Mrs. Shaw
E400153
Mrs. Shaw is a wealthy, fashionable Boston matron in Louisa May Alcott’s novel "An Old-Fashioned Girl," whose refined but somewhat shallow household contrasts with the simple virtues of the story’s heroine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mrs. Shaw canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3912752 — 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: Mrs. Shaw Context triple: [An Old-Fashioned Girl, mainCharacter, Mrs. Shaw]
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A.
Hattie Glascoe
Hattie Glascoe was the first wife of American actor Louis Gossett Jr., known primarily for her brief marriage to him in the 1960s.
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B.
Mrs. Miller
Mrs. Miller is a minor but pivotal character in John Patrick Shanley’s play "Doubt: A Parable," serving as the concerned mother whose conversation with Sister Aloysius deepens the play’s moral ambiguity.
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C.
Mrs. Walker
Mrs. Walker is a socially conservative American expatriate in Henry James's novella "Daisy Miller," serving as a foil to Daisy by embodying rigid Old World manners and moral judgments.
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D.
Mary Forward
Mary Forward was the wife of prominent 19th-century American lawyer and U.S. Attorney General Jeremiah Sullivan Black.
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E.
Cecilia Pawley
Cecilia Pawley was the first wife of Group Captain Peter Townsend, a distinguished Royal Air Force officer closely associated with the British royal family.
- 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: Mrs. Shaw Target entity description: Mrs. Shaw is a wealthy, fashionable Boston matron in Louisa May Alcott’s novel "An Old-Fashioned Girl," whose refined but somewhat shallow household contrasts with the simple virtues of the story’s heroine.
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A.
Hattie Glascoe
Hattie Glascoe was the first wife of American actor Louis Gossett Jr., known primarily for her brief marriage to him in the 1960s.
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B.
Mrs. Miller
Mrs. Miller is a minor but pivotal character in John Patrick Shanley’s play "Doubt: A Parable," serving as the concerned mother whose conversation with Sister Aloysius deepens the play’s moral ambiguity.
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C.
Mrs. Walker
Mrs. Walker is a socially conservative American expatriate in Henry James's novella "Daisy Miller," serving as a foil to Daisy by embodying rigid Old World manners and moral judgments.
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D.
Mary Forward
Mary Forward was the wife of prominent 19th-century American lawyer and U.S. Attorney General Jeremiah Sullivan Black.
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E.
Cecilia Pawley
Cecilia Pawley was the first wife of Group Captain Peter Townsend, a distinguished Royal Air Force officer closely associated with the British royal family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Boston matron
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | An Old-Fashioned Girl ⓘ |
| belongsToSocialClass |
Boston elite
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upper class ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Polly Milton ⓘ |
| createdBy | Louisa May Alcott ⓘ |
| deemphasizes |
domestic simplicity
ⓘ
frugality ⓘ plain living ⓘ |
| familyName | Shaw ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
An Old-Fashioned Girl
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surface form:
An Old-Fashioned Girl (1869, 1870 expanded edition)
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreContext | 19th-century American domestic fiction ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
fashionable
ⓘ
refined ⓘ somewhat shallow ⓘ wealthy ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Fanny Shaw
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Frank Shaw ⓘ Maud Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResidence | Boston ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Mr. Shaw ⓘ |
| hasThemeRelation |
contrast between old-fashioned and modern manners
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critique of superficial social values ⓘ |
| householdCharacterization |
fashionable
ⓘ
refined ⓘ worldly ⓘ |
| livesInHousehold | Shaw household ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
foil to Polly Milton
ⓘ
representative of fashionable society ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 19th-century Boston ⓘ |
| values |
fashion
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social status ⓘ worldly success ⓘ |
| worldviewContrastsWith | simple virtues of Polly Milton ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mrs. Shaw Description of subject: Mrs. Shaw is a wealthy, fashionable Boston matron in Louisa May Alcott’s novel "An Old-Fashioned Girl," whose refined but somewhat shallow household contrasts with the simple virtues of the story’s heroine.
Referenced by (2)
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