best known for his work on the restoration and design of medieval-style castles, country houses, and churches.
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D.
Philip Herriton
Philip Herriton is a central character in E.M. Forster's novel "Where Angels Fear to Tread," depicted as a conventional, somewhat repressed Englishman whose experiences in Italy challenge his assumptions and emotional reserve.
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E.
Robert Cornthwaite
Robert Cornthwaite was an American character actor best known for his roles in 1950s science fiction films and numerous television appearances.
- 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: Hugo Lamb Target entity description: Hugo Lamb is a morally ambiguous, charismatic antihero who appears as a recurring character in several of David Mitchell’s interconnected novels.
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A.
Douglas Hadow
Douglas Hadow was a young British mountaineer best known for being among the party on the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865, during which he died in a famous climbing accident on the descent.
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B.
Geoffrey Unsworth
Geoffrey Unsworth was a renowned British cinematographer celebrated for his visually rich work on numerous classic films of the 1960s and 1970s.
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C.
Anthony Salvin
Anthony Salvin was a prominent 19th-century English architect best known for his work on the restoration and design of medieval-style castles, country houses, and churches.
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D.
Philip Herriton
Philip Herriton is a central character in E.M. Forster's novel "Where Angels Fear to Tread," depicted as a conventional, somewhat repressed Englishman whose experiences in Italy challenge his assumptions and emotional reserve.
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E.
Robert Cornthwaite
Robert Cornthwaite was an American character actor best known for his roles in 1950s science fiction films and numerous television appearances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsInUniverse | David Mitchell shared universe ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Black Swan Green
ⓘ
Bone Clocks ⓘ Slade House ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Anchorites ⓘ |
| creator | David Mitchell ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Black Swan Green ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAbility | psychic sensitivity ⓘ |
| hasRole | antihero ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
charismatic
ⓘ
morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | ambiguous ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | recurring character in David Mitchell’s shared universe ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| occupation | student ⓘ |
| personality |
charming
ⓘ
manipulative ⓘ opportunistic ⓘ |
| relative | Jason Taylor ⓘ |
| relativeType | cousin of Jason Taylor ⓘ |
| setting | England ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
corruption
ⓘ
identity ⓘ temptation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hugo Lamb Description of subject: Hugo Lamb is a morally ambiguous, charismatic antihero who appears as a recurring character in several of David Mitchell’s interconnected novels.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.