Dorcas
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Dorcas is a character in Stephen King’s novel "Rose Madder," involved in the story’s dark, supernatural events surrounding an abused woman’s escape and transformation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dorcas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20661502 — 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: Dorcas Context triple: [Rose Madder, hasCharacter, Dorcas]
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A.
Dorcas
Dorcas is the young, enigmatic woman whose tragic love affair and death drive the central events and emotional tensions in Toni Morrison's novel "Jazz."
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B.
Dorcas
Dorcas is a biblical woman from the New Testament, known for her charitable works and acts of kindness toward the poor.
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C.
Dorcas Good
Dorcas Good was one of the youngest individuals accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in 1692.
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D.
Dorcas Malvin
Dorcas Malvin is a fictional character in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Roger Malvin’s Burial,” serving as the devoted daughter whose fate is tragically entwined with her father’s unburied death and her lover’s lingering guilt.
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E.
Ernestine
Ernestine is the given first name of the American actress and sex symbol Jane Russell, known for her roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1940s and 1950s.
- 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: Dorcas Target entity description: Dorcas is a character in Stephen King’s novel "Rose Madder," involved in the story’s dark, supernatural events surrounding an abused woman’s escape and transformation.
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A.
Dorcas
Dorcas is the young, enigmatic woman whose tragic love affair and death drive the central events and emotional tensions in Toni Morrison's novel "Jazz."
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B.
Dorcas
Dorcas is a biblical woman from the New Testament, known for her charitable works and acts of kindness toward the poor.
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C.
Dorcas Good
Dorcas Good was one of the youngest individuals accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in 1692.
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D.
Dorcas Malvin
Dorcas Malvin is a fictional character in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Roger Malvin’s Burial,” serving as the devoted daughter whose fate is tragically entwined with her father’s unburied death and her lover’s lingering guilt.
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E.
Ernestine
Ernestine is the given first name of the American actress and sex symbol Jane Russell, known for her roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1940s and 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.