Emma Clery
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Emma Clery is a minor yet symbolically important figure in James Joyce’s novel "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," representing Stephen Dedalus’s youthful idealization of romantic love and feminine beauty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Emma Clery canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10199809 — 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: Emma Clery Context triple: [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, featuresCharacter, Emma Clery]
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Susan Clark
Susan Clark is a Canadian actress known for her film and television work from the 1960s through the 1980s, including prominent roles in dramas and disaster films.
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Verena Tarrant
Verena Tarrant is a central character in Henry James's novel "The Bostonians," portrayed as a young, charismatic feminist orator caught between personal freedom and the competing ambitions of those around her.
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C.
Sandy Clark
Sandy Clark is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager known for managing several Scottish clubs and working extensively in the Scottish game.
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D.
Grace Marks
Grace Marks is the enigmatic Irish-Canadian servant and convicted murderess at the center of Margaret Atwood’s historical novel "Alias Grace."
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E.
Sarah Greenwood
Sarah Greenwood is an acclaimed British production designer known for her richly detailed work on major films, including the fantasy world of Barbieland in the 2023 movie "Barbie."
- 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: Emma Clery Target entity description: Emma Clery is a minor yet symbolically important figure in James Joyce’s novel "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," representing Stephen Dedalus’s youthful idealization of romantic love and feminine beauty.
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A.
Susan Clark
Susan Clark is a Canadian actress known for her film and television work from the 1960s through the 1980s, including prominent roles in dramas and disaster films.
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B.
Verena Tarrant
Verena Tarrant is a central character in Henry James's novel "The Bostonians," portrayed as a young, charismatic feminist orator caught between personal freedom and the competing ambitions of those around her.
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C.
Sandy Clark
Sandy Clark is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager known for managing several Scottish clubs and working extensively in the Scottish game.
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D.
Grace Marks
Grace Marks is the enigmatic Irish-Canadian servant and convicted murderess at the center of Margaret Atwood’s historical novel "Alias Grace."
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E.
Sarah Greenwood
Sarah Greenwood is an acclaimed British production designer known for her richly detailed work on major films, including the fantasy world of Barbieland in the 2023 movie "Barbie."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a novel
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsAs | idealized schoolgirl figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Stephen Dedalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Stephen Dedalus series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| importance | minor but symbolically significant character ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| linkedTheme |
Catholic notions of purity
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aesthetic idealization ⓘ ideal versus real love ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | modernist literature ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodies Stephen’s early concept of the ideal woman ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish ⓘ |
| perceivedBy |
Stephen Dedalus as romantically unattainable
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Stephen Dedalus as spiritually pure ⓘ |
| publicationContext | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man first published in 1916 ⓘ |
| represents |
feminine beauty
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romantic idealization ⓘ youthful love ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
catalyst for Stephen’s reflections on love and purity
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object of Stephen Dedalus’s adolescent infatuation ⓘ |
| symbolicRole |
idealized beloved
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muse-like figure for Stephen Dedalus ⓘ |
| workSetting | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Emma Clery Description of subject: Emma Clery is a minor yet symbolically important figure in James Joyce’s novel "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," representing Stephen Dedalus’s youthful idealization of romantic love and feminine beauty.
Referenced by (1)
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