Tom Shaw
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Tom Shaw is a central character in Louisa May Alcott’s novel "An Old-Fashioned Girl," portrayed as a kind but initially worldly young man whose growth and changing values mirror the story’s moral themes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tom Shaw canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3912749 — 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)
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Target entity: Tom Shaw Context triple: [An Old-Fashioned Girl, mainCharacter, Tom Shaw]
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A.
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw is an American professional baseball player and power-hitting outfielder/first baseman who played college baseball at Boston College before reaching Major League Baseball.
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B.
Dennis Shaw
Dennis Shaw is a former American football quarterback who starred at San Diego State before playing in the NFL, most notably for the Buffalo Bills.
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C.
Stan Shaw
Stan Shaw is an American character actor known for his roles in films such as "Harlem Nights," "Rocky," and "The Boys in Company C."
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D.
Bryan Shaw
Bryan Shaw is an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher known for his durability and heavy workload out of the bullpen, particularly during his tenure with the Cleveland Indians.
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E.
Peter Shaw
Peter Shaw was a British-born actor and film and television producer best known as the longtime husband and producing partner of Angela Lansbury.
- 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: Tom Shaw Target entity description: Tom Shaw is a central character in Louisa May Alcott’s novel "An Old-Fashioned Girl," portrayed as a kind but initially worldly young man whose growth and changing values mirror the story’s moral themes.
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A.
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw is an American professional baseball player and power-hitting outfielder/first baseman who played college baseball at Boston College before reaching Major League Baseball.
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B.
Dennis Shaw
Dennis Shaw is a former American football quarterback who starred at San Diego State before playing in the NFL, most notably for the Buffalo Bills.
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C.
Stan Shaw
Stan Shaw is an American character actor known for his roles in films such as "Harlem Nights," "Rocky," and "The Boys in Company C."
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D.
Bryan Shaw
Bryan Shaw is an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher known for his durability and heavy workload out of the bullpen, particularly during his tenure with the Cleveland Indians.
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E.
Peter Shaw
Peter Shaw was a British-born actor and film and television producer best known as the longtime husband and producing partner of Angela Lansbury.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | An Old-Fashioned Girl ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries |
An Old-Fashioned Girl
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surface form:
An Old-Fashioned Girl (two-part publication)
|
| associatedWithCharacter |
Fanny Shaw
ⓘ
Polly Milton ⓘ |
| characterArc |
changing values
ⓘ
moral growth ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
kind
ⓘ
worldly ⓘ |
| createdBy | Louisa May Alcott ⓘ |
| familyNameInFiction | Shaw ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovementOfWork |
Realism
ⓘ
surface form:
American realism
|
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| moralInfluenceOnCharacter |
Polly Milton
ⓘ
surface form:
influenced by Polly Milton’s values
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| moralThemeEmbodied |
inner character over outward show
ⓘ
simplicity versus worldliness ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodies moral themes of the novel ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| occupationInFiction | young businessman ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfWork | 1870 ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central character ⓘ |
| romanticInvolvementWith | Polly Milton ⓘ |
| settingOfFictionalWork | 19th-century United States ⓘ |
| socialClassInFiction | upper middle class Boston society ⓘ |
| undergoesDevelopment | from frivolous habits to more serious purpose ⓘ |
| workGenre |
coming-of-age novel
ⓘ
domestic fiction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tom Shaw Description of subject: Tom Shaw is a central character in Louisa May Alcott’s novel "An Old-Fashioned Girl," portrayed as a kind but initially worldly young man whose growth and changing values mirror the story’s moral themes.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.