Reginald de St. Leon
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Reginald de St. Leon is the central character of William Godwin’s 1799 novel "St. Leon," a nobleman whose life is transformed and ultimately burdened by the secret of immortality and limitless wealth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Reginald de St. Leon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7130817 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reginald de St. Leon Context triple: [St. Leon, protagonist, Reginald de St. Leon]
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Lancelot Heath
Lancelot Heath is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Heath.
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William of Deloraine
William of Deloraine is a fictional Border reiver and warrior in Sir Walter Scott’s narrative poem "The Lay of the Last Minstrel," known for his daring exploits and loyalty amid the turbulent Anglo-Scottish border wars.
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C.
Lancelot Holland
Lancelot Holland was a British Royal Navy admiral best known for leading the battlecruiser force that engaged the German battleship Bismarck during World War II.
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D.
Roger de Montgomery
Roger de Montgomery was an 11th-century Norman nobleman and close ally of William the Conqueror who became Earl of Shrewsbury and a major landholder in post-Conquest England.
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E.
Giles Eyre
Giles Eyre was an English judge and politician who served as a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
- 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: Reginald de St. Leon Target entity description: Reginald de St. Leon is the central character of William Godwin’s 1799 novel "St. Leon," a nobleman whose life is transformed and ultimately burdened by the secret of immortality and limitless wealth.
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A.
Lancelot Heath
Lancelot Heath is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Heath.
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B.
William of Deloraine
William of Deloraine is a fictional Border reiver and warrior in Sir Walter Scott’s narrative poem "The Lay of the Last Minstrel," known for his daring exploits and loyalty amid the turbulent Anglo-Scottish border wars.
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C.
Lancelot Holland
Lancelot Holland was a British Royal Navy admiral best known for leading the battlecruiser force that engaged the German battleship Bismarck during World War II.
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D.
Roger de Montgomery
Roger de Montgomery was an 11th-century Norman nobleman and close ally of William the Conqueror who became Earl of Shrewsbury and a major landholder in post-Conquest England.
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E.
Giles Eyre
Giles Eyre was an English judge and politician who served as a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
"St. Leon"
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linked to:
St. Leon
|
| associatedWithMotive |
alchemy
ⓘ
secret knowledge ⓘ |
| authorOfWork | William Godwin ⓘ |
| characterArc | from reckless gambler to reflective sufferer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| creator | William Godwin ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | novel "St. Leon" ⓘ |
| genre |
Gothic fiction
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philosophical novel ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Charles de St. Leon
ⓘ
other unnamed children ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family disintegration
ⓘ
immortality ⓘ isolation ⓘ limitless wealth ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ |
| influencedLaterWorks | later Gothic and Romantic treatments of immortality ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| lifeEffect |
extended lifespan
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loss of family ties ⓘ perpetual youth ⓘ suspicion from others ⓘ |
| lifeEffect | social alienation ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
critiques pursuit of wealth
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explores consequences of immortality ⓘ |
| moralConflict |
responsibility for suffering of loved ones
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use of supernatural wealth ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
first-person narrator
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protagonist ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | French ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
capacity for remorse
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impulsiveness ⓘ pride ⓘ |
| occupation | nobleman ⓘ |
| powerDerivedFrom |
elixir of life
ⓘ
philosopher's stone ⓘ |
| publicationDateOfWork | 1799 ⓘ |
| receivesFrom | mysterious stranger ⓘ |
| receivesSecretOf |
immortality
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inexhaustible wealth ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
| settingRegion |
Europe
ⓘ
France ⓘ |
| spouse | Marguerite de Damville ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Reginald de St. Leon Description of subject: Reginald de St. Leon is the central character of William Godwin’s 1799 novel "St. Leon," a nobleman whose life is transformed and ultimately burdened by the secret of immortality and limitless wealth.
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