Lucia Ashton
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Lucia Ashton is the tragic heroine of Donizetti's opera "Lucia di Lammermoor," renowned for her famous mad scene and demanding bel canto vocal writing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lucia Ashton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4804979 — 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: Lucia Ashton Context triple: [Anna Netrebko, notableRole, Lucia Ashton]
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Florence Craye
Florence Craye is a recurring character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster stories, known as an earnest, intellectual young woman and one of Bertie Wooster’s on-and-off fiancées.
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B.
Kathryn Beaumont
Kathryn Beaumont is a British-American actress and schoolteacher best known for providing the voice and live-action reference for Alice in Disney’s animated film "Alice in Wonderland" and Wendy in "Peter Pan."
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C.
Lucy Aston
Lucy Aston is a British actress known for her work in film and television and for her former marriage to actor Martin Clunes.
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D.
Florence Dugdale
Florence Dugdale was an English schoolteacher and writer best known as the second wife and later biographer of novelist and poet Thomas Hardy.
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E.
Louise Asmal
Louise Asmal is a South African human-rights activist and academic, known for her work alongside her husband Kader Asmal in the anti-apartheid movement and in legal education.
- 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: Lucia Ashton Target entity description: Lucia Ashton is the tragic heroine of Donizetti's opera "Lucia di Lammermoor," renowned for her famous mad scene and demanding bel canto vocal writing.
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A.
Florence Craye
Florence Craye is a recurring character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster stories, known as an earnest, intellectual young woman and one of Bertie Wooster’s on-and-off fiancées.
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B.
Kathryn Beaumont
Kathryn Beaumont is a British-American actress and schoolteacher best known for providing the voice and live-action reference for Alice in Disney’s animated film "Alice in Wonderland" and Wendy in "Peter Pan."
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C.
Lucy Aston
Lucy Aston is a British actress known for her work in film and television and for her former marriage to actor Martin Clunes.
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D.
Florence Dugdale
Florence Dugdale was an English schoolteacher and writer best known as the second wife and later biographer of novelist and poet Thomas Hardy.
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E.
Louise Asmal
Louise Asmal is a South African human-rights activist and academic, known for her work alongside her husband Kader Asmal in the anti-apartheid movement and in legal education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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opera character ⓘ soprano role ⓘ |
| actOfMadScene | Act III ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Lucia di Lammermoor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
doomed love
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family conflict ⓘ madness ⓘ |
| basedOn | Lucy Ashton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Walter Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | The Bride of Lammermoor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Gaetano Donizetti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Salvadore Cammarano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | iconic bel canto role ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction | tragic heroine ⓘ |
| familyName | Ashton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceWorkPremiere | 26 September 1835 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceWorkPremierePlace | Teatro San Carlo, Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext | bel canto opera ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Italian ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Edgardo di Ravenswood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalFeature |
extended coloratura passages
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flute obbligato in mad scene ⓘ high tessitura ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableAria |
Il dolce suono
NERFINISHED
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Spargi d’amaro pianto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableScene | mad scene ⓘ |
| operaTitleRole | Lucia di Lammermoor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedByNotableSinger |
Beverly Sills
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edita Gruberová NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Sutherland NERFINISHED ⓘ Maria Callas NERFINISHED ⓘ Natalie Dessay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotEvent |
dies after mad scene
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forced marriage to Arturo Bucklaw ⓘ murders Arturo on their wedding night ⓘ suffers mental breakdown ⓘ |
| relative | Enrico Ashton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relativeType | sister of Enrico Ashton ⓘ |
| requiresSkill |
agile coloratura technique
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dramatic acting ability ⓘ expressive legato ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalType | coloratura soprano ⓘ |
| vocalWriting | demanding bel canto style ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lucia Ashton Description of subject: Lucia Ashton is the tragic heroine of Donizetti's opera "Lucia di Lammermoor," renowned for her famous mad scene and demanding bel canto vocal writing.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.