Ezra Mannon
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Ezra Mannon is a stern, aristocratic Civil War general and patriarch whose return home triggers the tragic family drama in Eugene O’Neill’s play "Mourning Becomes Electra."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ezra Mannon canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11576570 — 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: Ezra Mannon Context triple: [Mourning Becomes Electra, mainCharacter, Ezra Mannon]
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A.
Frank Sanborn
Frank Sanborn was a 19th-century American abolitionist, journalist, and reformer closely associated with the Transcendentalist movement and figures such as John Brown and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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B.
Elder Brewster
Elder Brewster was a senior leader and spiritual adviser of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony, known for his role as a ruling elder in the early New England church.
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C.
Ransom Stoddard
Ransom Stoddard is a principled lawyer-turned-politician in the classic Western film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," whose rise to fame is built on a legendary but misunderstood act of frontier justice.
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D.
Thayer Scudder
Thayer Scudder is an American anthropologist and leading expert on the social and environmental impacts of large dam projects and resettlement programs worldwide.
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E.
Elias Loomis
Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.
- 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: Ezra Mannon Target entity description: Ezra Mannon is a stern, aristocratic Civil War general and patriarch whose return home triggers the tragic family drama in Eugene O’Neill’s play "Mourning Becomes Electra."
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A.
Frank Sanborn
Frank Sanborn was a 19th-century American abolitionist, journalist, and reformer closely associated with the Transcendentalist movement and figures such as John Brown and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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B.
Elder Brewster
Elder Brewster was a senior leader and spiritual adviser of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony, known for his role as a ruling elder in the early New England church.
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C.
Ransom Stoddard
Ransom Stoddard is a principled lawyer-turned-politician in the classic Western film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," whose rise to fame is built on a legendary but misunderstood act of frontier justice.
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D.
Thayer Scudder
Thayer Scudder is an American anthropologist and leading expert on the social and environmental impacts of large dam projects and resettlement programs worldwide.
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E.
Elias Loomis
Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mourning Becomes Electra ⓘ |
| appearsInPart |
Home
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The Hunted ⓘ |
| basedOn | Agamemnon ⓘ |
| child |
Lavinia Mannon
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Orin Mannon ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Eugene O’Neill
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linked to:
Eugene O'Neill
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| familyName | Mannon ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| literaryGenreContext | tragedy ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | his return from the Civil War triggers the family tragedy ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | Civil War general ⓘ |
| personalityTrait | stern ⓘ |
| roleInWork | patriarch of the Mannon family ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | New England ⓘ |
| socialStatus | aristocratic ⓘ |
| spouse | Christine Mannon ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
American Civil War era
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linked to:
American Civil War
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| workIsModernRetellingOf |
Aeschylus’s Oresteia
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linked to:
Oresteia
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ezra Mannon Description of subject: Ezra Mannon is a stern, aristocratic Civil War general and patriarch whose return home triggers the tragic family drama in Eugene O’Neill’s play "Mourning Becomes Electra."
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.