Margaret Dauncey
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Margaret Dauncey is a central character in W. Somerset Maugham’s novel "The Magician," involved in the story’s dark exploration of obsession and occult power.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Margaret Dauncey canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17640387 — 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: Margaret Dauncey Context triple: [The Magician, character, Margaret Dauncey]
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A.
Margaret Denison
Margaret Denison was the wife of Arthur Phillip, the British Royal Navy officer and first Governor of New South Wales who led the First Fleet to Australia.
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B.
Elizabeth Dugdale
Elizabeth Dugdale was the wife of 17th-century English antiquary and collector Elias Ashmole, connected to the scholarly and antiquarian circles of Restoration England.
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C.
Margaret Watson
Margaret Watson is a fictional character portrayed by American actress and consumer advocate Betty Furness.
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D.
Margaret Purvis
Margaret Purvis was the wife of famed FBI agent and crime-fighter Melvin Purvis, known for his role in the pursuit of notorious gangsters in the 1930s.
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E.
Margaret Calvert
Margaret Calvert is a British graphic designer and typographer best known for co-designing the United Kingdom’s road signage system and many of its most widely used public information symbols.
- 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: Margaret Dauncey Target entity description: Margaret Dauncey is a central character in W. Somerset Maugham’s novel "The Magician," involved in the story’s dark exploration of obsession and occult power.
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A.
Margaret Denison
Margaret Denison was the wife of Arthur Phillip, the British Royal Navy officer and first Governor of New South Wales who led the First Fleet to Australia.
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B.
Elizabeth Dugdale
Elizabeth Dugdale was the wife of 17th-century English antiquary and collector Elias Ashmole, connected to the scholarly and antiquarian circles of Restoration England.
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C.
Margaret Watson
Margaret Watson is a fictional character portrayed by American actress and consumer advocate Betty Furness.
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D.
Margaret Purvis
Margaret Purvis was the wife of famed FBI agent and crime-fighter Melvin Purvis, known for his role in the pursuit of notorious gangsters in the 1930s.
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E.
Margaret Calvert
Margaret Calvert is a British graphic designer and typographer best known for co-designing the United Kingdom’s road signage system and many of its most widely used public information symbols.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.