Jane Spofford
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Jane Spofford is one of the three central women in John Updike’s novel "The Witches of Eastwick," known for discovering and wielding supernatural powers in a small New England town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jane Spofford canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13616935 — 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: Jane Spofford Context triple: [The Witches of Eastwick, mainCharacter, Jane Spofford]
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A.
Elizabeth Bartlett
Elizabeth Bartlett was the wife of American Revolutionary War general Peleg Wadsworth and the matriarch of a prominent New England family that included poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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B.
Harriet Prescott Spofford
Harriet Prescott Spofford was a 19th-century American writer best known for her gothic and romantic short stories, poetry, and novels that appeared in prominent literary magazines of her time.
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C.
Susan Apthorp
Susan Apthorp was an American woman of the 18th–19th century known primarily through her family connections, including her later married name, Susan Apthorp Bulfinch.
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D.
Anne Spencer Morrow
Anne Spencer Morrow was an American author and aviator best known as the wife and flying partner of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh.
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E.
Catherine Spaulding Kerr
Catherine Spaulding Kerr was the wife of influential American educator and University of California president Clark Kerr.
- 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: Jane Spofford Target entity description: Jane Spofford is one of the three central women in John Updike’s novel "The Witches of Eastwick," known for discovering and wielding supernatural powers in a small New England town.
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A.
Elizabeth Bartlett
Elizabeth Bartlett was the wife of American Revolutionary War general Peleg Wadsworth and the matriarch of a prominent New England family that included poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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B.
Harriet Prescott Spofford
Harriet Prescott Spofford was a 19th-century American writer best known for her gothic and romantic short stories, poetry, and novels that appeared in prominent literary magazines of her time.
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C.
Susan Apthorp
Susan Apthorp was an American woman of the 18th–19th century known primarily through her family connections, including her later married name, Susan Apthorp Bulfinch.
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D.
Anne Spencer Morrow
Anne Spencer Morrow was an American author and aviator best known as the wife and flying partner of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh.
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E.
Catherine Spaulding Kerr
Catherine Spaulding Kerr was the wife of influential American educator and University of California president Clark Kerr.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.