Celia Coplestone
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Celia Coplestone is a central character in T. S. Eliot’s play "The Cocktail Party," whose spiritual crisis and search for meaning drive much of the drama’s psychological and philosophical exploration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Celia Coplestone canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1147487 — 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: Celia Coplestone Context triple: [The Cocktail Party, mainCharacter, Celia Coplestone]
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A.
Mary Tuffley
Mary Tuffley was the wife of English writer Daniel Defoe, known primarily through her marriage to the famed author of "Robinson Crusoe."
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B.
Elizabeth Bottomley
Elizabeth Bottomley was the wife of Robert N. Noyce, the pioneering co-founder of Intel and a key figure in the development of the integrated circuit.
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C.
Elizabeth Erving
Elizabeth Erving was the wife of American statesman and Massachusetts governor James Bowdoin, connecting her to a prominent colonial New England political family.
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D.
Cecily Harriet d'Autremont
Cecily Harriet d'Autremont was the wife of longtime CIA counterintelligence chief James Jesus Angleton and a figure in Washington’s mid-20th-century intelligence social circles.
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E.
Clarissa Luard
Clarissa Luard was a British literary editor and arts administrator known for her work supporting contemporary writers and for her marriage to novelist Salman Rushdie.
- 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: Celia Coplestone Target entity description: Celia Coplestone is a central character in T. S. Eliot’s play "The Cocktail Party," whose spiritual crisis and search for meaning drive much of the drama’s psychological and philosophical exploration.
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A.
Mary Tuffley
Mary Tuffley was the wife of English writer Daniel Defoe, known primarily through her marriage to the famed author of "Robinson Crusoe."
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B.
Elizabeth Bottomley
Elizabeth Bottomley was the wife of Robert N. Noyce, the pioneering co-founder of Intel and a key figure in the development of the integrated circuit.
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C.
Elizabeth Erving
Elizabeth Erving was the wife of American statesman and Massachusetts governor James Bowdoin, connecting her to a prominent colonial New England political family.
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D.
Cecily Harriet d'Autremont
Cecily Harriet d'Autremont was the wife of longtime CIA counterintelligence chief James Jesus Angleton and a figure in Washington’s mid-20th-century intelligence social circles.
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E.
Clarissa Luard
Clarissa Luard was a British literary editor and arts administrator known for her work supporting contemporary writers and for her marriage to novelist Salman Rushdie.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Cocktail Party ⓘ |
| appearsInAct |
The Cocktail Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Act I of The Cocktail Party
The Cocktail Party ⓘ
surface form:
Act II of The Cocktail Party
Act III of The Cocktail Party ⓘ |
| characterArc |
seeks religious and existential meaning
ⓘ
undergoes spiritual crisis ⓘ |
| createdBy | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| deathCauseInFiction | ritual killing ⓘ |
| deathLocationInFiction | remote mission in Kinkanja ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
catalyst for Edward and Lavinia’s self-examination
ⓘ
embodies Eliot’s Christian existential themes ⓘ |
| fate | dies as a martyr-like figure in Africa ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| genreContext | verse drama ⓘ |
| guidedBy |
Alex
ⓘ
Julia Shuttlethwaite ⓘ Reilly ⓘ |
| hasForm | character in a play, not a real person ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipTypeWith |
former mistress of Edward Chamberlayne
ⓘ
friend of Lavinia Chamberlayne ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith |
Edward Chamberlayne
ⓘ
Lavinia Chamberlayne ⓘ |
| hasRole |
central character in The Cocktail Party
ⓘ
female protagonist in The Cocktail Party ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation in modern society
ⓘ
redemption through suffering ⓘ tension between human love and divine calling ⓘ |
| influencesWithinPlay |
Edward Chamberlayne’s moral awakening
ⓘ
Lavinia Chamberlayne’s self-understanding ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | modernist drama ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | British ⓘ |
| occupationInFiction | young socialite ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Four Quartets
ⓘ
Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ |
| religiousDimension | accepts a path of self-sacrificial service ⓘ |
| stageMedium | theatre ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
conflict between ordinary life and spiritual vocation
ⓘ
search for authentic self-sacrifice ⓘ |
| undergoes |
psychological transformation
ⓘ
spiritual conversion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Celia Coplestone Description of subject: Celia Coplestone is a central character in T. S. Eliot’s play "The Cocktail Party," whose spiritual crisis and search for meaning drive much of the drama’s psychological and philosophical exploration.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly