the De Lacey family
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The De Lacey family is a poor, exiled French household in Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" whose kindness, domestic life, and conversations inadvertently educate the Creature about language, society, and human emotion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| the De Lacey family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9230057 — 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: the De Lacey family Context triple: [the Creature, learnsLanguageFrom, the De Lacey family]
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A.
Saint-Bris family
The Saint-Bris family is a French noble lineage known for owning historic properties, including the Château du Clos Lucé, Leonardo da Vinci’s last residence in France.
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B.
Brangwen family
The Brangwen family is the central multigenerational farming family whose evolving relationships, desires, and social circumstances are explored across several decades in D. H. Lawrence’s novel "The Rainbow."
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C.
Leadbeater family
The Leadbeater family was a prominent Alexandria, Virginia family known for running a long-standing apothecary business that now forms the basis of the Stabler–Leadbeater Apothecary Museum.
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D.
Frost family
The Frost family is a notable lineage associated with individuals such as Elliott Frost, recognized for their shared heritage and public prominence.
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E.
Ohmsford family
The Ohmsford family is the central lineage of protagonists in Terry Brooks' Shannara fantasy series, whose members repeatedly shape the fate of the Four Lands through their inherited magic and heroic quests.
- 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: the De Lacey family Target entity description: The De Lacey family is a poor, exiled French household in Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" whose kindness, domestic life, and conversations inadvertently educate the Creature about language, society, and human emotion.
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A.
Saint-Bris family
The Saint-Bris family is a French noble lineage known for owning historic properties, including the Château du Clos Lucé, Leonardo da Vinci’s last residence in France.
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B.
Brangwen family
The Brangwen family is the central multigenerational farming family whose evolving relationships, desires, and social circumstances are explored across several decades in D. H. Lawrence’s novel "The Rainbow."
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C.
Leadbeater family
The Leadbeater family was a prominent Alexandria, Virginia family known for running a long-standing apothecary business that now forms the basis of the Stabler–Leadbeater Apothecary Museum.
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D.
Frost family
The Frost family is a notable lineage associated with individuals such as Elliott Frost, recognized for their shared heritage and public prominence.
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E.
Ohmsford family
The Ohmsford family is the central lineage of protagonists in Terry Brooks' Shannara fantasy series, whose members repeatedly shape the fate of the Four Lands through their inherited magic and heroic quests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional family ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Frankenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Paradise Lost (later read by the Creature)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ruins of Empires (read by the Creature while observing them) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sorrows of Young Werther (read by the Creature while observing them) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfPoverty | political persecution ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Mary Shelley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicCondition | impoverished ⓘ |
| encounterWithCreatureOutcome | rejection of the Creature after initial contact ⓘ |
| familyHead | De Lacey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Frankenstein, Chapter 12
ⓘ
Frankenstein, Volume 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesDaughter | Agatha De Lacey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesFutureDaughterInLaw | Safie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesSon | Felix De Lacey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyTheme |
compassion
ⓘ
domesticity ⓘ education ⓘ exile ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Romantic era ⓘ |
| member |
Agatha De Lacey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
De Lacey NERFINISHED ⓘ Felix De Lacey NERFINISHED ⓘ Safie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralCharacter |
charitable
ⓘ
kind ⓘ virtuous ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
contrast to Victor Frankenstein’s family
ⓘ
educators of the Creature ⓘ embodiment of domestic virtue ⓘ |
| observedBy | Frankenstein’s Creature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalBackground | exiled for aiding Safie’s father ⓘ |
| relationshipToCreature |
object of the Creature’s affection
ⓘ
unwitting benefactors ⓘ |
| residence |
cottage near Ingolstadt
ⓘ
secluded cottage in the forest ⓘ |
| setting | 18th-century Europe ⓘ |
| socialStatus |
exiled
ⓘ
poor ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
idealized family life
ⓘ
possibility of human goodness ⓘ |
| teaches |
human emotions to the Creature
ⓘ
human society to the Creature ⓘ language to the Creature ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1818 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: the De Lacey family Description of subject: The De Lacey family is a poor, exiled French household in Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" whose kindness, domestic life, and conversations inadvertently educate the Creature about language, society, and human emotion.
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