Nancy Lammeter
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Nancy Lammeter is a virtuous and principled young woman in George Eliot’s novel "Silas Marner," known for her moral rigidity, social respectability, and eventual emotional growth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nancy Lammeter canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2854732 — 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: Nancy Lammeter Context triple: [Silas Marner, mainCharacter, Nancy Lammeter]
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A.
Val Hoyle
Val Hoyle is an American Democratic politician and U.S. Representative from Oregon known for her prior service in the Oregon House of Representatives, including as House Majority Leader.
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B.
Rachel Kempson
Rachel Kempson was an English actress and matriarch of the Redgrave acting family, known for her extensive stage and film career.
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C.
Lesley Barber
Lesley Barber is a Canadian composer known for her evocative film scores, including the critically acclaimed music for "Manchester by the Sea."
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D.
Rachel Stevens
Rachel Stevens is an English singer, actress, and television personality best known as a member of the pop group S Club 7 and for her subsequent solo music career.
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E.
Victoria Duffy
Victoria Duffy is an American actress and producer best known for her long-term relationship and marriage to actor and filmmaker Dennis Hopper.
- 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: Nancy Lammeter Target entity description: Nancy Lammeter is a virtuous and principled young woman in George Eliot’s novel "Silas Marner," known for her moral rigidity, social respectability, and eventual emotional growth.
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A.
Val Hoyle
Val Hoyle is an American Democratic politician and U.S. Representative from Oregon known for her prior service in the Oregon House of Representatives, including as House Majority Leader.
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B.
Rachel Kempson
Rachel Kempson was an English actress and matriarch of the Redgrave acting family, known for her extensive stage and film career.
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C.
Lesley Barber
Lesley Barber is a Canadian composer known for her evocative film scores, including the critically acclaimed music for "Manchester by the Sea."
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D.
Rachel Stevens
Rachel Stevens is an English singer, actress, and television personality best known as a member of the pop group S Club 7 and for her subsequent solo music career.
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E.
Victoria Duffy
Victoria Duffy is an American actress and producer best known for her long-term relationship and marriage to actor and filmmaker Dennis Hopper.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a novel
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| adoptiveMotherOf | Eppie ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Silas Marner ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | Victorian novel ⓘ |
| associatedWithFamily |
Cass family
ⓘ
surface form:
the Cass family
|
| associatedWithLocation | the Red House ⓘ |
| caresFor | Eppie ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
marriage and duty
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moral responsibility ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
conscientious
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dutiful ⓘ morally rigid ⓘ principled ⓘ self-disciplined ⓘ socially respectable ⓘ virtuous ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting | England ⓘ |
| createdBy | George Eliot ⓘ |
| familyName | Lammeter ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
Silas Marner
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surface form:
Silas Marner (1861)
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasFather | Mr. Lammeter ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Priscilla Lammeter ⓘ |
| initialAttitudeTowardGodfrey | disapproving of his perceived moral weakness ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| laterAttitudeTowardGodfrey | more compassionate ⓘ |
| livesAt | the Red House ⓘ |
| loveInterestOf | Godfrey Cass ⓘ |
| moralOutlook | rigid ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodies the tension between principle and sympathy ⓘ |
| religiousOutlook | strict ⓘ |
| residesIn | Raveloe ⓘ |
| roleInPlot |
contrasts with Silas Marner’s outsider status
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helps resolve Godfrey Cass’s moral conflict ⓘ represents conventional morality in Raveloe ⓘ |
| socialClass | rural gentry ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Godfrey Cass ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalSetting | early 19th century ⓘ |
| undergoes |
emotional growth
ⓘ
moral development ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nancy Lammeter Description of subject: Nancy Lammeter is a virtuous and principled young woman in George Eliot’s novel "Silas Marner," known for her moral rigidity, social respectability, and eventual emotional growth.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.