Orry Main
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Orry Main is a fictional Southern plantation owner and Confederate officer who serves as one of the central protagonists in John Jakes’s *North and South* saga and its television miniseries adaptation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Orry Main canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7516873 — 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: Orry Main Context triple: [North and South (miniseries), mainCharacter, Orry Main]
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A.
Coney Weston
Coney Weston is a small rural village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk.
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B.
Rennie Wilford
Rennie Wilford is the protagonist of Margaret Atwood’s novel "Bodily Harm," a travel journalist whose trip to a Caribbean island becomes a harrowing exploration of political unrest and personal vulnerability.
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C.
Darby Green
Darby Green is a small residential area in Hampshire, England, forming part of the suburban communities near the town of Blackwater.
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D.
Ewen Fields
Ewen Fields is a football stadium in Hyde, Greater Manchester, known as the long-time home ground of Hyde United FC.
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E.
Oren Harris
Oren Harris was an American politician and longtime Arkansas congressman who played a key role in shaping U.S. drug and consumer protection legislation in the mid-20th century.
- 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: Orry Main Target entity description: Orry Main is a fictional Southern plantation owner and Confederate officer who serves as one of the central protagonists in John Jakes’s *North and South* saga and its television miniseries adaptation.
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A.
Coney Weston
Coney Weston is a small rural village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk.
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B.
Rennie Wilford
Rennie Wilford is the protagonist of Margaret Atwood’s novel "Bodily Harm," a travel journalist whose trip to a Caribbean island becomes a harrowing exploration of political unrest and personal vulnerability.
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C.
Darby Green
Darby Green is a small residential area in Hampshire, England, forming part of the suburban communities near the town of Blackwater.
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D.
Ewen Fields
Ewen Fields is a football stadium in Hyde, Greater Manchester, known as the long-time home ground of Hyde United FC.
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E.
Oren Harris
Oren Harris was an American politician and longtime Arkansas congressman who played a key role in shaping U.S. drug and consumer protection legislation in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| adaptationFrom |
North and South (novel trilogy)
ⓘ
linked to:
North and South
|
| allegiance | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Heaven and Hell
ⓘ
Love and War ⓘ North and South ⓘ North and South (miniseries) ⓘ
linked to:
North and South
North and South: Book II (miniseries) ⓘ
linked to:
North and South
North and South: Book III – Heaven & Hell (miniseries) ⓘ
linked to:
North and South
|
| basedIn |
Antebellum South
ⓘ
linked to:
Antebellum period
|
| closeFriendOf | George Hazard ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| creator | John Jakes ⓘ |
| education |
United States Military Academy at West Point
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Military Academy
|
| familyName | Main ⓘ |
| fictionalEthnicity | white American ⓘ |
| fictionalResidence |
Mont Royal plantation
ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ |
| fictionalState | South Carolina ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
North and South (1982 novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
North and South
North and South (1985 miniseries) ⓘ
linked to:
North and South
|
| friendshipDynamic | cross-sectional friendship with Northern industrialist family ⓘ |
| genre | historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasLoveInterest | Madeline Fabray LaMotte ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Ashton Main
ⓘ
Brett Main ⓘ Cooper Main ⓘ Tillet Main ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
novel
ⓘ
television miniseries ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Confederate States Army ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | explores Southern perspective on Civil War ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation |
Confederate Army officer
ⓘ
plantation owner ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Patrick Swayze ⓘ |
| publisherOfSourceWork |
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
ⓘ
linked to:
Harcourt Brace & World
|
| role | protagonist ⓘ |
| series |
North and South trilogy
ⓘ
linked to:
North and South
|
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
sectional conflict between North and South
ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Orry Main Description of subject: Orry Main is a fictional Southern plantation owner and Confederate officer who serves as one of the central protagonists in John Jakes’s *North and South* saga and its television miniseries adaptation.
Referenced by (3)
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