Mary Thorne
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Mary Thorne is the gentle, principled heroine of Anthony Trollope’s novel "Doctor Thorne," whose uncertain social status and romantic struggles drive much of the story’s drama.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Thorne canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T901767 — 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: Mary Thorne Context triple: [Doctor Thorne, mainCharacter, Mary Thorne]
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A.
Sarah Jane Emery
Sarah Jane Emery was the wife of Hannibal Hamlin, who served as vice president of the United States under Abraham Lincoln.
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B.
Sky Ferreira
Sky Ferreira is an American singer, songwriter, model, and actress known for her synth-pop and indie pop music, particularly her critically acclaimed debut album "Night Time, My Time."
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C.
Tilly Grosser
Tilly Grosser was the first wife of Austrian neurologist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl, who perished during the Holocaust.
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D.
Annie D'Angelo
Annie D'Angelo is an American makeup artist best known as the longtime wife of country music legend Willie Nelson.
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E.
Emma Thomas
Emma Thomas is a British film producer best known for her long-running collaboration with director Christopher Nolan on major films such as Inception, The Dark Knight trilogy, and Oppenheimer.
- 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: Mary Thorne Target entity description: Mary Thorne is the gentle, principled heroine of Anthony Trollope’s novel "Doctor Thorne," whose uncertain social status and romantic struggles drive much of the story’s drama.
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A.
Sarah Jane Emery
Sarah Jane Emery was the wife of Hannibal Hamlin, who served as vice president of the United States under Abraham Lincoln.
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B.
Sky Ferreira
Sky Ferreira is an American singer, songwriter, model, and actress known for her synth-pop and indie pop music, particularly her critically acclaimed debut album "Night Time, My Time."
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C.
Tilly Grosser
Tilly Grosser was the first wife of Austrian neurologist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl, who perished during the Holocaust.
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D.
Annie D'Angelo
Annie D'Angelo is an American makeup artist best known as the longtime wife of country music legend Willie Nelson.
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E.
Emma Thomas
Emma Thomas is a British film producer best known for her long-running collaboration with director Christopher Nolan on major films such as Inception, The Dark Knight trilogy, and Oppenheimer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries | Chronicles of Barsetshire ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Doctor Thorne ⓘ |
| associatedFamily |
The Gresham family
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surface form:
Gresham family
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| associatedLocation | Greshamsbury Park ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
love across class boundaries
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uncertain birth and inheritance ⓘ |
| creator | Anthony Trollope ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeature |
eventual recognition of inheritance rights
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illegitimate birth ⓘ |
| familyName | Thorne ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Doctor Thorne ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
Doctor Thorne
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surface form:
Doctor Thorne (1858 novel)
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary ⓘ |
| guardian | Doctor Thorne ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | example of Trollope’s idealized yet realistic heroine ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Victorian novel ⓘ |
| loveInterestOf | Frank Gresham ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | virtuous ⓘ |
| moralDecision | refuses to marry Frank until his independence is secure ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodiment of moral integrity
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focus of romantic plot ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | heroine ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
gentle
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loyal ⓘ modest ⓘ principled ⓘ self-sacrificing ⓘ |
| relative | Doctor Thorne ⓘ |
| residence | Greshamsbury ⓘ |
| romanticInterest | Frank Gresham ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th-century England ⓘ |
| socialClass | middle class ⓘ |
| socialStatus | socially uncertain ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
class and social mobility
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illegitimacy and inheritance ⓘ love versus money ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mary Thorne Description of subject: Mary Thorne is the gentle, principled heroine of Anthony Trollope’s novel "Doctor Thorne," whose uncertain social status and romantic struggles drive much of the story’s drama.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.