Aylmer's laboratory
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Aylmer's laboratory is the secluded, alchemical workspace in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Birth-Mark" where the scientist conducts his obsessive and morally fraught experiments to perfect human nature.
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| Aylmer's laboratory canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9359088 — 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: Aylmer's laboratory Context triple: [The Birth-Mark, setting, Aylmer's laboratory]
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Marlinspike Hall laboratory
Marlinspike Hall laboratory is the well-equipped scientific workspace in Hergé’s Tintin series where Professor Cuthbert Calculus conducts his experiments and inventions.
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Tuxedo Park private laboratory
Tuxedo Park private laboratory was an influential early 20th-century American research center where Alfred Loomis hosted pioneering work in physics and radar that significantly contributed to World War II science.
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C.
Lillie Laboratory
Lillie Laboratory is a historic research building at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, that houses laboratories and facilities for marine and biological science.
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D.
Florey
Florey is a residential suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
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Loomis Laboratory
Loomis Laboratory is a renowned private research facility in Tuxedo Park historically associated with advanced scientific experimentation and innovation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aylmer's laboratory Target entity description: Aylmer's laboratory is the secluded, alchemical workspace in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Birth-Mark" where the scientist conducts his obsessive and morally fraught experiments to perfect human nature.
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A.
Marlinspike Hall laboratory
Marlinspike Hall laboratory is the well-equipped scientific workspace in Hergé’s Tintin series where Professor Cuthbert Calculus conducts his experiments and inventions.
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B.
Tuxedo Park private laboratory
Tuxedo Park private laboratory was an influential early 20th-century American research center where Alfred Loomis hosted pioneering work in physics and radar that significantly contributed to World War II science.
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C.
Lillie Laboratory
Lillie Laboratory is a historic research building at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, that houses laboratories and facilities for marine and biological science.
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D.
Florey
Florey is a residential suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
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E.
Loomis Laboratory
Loomis Laboratory is a renowned private research facility in Tuxedo Park historically associated with advanced scientific experimentation and innovation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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literary setting ⓘ scientist's laboratory ⓘ |
| appearsInAuthorWork | Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Birth-Mark ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Aylmer
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Georgiana ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Romantic-era critique of science
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control over nature ⓘ danger of idealism ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| createdByAuthor | Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
| describedAs |
filled with chemical apparatus
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filled with furnaces and distilling equipment ⓘ gloomy ⓘ mysterious ⓘ secluded ⓘ windowless ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
The Birth-Mark (1843)
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linked to:
The Birth-Mark
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| hasFeature |
alembics and retorts
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curtains or hangings that obscure light ⓘ distilling apparatus ⓘ furnaces ⓘ odor of chemicals ⓘ scientific instruments ⓘ various vials and phials ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional | Aylmer's house ⓘ |
| medium | short story ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
primary setting of Aylmer's final experiment
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site of Georgiana's death ⓘ space where Aylmer isolates Georgiana ⓘ stage for the climax of The Birth-Mark ⓘ |
| themeSymbolizes |
conflict between science and nature
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moral danger of unchecked science ⓘ obsession with perfection ⓘ scientific hubris ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | late 18th or early 19th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
alchemical experiments
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attempts to remove Georgiana's birthmark ⓘ experiments on human perfection ⓘ scientific experiments ⓘ |
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