Lina Mayfleet
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Lina Mayfleet is a brave, resourceful young girl who becomes a key leader in uncovering the secrets of her dying underground city in the novel "The City of Ember."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lina Mayfleet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13369823 — 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: Lina Mayfleet Context triple: [City of Ember, mainCharacter, Lina Mayfleet]
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A.
Lina Lamont
Lina Lamont is a comically vain, shrill-voiced silent film star whose struggle to adapt to talking pictures drives much of the humor and conflict in the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
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B.
Aileen Marlowe
Aileen Marlowe was the wife of American film and television actor Hugh Marlowe.
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C.
Astrid Farnsworth
Astrid Farnsworth is a brilliant and resourceful FBI agent and lab assistant in the science-fiction TV series "Fringe," known for supporting Walter Bishop and the Fringe Division in investigating paranormal phenomena.
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D.
Elizabeth Armistead
Elizabeth Armistead was an 18th-century English courtesan and later the respected wife and companion of prominent Whig statesman Charles James Fox.
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E.
Jayne Cobb
Jayne Cobb is a tough, heavily armed mercenary and crew member aboard the spaceship Serenity in the science-fiction TV series "Firefly."
- 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: Lina Mayfleet Target entity description: Lina Mayfleet is a brave, resourceful young girl who becomes a key leader in uncovering the secrets of her dying underground city in the novel "The City of Ember."
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A.
Lina Lamont
Lina Lamont is a comically vain, shrill-voiced silent film star whose struggle to adapt to talking pictures drives much of the humor and conflict in the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
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B.
Aileen Marlowe
Aileen Marlowe was the wife of American film and television actor Hugh Marlowe.
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C.
Astrid Farnsworth
Astrid Farnsworth is a brilliant and resourceful FBI agent and lab assistant in the science-fiction TV series "Fringe," known for supporting Walter Bishop and the Fringe Division in investigating paranormal phenomena.
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D.
Elizabeth Armistead
Elizabeth Armistead was an 18th-century English courtesan and later the respected wife and companion of prominent Whig statesman Charles James Fox.
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E.
Jayne Cobb
Jayne Cobb is a tough, heavily armed mercenary and crew member aboard the spaceship Serenity in the science-fiction TV series "Firefly."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn | The City of Ember (2008 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| age | 12 ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The City of Ember NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries | Books of Ember NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | the Builders of Ember NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
brave
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curious ⓘ determined ⓘ resourceful ⓘ |
| cityType | underground city ⓘ |
| coProtagonistWith | Doon Harrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Jeanne DuPrau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discovers | instructions from the Builders ⓘ |
| familyMember |
Granny Mayfleet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Poppy Mayfleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
Granny Mayfleet is her grandmother
NERFINISHED
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Poppy Mayfleet is her younger sister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| friend | Doon Harrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
children’s science fiction
ⓘ
dystopian fiction ⓘ |
| goal | to find a way out of Ember ⓘ |
| guardianOf | Poppy Mayfleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hairColor | dark hair ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| leads | effort to escape Ember ⓘ |
| livesIn | Ember NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| notableAction |
reassembles the torn instructions
ⓘ
sends a message back to Ember about the way out ⓘ travels through Ember’s Pipeworks to escape ⓘ |
| notableObject | message capsule ⓘ |
| occupation | messenger ⓘ |
| opposes | corruption in Ember’s government ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Saoirse Ronan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfWork | Random House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residenceStatus | citizen of Ember ⓘ |
| role | protagonist ⓘ |
| settingOfStory | dying city ⓘ |
| targetAudience | middle-grade readers ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
coming of age
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courage against authority ⓘ hope in darkness ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lina Mayfleet Description of subject: Lina Mayfleet is a brave, resourceful young girl who becomes a key leader in uncovering the secrets of her dying underground city in the novel "The City of Ember."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.