Mary Lennox
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Mary Lennox is the orphaned, initially sour young heroine of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel "The Secret Garden," whose discovery of a hidden garden transforms her life and character.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Lennox canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4864067 — 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: Mary Lennox Context triple: [The Secret Garden (1991 Broadway production), featuresCharacter, Mary Lennox]
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A.
Alice Chambers
Alice Chambers is the protagonist of the psychological thriller film "Don't Worry Darling," a 1950s housewife who begins to uncover disturbing truths about her seemingly idyllic community.
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B.
Sara Crewe
Sara Crewe is the imaginative, kind-hearted young heroine who remains resilient and generous despite hardship in the story "A Little Princess."
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C.
Lucy Aikin
Lucy Aikin was a prominent English historian, biographer, and writer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, best known for her historical works on the courts of Elizabeth I and James I.
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D.
Rose Narracott
Rose Narracott is a character in Michael Morpurgo’s novel and its adaptations, depicted as Albert Narracott’s caring and resilient mother in the rural English family at the heart of War Horse.
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E.
Flora Finch
Flora Finch was a British-born silent film comedian and actress best known for her work in early 20th-century American cinema, particularly in comic shorts.
- 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: Mary Lennox Target entity description: Mary Lennox is the orphaned, initially sour young heroine of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel "The Secret Garden," whose discovery of a hidden garden transforms her life and character.
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A.
Alice Chambers
Alice Chambers is the protagonist of the psychological thriller film "Don't Worry Darling," a 1950s housewife who begins to uncover disturbing truths about her seemingly idyllic community.
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B.
Sara Crewe
Sara Crewe is the imaginative, kind-hearted young heroine who remains resilient and generous despite hardship in the story "A Little Princess."
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C.
Lucy Aikin
Lucy Aikin was a prominent English historian, biographer, and writer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, best known for her historical works on the courts of Elizabeth I and James I.
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D.
Rose Narracott
Rose Narracott is a character in Michael Morpurgo’s novel and its adaptations, depicted as Albert Narracott’s caring and resilient mother in the rural English family at the heart of War Horse.
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E.
Flora Finch
Flora Finch was a British-born silent film comedian and actress best known for her work in early 20th-century American cinema, particularly in comic shorts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| age | child ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Secret Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
friendship
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healing ⓘ nature ⓘ rebirth ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ |
| becomes |
caring
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empathetic ⓘ kind ⓘ |
| bornInFictionalSetting | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralSymbolRelation | secret garden as symbol of inner growth ⓘ |
| characterInGenre |
children's literature
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novel ⓘ |
| createdBy | Frances Hodgson Burnett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discovers | the secret garden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| experiencesTransformation |
emotional growth
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physical health improvement ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1911 ⓘ |
| friend |
Dickon Sowerby
NERFINISHED
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Martha Sowerby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| guardian | Archibald Craven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFamilyStatus | orphan ⓘ |
| hasHealthCondition | sickly (initially) ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | none (child) ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
selfish
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sour ⓘ spoiled ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Edwardian era literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livesAt | Misselthwaite Manor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movesToFictionalSetting | Misselthwaite Manor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| relative | Colin Craven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| restores | the secret garden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| undergoesArc | from isolation to connection ⓘ |
| undergoesCharacterDevelopment | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mary Lennox Description of subject: Mary Lennox is the orphaned, initially sour young heroine of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel "The Secret Garden," whose discovery of a hidden garden transforms her life and character.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.