Mrs. Weston is Emma Woodhouse's former governess
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Mrs. Weston is a kind, gentle, and sensible former governess who becomes a close friend and maternal figure to Emma Woodhouse in Jane Austen's novel "Emma."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mrs. Weston is Emma Woodhouse's former governess canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7325765 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mrs. Weston is Emma Woodhouse's former governess Context triple: [Emma (novel), hasCharacterRole, Mrs. Weston is Emma Woodhouse's former governess]
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Miss Bates in Emma
Miss Bates in *Emma* is a kind-hearted but endlessly talkative spinster in Jane Austen’s novel, serving as both comic relief and a moral touchstone for the heroine’s growth.
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Beatrice Eliott in The House of Eliott
Beatrice Eliott in *The House of Eliott* is one of the two ambitious sisters at the center of the period drama, co-founding a pioneering 1920s London fashion house and navigating social change, personal struggles, and professional success.
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C.
Harriet Westbrook
Harriet Westbrook was the first wife of English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, whose tragic early death and troubled marriage have drawn significant biographical interest.
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D.
Mrs Spottsworth
Mrs Spottsworth is a wealthy, eccentric American widow in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves universe, best known for her comic entanglements and romantic misadventures.
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E.
Emma Woodhouse
Emma Woodhouse is the clever, wealthy, and somewhat meddlesome heroine of Jane Austen’s novel "Emma," known for her misguided attempts at matchmaking in her small English village.
- 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. Weston is Emma Woodhouse's former governess Target entity description: Mrs. Weston is a kind, gentle, and sensible former governess who becomes a close friend and maternal figure to Emma Woodhouse in Jane Austen's novel "Emma."
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A.
Miss Bates in Emma
Miss Bates in *Emma* is a kind-hearted but endlessly talkative spinster in Jane Austen’s novel, serving as both comic relief and a moral touchstone for the heroine’s growth.
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B.
Beatrice Eliott in The House of Eliott
Beatrice Eliott in *The House of Eliott* is one of the two ambitious sisters at the center of the period drama, co-founding a pioneering 1920s London fashion house and navigating social change, personal struggles, and professional success.
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C.
Harriet Westbrook
Harriet Westbrook was the first wife of English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, whose tragic early death and troubled marriage have drawn significant biographical interest.
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D.
Mrs Spottsworth
Mrs Spottsworth is a wealthy, eccentric American widow in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves universe, best known for her comic entanglements and romantic misadventures.
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E.
Emma Woodhouse
Emma Woodhouse is the clever, wealthy, and somewhat meddlesome heroine of Jane Austen’s novel "Emma," known for her misguided attempts at matchmaking in her small English village.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fictional character
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Governess ⓘ Wife ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Emma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | Novel of manners ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation | Highbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorBirthplaceOfWorkAuthor | Steventon, Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedInWorkOf | English literature ⓘ |
| birthName | Miss Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
Gentle
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Kind ⓘ Sensible ⓘ |
| closeTo | Emma Woodhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Jane Austen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1815 ⓘ |
| formerGovernessOf | Emma Woodhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | Female ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| livesNear | Hartfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marriedName | Weston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| occupation | Former governess ⓘ |
| residesIn | Randalls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInEmma |
Friend of Emma Woodhouse
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Maternal figure to Emma Woodhouse ⓘ |
| socialClass | Middle gentry ⓘ |
| spouse | Mr. Weston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stepmotherOf | Frank Churchill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mrs. Weston is Emma Woodhouse's former governess Description of subject: Mrs. Weston is a kind, gentle, and sensible former governess who becomes a close friend and maternal figure to Emma Woodhouse in Jane Austen's novel "Emma."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Emma (novel)