Lucy Lockit
E31023
Lucy Lockit is a central female character in John Gay’s satirical ballad opera "The Beggar’s Opera," known as the jealous and strong-willed daughter of the jailer Lockit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lucy Lockit canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T242439 — 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: Lucy Lockit Context triple: [The Beggar's Opera, hasMainCharacter, Lucy Lockit]
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A.
Alicia
Alicia is the given name of the American singer, songwriter, and pianist Alicia Keys, known for her soulful R&B music and powerful vocals.
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B.
Joanna
Joanna is the first name of Joanna Newsom, an American harpist, singer-songwriter, and musician known for her intricate compositions and distinctive vocal style.
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C.
Linda
Linda is a feminine given name of Germanic origin that became widely used in English-speaking countries in the 20th century.
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D.
Barbara
Barbara is a feminine given name of Greek origin that has been widely used in many cultures and languages.
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E.
Louise
Louise is a feminine given name of French origin, traditionally associated with nobility and widely used in many European and English-speaking countries.
- 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: Lucy Lockit Target entity description: Lucy Lockit is a central female character in John Gay’s satirical ballad opera "The Beggar’s Opera," known as the jealous and strong-willed daughter of the jailer Lockit.
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A.
Alicia
Alicia is the given name of the American singer, songwriter, and pianist Alicia Keys, known for her soulful R&B music and powerful vocals.
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B.
Joanna
Joanna is the first name of Joanna Newsom, an American harpist, singer-songwriter, and musician known for her intricate compositions and distinctive vocal style.
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C.
Linda
Linda is a feminine given name of Germanic origin that became widely used in English-speaking countries in the 20th century.
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D.
Barbara
Barbara is a feminine given name of Greek origin that has been widely used in many cultures and languages.
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E.
Louise
Louise is a feminine given name of French origin, traditionally associated with nobility and widely used in many European and English-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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opera character ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Beggar's Opera
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surface form:
The Beggar’s Opera
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| associatedWithCharacter |
Macheath
ⓘ
Polly Peachum ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
jealous
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strong-willed ⓘ |
| conflictWithCharacter | Polly Peachum ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| creator | John Gay ⓘ |
| familyName | Lockit ⓘ |
| father | Lockit ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceOfWork | 1728 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenreOfWork | satirical ballad opera ⓘ |
| mediumOfPerformance | soprano voice ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comic jealousy
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rivalry over Macheath ⓘ satirical portrayal of lower-class life ⓘ |
| occupation | jailer’s daughter ⓘ |
| partOf | The Beggar’s Opera character list ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central character in The Beggar’s Opera ⓘ |
| workSettingTimePeriod | 18th century London ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lucy Lockit Description of subject: Lucy Lockit is a central female character in John Gay’s satirical ballad opera "The Beggar’s Opera," known as the jealous and strong-willed daughter of the jailer Lockit.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.