Fanny Shaw
E1217966
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Fanny Shaw is a fictional character connected to Tom Shaw, likely appearing in the same narrative or story universe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fanny Shaw canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16474489 — 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: Fanny Shaw Context triple: [Tom Shaw, associatedWithCharacter, Fanny Shaw]
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A.
Fanny Shaw
Fanny Shaw is a wealthy, fashionable young woman in Louisa May Alcott’s novel "An Old-Fashioned Girl," serving as a foil to the more modest and traditional protagonist, Polly Milton.
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B.
Fanny Derham
Fanny Derham is a central character in Mary Shelley’s novel "Lodore," notable for her intellectual independence and unconventional views on education and gender roles in 19th-century society.
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C.
Elizabeth Farrell
Elizabeth Farrell is the first wife of American broadcast journalist Chris Wallace, with whom he was married before his later, more publicized marriage to Lorraine Smothers.
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D.
Fanny Thornton
Fanny Thornton is a character in Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel "North and South," known as John Thornton’s socially ambitious and somewhat frivolous younger sister.
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E.
Fanny Eden
Fanny Eden was a member of the British Eden family in colonial India, after whom the famous cricket ground Eden Gardens in Kolkata was named.
- 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: Fanny Shaw Target entity description: Fanny Shaw is a fictional character connected to Tom Shaw, likely appearing in the same narrative or story universe.
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A.
Fanny Shaw
Fanny Shaw is a wealthy, fashionable young woman in Louisa May Alcott’s novel "An Old-Fashioned Girl," serving as a foil to the more modest and traditional protagonist, Polly Milton.
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B.
Fanny Derham
Fanny Derham is a central character in Mary Shelley’s novel "Lodore," notable for her intellectual independence and unconventional views on education and gender roles in 19th-century society.
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C.
Elizabeth Farrell
Elizabeth Farrell is the first wife of American broadcast journalist Chris Wallace, with whom he was married before his later, more publicized marriage to Lorraine Smothers.
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D.
Fanny Thornton
Fanny Thornton is a character in Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel "North and South," known as John Thornton’s socially ambitious and somewhat frivolous younger sister.
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E.
Fanny Eden
Fanny Eden was a member of the British Eden family in colonial India, after whom the famous cricket ground Eden Gardens in Kolkata was named.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.