Mrs. Newsome
E245585
Mrs. Newsome is a wealthy, strong-willed New England matron in Henry James’s novel "The Ambassadors," who sends her fiancé Lambert Strether to Europe to retrieve her son from its perceived moral dangers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mrs. Newsome canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2210397 — 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. Newsome Context triple: [The Ambassadors, mainCharacter, Mrs. Newsome]
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A.
Marie Bankhead Owen
Marie Bankhead Owen was an American historian, author, and long-serving director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, noted for her influential work in preserving and interpreting Alabama’s history.
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B.
Miss Agnes Walke
Miss Agnes Walke was the woman who sponsored and ceremonially christened the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Walke (DD-416).
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C.
Martha Vickers
Martha Vickers was an American film and television actress best known for her role as Carmen Sternwood in the classic noir film "The Big Sleep" (1946).
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D.
Leontine Drinkard
Leontine Drinkard was a member of the prominent Warwick–Houston musical family, known as the matriarchal lineage behind singers like Cissy Houston and Whitney Houston.
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E.
Maud Humphrey
Maud Humphrey was an American illustrator and commercial artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her popular depictions of children and as the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart.
- 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. Newsome Target entity description: Mrs. Newsome is a wealthy, strong-willed New England matron in Henry James’s novel "The Ambassadors," who sends her fiancé Lambert Strether to Europe to retrieve her son from its perceived moral dangers.
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A.
Marie Bankhead Owen
Marie Bankhead Owen was an American historian, author, and long-serving director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, noted for her influential work in preserving and interpreting Alabama’s history.
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B.
Miss Agnes Walke
Miss Agnes Walke was the woman who sponsored and ceremonially christened the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Walke (DD-416).
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C.
Martha Vickers
Martha Vickers was an American film and television actress best known for her role as Carmen Sternwood in the classic noir film "The Big Sleep" (1946).
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D.
Leontine Drinkard
Leontine Drinkard was a member of the prominent Warwick–Houston musical family, known as the matriarchal lineage behind singers like Cissy Houston and Whitney Houston.
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E.
Maud Humphrey
Maud Humphrey was an American illustrator and commercial artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her popular depictions of children and as the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a novel
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Ambassadors ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
conflict between American and European values
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duty versus personal freedom ⓘ moral rigidity ⓘ social control ⓘ |
| businessInterest | Newsome mill ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
authoritative
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controlling ⓘ conventional ⓘ moralistic ⓘ strong-willed ⓘ |
| communicationMode | letters to Lambert Strether ⓘ |
| controls | family finances ⓘ |
| creator | Henry James ⓘ |
| engagedTo |
Lewis Lambert Strether
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surface form:
Lambert Strether
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| exertsPowerOver |
Chad Newsome
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Lewis Lambert Strether ⓘ
surface form:
Lambert Strether
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| familyRelation |
mother of Chad Newsome
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mother of Chadwick Newsome ⓘ mother-in-law prospect of Lambert Strether ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
The Ambassadors
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surface form:
The Ambassadors (1903)
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| influences | Lambert Strether’s decisions ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 19th–early 20th century realism ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | widow ⓘ |
| missionPurpose |
to protect her son from perceived moral dangers of Europe
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to retrieve Chad Newsome from Europe ⓘ |
| moralView |
suspicious of European morals
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values New England propriety ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodies New England moral and social values ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
offstage presence
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source of pressure on Lambert Strether ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | mill owner ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| residence | Woollett, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| sendsOnMission |
Lewis Lambert Strether
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surface form:
Lambert Strether
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| setting | late 19th century ⓘ |
| socialClass | upper class ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
material success tied to moral conservatism
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provincial American respectability ⓘ |
| wealthStatus | wealthy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mrs. Newsome Description of subject: Mrs. Newsome is a wealthy, strong-willed New England matron in Henry James’s novel "The Ambassadors," who sends her fiancé Lambert Strether to Europe to retrieve her son from its perceived moral dangers.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.