Mrs. Shears
E1015847
Mrs. Shears is a character in Mark Haddon’s novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," known as the owner of the murdered dog Wellington and a key figure in Christopher Boone’s investigation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mrs. Shears canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13005410 — 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: Mrs. Shears Context triple: [Christopher Boone, neighbor, Mrs. Shears]
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A.
Joan Blackman
Joan Blackman is an American actress best known for her leading roles opposite Elvis Presley in early 1960s films.
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B.
Mary Fisk
Mary Fisk is an American actress and production coordinator best known for her work on films like "Eraserhead" and for her former marriage to filmmaker David Lynch.
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C.
Agatha Morley
Agatha Morley is a central fictional farm girl character from the 1940s American rural comedy franchise "The Farmer’s Daughter," known for her wholesome charm and down-to-earth wit.
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D.
Anita Dobson
Anita Dobson is an English actress and singer best known for her role as Angie Watts in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders."
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E.
Mary Jane Croft
Mary Jane Croft was an American character actress best known for her comedic supporting roles on classic radio and television shows, including frequent appearances on series like I Love Lucy and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
- 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: Mrs. Shears Target entity description: Mrs. Shears is a character in Mark Haddon’s novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," known as the owner of the murdered dog Wellington and a key figure in Christopher Boone’s investigation.
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A.
Joan Blackman
Joan Blackman is an American actress best known for her leading roles opposite Elvis Presley in early 1960s films.
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B.
Mary Fisk
Mary Fisk is an American actress and production coordinator best known for her work on films like "Eraserhead" and for her former marriage to filmmaker David Lynch.
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C.
Agatha Morley
Agatha Morley is a central fictional farm girl character from the 1940s American rural comedy franchise "The Farmer’s Daughter," known for her wholesome charm and down-to-earth wit.
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D.
Anita Dobson
Anita Dobson is an English actress and singer best known for her role as Angie Watts in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders."
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E.
Mary Jane Croft
Mary Jane Croft was an American character actress best known for her comedic supporting roles on classic radio and television shows, including frequent appearances on series like I Love Lucy and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a novel
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| accuses | Christopher Boone of killing Wellington ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | novel ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Christopher Boone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| calls | the police after finding Christopher with Wellington ⓘ |
| caresFor | Christopher Boone occasionally ⓘ |
| comforts | Ed Boone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalResidence | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Mark Haddon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discovers | Christopher Boone holding Wellington’s body ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerSpouse | Mr. Shears NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasConflictWith |
Christopher Boone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ed Boone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDog | Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith | Ed Boone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| houseIsLocationOf | Wellington’s death ⓘ |
| involvedIn | family tensions between Ed Boone and Judy Boone ⓘ |
| lets | Christopher Boone stay at her house sometimes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livesIn | Swindon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | divorced ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
catalyst for the mystery plot
ⓘ
link between Christopher’s family and the central mystery ⓘ |
| neighborOf |
Christopher Boone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ed Boone NERFINISHED ⓘ Judy Boone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owns | Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| providesSupportTo | Ed Boone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipToProtagonist |
initially seen as a victim
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later seen as connected to family conflict ⓘ neighbor of the protagonist ⓘ |
| roleInPlot |
key figure in Christopher Boone’s investigation
ⓘ
owner of the murdered dog Wellington ⓘ |
| speciesOfDogOwned | poodle ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mrs. Shears Description of subject: Mrs. Shears is a character in Mark Haddon’s novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," known as the owner of the murdered dog Wellington and a key figure in Christopher Boone’s investigation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.