Mrs. Glegg
E1009636
Mrs. Glegg is a strict, moralistic, and sharp-tongued aunt in George Eliot’s novel "The Mill on the Floss," representing the rigid respectability and family pride of the Dodson clan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mrs. Glegg canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12884498 — 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: Mrs. Glegg Context triple: [Maggie Tulliver, hasAunt, Mrs. Glegg]
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A.
Mrs. Prest
Mrs. Prest is a resourceful and inquisitive Englishwoman in Henry James’s novella "The Aspern Papers," who helps the narrator gain access to the reclusive Juliana Bordereau in Venice.
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B.
Mrs. Melvyn
Mrs. Melvyn is a maternal figure in Miles Franklin’s novel "My Brilliant Career," serving as the mother of the protagonist Sybylla Melvyn.
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C.
Mrs. Featherbottom
Mrs. Featherbottom is the British nanny persona adopted by Tobias Fünke in the television series "Arrested Development" as a comedic disguise to stay close to his family.
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D.
Mrs. Grose
Mrs. Grose is the loyal and plainspoken housekeeper in Henry James’s novella "The Turn of the Screw," serving as the governess’s confidante and a grounded counterpoint to the story’s growing supernatural dread.
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E.
Mrs. Sullen
Mrs. Sullen is a witty, unhappily married gentlewoman in George Farquhar’s Restoration comedy "The Beaux' Stratagem," embodying themes of marital discord and female frustration in 18th-century society.
- 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. Glegg Target entity description: Mrs. Glegg is a strict, moralistic, and sharp-tongued aunt in George Eliot’s novel "The Mill on the Floss," representing the rigid respectability and family pride of the Dodson clan.
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A.
Mrs. Prest
Mrs. Prest is a resourceful and inquisitive Englishwoman in Henry James’s novella "The Aspern Papers," who helps the narrator gain access to the reclusive Juliana Bordereau in Venice.
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B.
Mrs. Melvyn
Mrs. Melvyn is a maternal figure in Miles Franklin’s novel "My Brilliant Career," serving as the mother of the protagonist Sybylla Melvyn.
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C.
Mrs. Featherbottom
Mrs. Featherbottom is the British nanny persona adopted by Tobias Fünke in the television series "Arrested Development" as a comedic disguise to stay close to his family.
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D.
Mrs. Grose
Mrs. Grose is the loyal and plainspoken housekeeper in Henry James’s novella "The Turn of the Screw," serving as the governess’s confidante and a grounded counterpoint to the story’s growing supernatural dread.
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E.
Mrs. Sullen
Mrs. Sullen is a witty, unhappily married gentlewoman in George Farquhar’s Restoration comedy "The Beaux' Stratagem," embodying themes of marital discord and female frustration in 18th-century society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aunt
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Mill on the Floss ⓘ |
| createdBy | George Eliot ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Mill on the Floss universe ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1860 ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | Victorian novel ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Dodson ⓘ |
| hasMoralView |
emphasis on duty
ⓘ
emphasis on propriety ⓘ importance of family reputation ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
moralistic
ⓘ
sharp-tongued ⓘ strict ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Maggie Tulliver
ⓘ
Mrs. Tulliver ⓘ Tom Tulliver ⓘ |
| hasRoleInPlot |
contrasts with Maggie Tulliver’s independence
ⓘ
embodies Dodson family values ⓘ |
| isAuntOf |
Maggie Tulliver
ⓘ
Tom Tulliver ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Dodson family ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| represents |
family pride
ⓘ
rigid respectability ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
St. Ogg’s
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Ogg's
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mrs. Glegg Description of subject: Mrs. Glegg is a strict, moralistic, and sharp-tongued aunt in George Eliot’s novel "The Mill on the Floss," representing the rigid respectability and family pride of the Dodson clan.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Maggie Tulliver is Tom Tulliver's sister