Flora
E245588
Flora is the young niece in Henry James's novella "The Turn of the Screw," whose eerie innocence and ambiguous relationship to the supernatural are central to the story's psychological horror.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flora canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2210445 — 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: Flora Context triple: [The Turn of the Screw, mainCharacter, Flora]
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A.
Flora
Flora is a symbolist painting by Evelyn De Morgan depicting the Roman goddess of flowers and spring in a richly allegorical, Pre-Raphaelite-inspired style.
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B.
Hyacinth
Hyacinth is a given name of Greek origin, historically associated with mythological and floral imagery and used for people of any gender.
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C.
Petaloudes
Petaloudes is a picturesque valley on the island of Rhodes in Greece, famous for its seasonal swarms of colorful butterflies that attract many visitors.
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D.
Phylica
Phylica is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, many of which are native to South Africa and known for their dense foliage and adaptation to fynbos habitats.
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E.
Phayllus
Phayllus was a 4th-century BCE Phocian military leader who succeeded his brother Onomarchus and continued commanding Phocian forces during the Third Sacred War against Thebes and its allies.
- 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: Flora Target entity description: Flora is the young niece in Henry James's novella "The Turn of the Screw," whose eerie innocence and ambiguous relationship to the supernatural are central to the story's psychological horror.
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A.
Flora
Flora is a symbolist painting by Evelyn De Morgan depicting the Roman goddess of flowers and spring in a richly allegorical, Pre-Raphaelite-inspired style.
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B.
Hyacinth
Hyacinth is a given name of Greek origin, historically associated with mythological and floral imagery and used for people of any gender.
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C.
Petaloudes
Petaloudes is a picturesque valley on the island of Rhodes in Greece, famous for its seasonal swarms of colorful butterflies that attract many visitors.
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D.
Phylica
Phylica is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, many of which are native to South Africa and known for their dense foliage and adaptation to fynbos habitats.
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E.
Phayllus
Phayllus was a 4th-century BCE Phocian military leader who succeeded his brother Onomarchus and continued commanding Phocian forces during the Third Sacred War against Thebes and its allies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
child character
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| age | young child ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Turn of the Screw ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
corruption of childhood
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innocence ⓘ psychological horror ⓘ unreliable perception ⓘ |
| caredForBy |
Mrs. Grose
ⓘ
the governess ⓘ |
| characterRole | niece of the governess’s employer ⓘ |
| createdBy | Henry James ⓘ |
| describedAs |
beautiful
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charming ⓘ innocent ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasGuardian | her uncle ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | Latin word for “flower” ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Miles
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Mrs. Grose ⓘ her uncle ⓘ the governess ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| linkedToCharacter |
Miss Jessel
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Peter Quint ⓘ |
| literaryGenreOfWork |
ghost story
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psychological horror ⓘ |
| medium | novella ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
focus of the governess’s protective instincts
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source of ambiguity about the supernatural ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| partOf | late 19th-century English literature ⓘ |
| perceivedBy | the governess as possibly influenced by ghosts ⓘ |
| residesAt | Bly ⓘ |
| setIn |
Victorian era
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surface form:
Victorian England
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| sibling | Miles ⓘ |
| studiedInContextOf |
Gothic fiction
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narrative unreliability ⓘ psychoanalytic literary criticism ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1898 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Flora Description of subject: Flora is the young niece in Henry James's novella "The Turn of the Screw," whose eerie innocence and ambiguous relationship to the supernatural are central to the story's psychological horror.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.