Juliana Bordereau
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Juliana Bordereau is a reclusive, elderly former lover of a famous poet whose guarded past and closely held letters drive the plot of Henry James’s novella "The Aspern Papers."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Juliana Bordereau canonical | 6 |
| provides exposition about Juliana Bordereau and her household | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2418015 — 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: Juliana Bordereau Context triple: [The Aspern Papers, mainCharacter, Juliana Bordereau]
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A.
Anastasie de Lafayette
Anastasie de Lafayette was the daughter of the famed French aristocrat and Revolutionary War hero Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette.
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B.
Jeanne
Jeanne was a common French female given name historically borne by notable figures such as queens, saints, and writers.
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C.
Antoinette
Antoinette is a feminine given name of French origin, historically associated with nobility and later borne by various notable figures in the arts and public life.
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D.
Antoinette
Antoinette is the birth name of Princess Muna al-Hussein, the British-born mother of King Abdullah II of Jordan.
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E.
Marguerite De La Motte
Marguerite De La Motte was an American silent film actress best known for her leading roles in early 1920s adventure and drama films.
- 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: Juliana Bordereau Target entity description: Juliana Bordereau is a reclusive, elderly former lover of a famous poet whose guarded past and closely held letters drive the plot of Henry James’s novella "The Aspern Papers."
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A.
Anastasie de Lafayette
Anastasie de Lafayette was the daughter of the famed French aristocrat and Revolutionary War hero Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette.
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B.
Jeanne
Jeanne was a common French female given name historically borne by notable figures such as queens, saints, and writers.
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C.
Antoinette
Antoinette is a feminine given name of French origin, historically associated with nobility and later borne by various notable figures in the arts and public life.
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D.
Antoinette
Antoinette is the birth name of Princess Muna al-Hussein, the British-born mother of King Abdullah II of Jordan.
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E.
Marguerite De La Motte
Marguerite De La Motte was an American silent film actress best known for her leading roles in early 1920s adventure and drama films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| age | elderly ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Aspern Papers ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Jeffrey Aspern ⓘ |
| centralTo | plot of The Aspern Papers ⓘ |
| characterIn | The Aspern Papers ⓘ |
| controlsAccessTo |
The Aspern Papers
ⓘ
surface form:
Aspern papers
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| creator | Henry James ⓘ |
| diesIn | The Aspern Papers ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Aspern Papers ⓘ |
| formerLoverOf | Jeffrey Aspern ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| guards | Jeffrey Aspern’s letters ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Miss Tina Bordereau
ⓘ
surface form:
Tina Bordereau
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| inConflictWith | the unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century fiction ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
physically frail
ⓘ
wears a green eye-shade ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
reclusive
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secretive ⓘ |
| plotRole |
keeper of Aspern’s papers
ⓘ
obstacle to the narrator’s research ⓘ |
| possesses | Jeffrey Aspern’s letters ⓘ |
| publicationContext |
The Aspern Papers
ⓘ
surface form:
The Aspern Papers (1888 novella)
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| relationshipToTinaBordereau | aunt ⓘ |
| residence | Venice ⓘ |
| subjectOf | the narrator’s literary quest ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
ethics of scholarship
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literary biography ⓘ privacy ⓘ |
| workGenre | novella ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Juliana Bordereau Description of subject: Juliana Bordereau is a reclusive, elderly former lover of a famous poet whose guarded past and closely held letters drive the plot of Henry James’s novella "The Aspern Papers."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
provides exposition about Juliana Bordereau and her household