Eliza Harris
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Eliza Harris is a courageous enslaved woman in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin," best known for her dramatic escape across the frozen Ohio River to save her child from being sold.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eliza Harris canonical | 5 |
| Eliza | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T394567 — 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: Eliza Harris Context triple: [Uncle Tom's Cabin, mainCharacter, Eliza Harris]
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A.
Harriet Pitt
Harriet Pitt was an 18th-century British actress and the daughter of statesman William Pitt the Elder.
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B.
Margaret
Margaret is a feminine given name of Greek origin, traditionally associated with the meaning "pearl" and widely used in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Elizabeth Eldridge
Elizabeth Eldridge was the wife of Salem Village minister Samuel Parris, associated with the period of the Salem witch trials in late 17th-century Massachusetts.
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D.
Betty Blake
Betty Blake was the wife of American humorist and entertainer Will Rogers, known for supporting his career and managing family life while he rose to national fame.
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E.
Elizabeth Erving
Elizabeth Erving was the wife of American statesman and Massachusetts governor James Bowdoin, connecting her to a prominent colonial New England political 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: Eliza Harris Target entity description: Eliza Harris is a courageous enslaved woman in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin," best known for her dramatic escape across the frozen Ohio River to save her child from being sold.
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A.
Harriet Pitt
Harriet Pitt was an 18th-century British actress and the daughter of statesman William Pitt the Elder.
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B.
Margaret
Margaret is a feminine given name of Greek origin, traditionally associated with the meaning "pearl" and widely used in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Elizabeth Eldridge
Elizabeth Eldridge was the wife of Salem Village minister Samuel Parris, associated with the period of the Salem witch trials in late 17th-century Massachusetts.
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D.
Betty Blake
Betty Blake was the wife of American humorist and entertainer Will Rogers, known for supporting his career and managing family life while he rose to national fame.
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E.
Elizabeth Erving
Elizabeth Erving was the wife of American statesman and Massachusetts governor James Bowdoin, connecting her to a prominent colonial New England political family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American woman in fiction
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enslaved woman ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Christian faith
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abolitionism ⓘ family separation under slavery ⓘ moral courage ⓘ motherhood ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| basedOn | real-life fugitive enslaved people ⓘ |
| createdBy | Harriet Beecher Stowe ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChild | Harry Harris ⓘ |
| influencedByContext | 19th-century American slavery ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| marriedTo | George Harris ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempt to save her child from being sold
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dramatic escape across the frozen Ohio River ⓘ |
| performsAction |
crosses the frozen Ohio River
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escapes from Kentucky ⓘ flees slave catchers ⓘ protects her son from being sold ⓘ seeks freedom in the Northern United States ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
courageous
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devoted mother ⓘ morally upright ⓘ |
| religionInFiction | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleInWork | supporting protagonist ⓘ |
| settingOfActions |
Kentucky
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Ohio River ⓘ free states in the Northern United States ⓘ |
| statusAtBeginningOfWork | enslaved ⓘ |
| statusAtEndOfWork | free ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
maternal love
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the cruelty of slavery ⓘ the quest for freedom ⓘ |
| workGenre | anti-slavery novel ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1852 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eliza Harris Description of subject: Eliza Harris is a courageous enslaved woman in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin," best known for her dramatic escape across the frozen Ohio River to save her child from being sold.
Referenced by (7)
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