Thelma Darke
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Thelma Darke is a character in Ian McEwan’s novel *The Child in Time*, notable for her complex, often unsettling presence within the book’s exploration of loss, time, and psychological disintegration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thelma Darke canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19469831 — 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: Thelma Darke Context triple: [The Child in Time, character, Thelma Darke]
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A.
Thelma Barlow
Thelma Barlow is an English actress best known for her long-running role as Mavis Wilton on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
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B.
Aimée Thanatogenos
Aimée Thanatogenos is a naive and idealistic young cosmetician at a Los Angeles funeral home in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "The Loved One."
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C.
Joanna Dark
Joanna Dark is a highly skilled secret agent and the protagonist of the sci-fi stealth shooter video game franchise Perfect Dark.
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D.
Joan Blackman
Joan Blackman is an American actress best known for her leading roles opposite Elvis Presley in early 1960s films.
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E.
Clea
Clea is a powerful sorceress from the Dark Dimension in Marvel Comics, best known as Doctor Strange’s longtime companion, disciple, and eventual Sorcerer Supreme.
- 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: Thelma Darke Target entity description: Thelma Darke is a character in Ian McEwan’s novel *The Child in Time*, notable for her complex, often unsettling presence within the book’s exploration of loss, time, and psychological disintegration.
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A.
Thelma Barlow
Thelma Barlow is an English actress best known for her long-running role as Mavis Wilton on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
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B.
Aimée Thanatogenos
Aimée Thanatogenos is a naive and idealistic young cosmetician at a Los Angeles funeral home in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "The Loved One."
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C.
Joanna Dark
Joanna Dark is a highly skilled secret agent and the protagonist of the sci-fi stealth shooter video game franchise Perfect Dark.
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D.
Joan Blackman
Joan Blackman is an American actress best known for her leading roles opposite Elvis Presley in early 1960s films.
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E.
Clea
Clea is a powerful sorceress from the Dark Dimension in Marvel Comics, best known as Doctor Strange’s longtime companion, disciple, and eventual Sorcerer Supreme.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.