Maime Trotter
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Maime Trotter is the warm-hearted, no-nonsense foster mother in Katherine Paterson’s novel "The Great Gilly Hopkins," known for her tough love and unwavering compassion toward troubled children.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maime Trotter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21994339 — 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: Maime Trotter Context triple: [The Great Gilly Hopkins, character, Maime Trotter]
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A.
Willa Brown
Willa Brown was a pioneering African American aviator, flight instructor, and civil rights advocate who became the first Black woman in the United States to earn both a pilot’s license and a commercial pilot’s license.
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B.
Adelaide Johnson
Adelaide Johnson was a prominent American sculptor and feminist known for her portraits of leading women's rights activists and her role in the suffrage movement.
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C.
Beulah Brown
Beulah Brown is the central housekeeper character from the mid-20th-century American radio and television comedy series "Beulah."
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D.
Beulah Smith
Beulah Smith is a fictional character from the romantic drama film "Ice Castles."
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E.
Otelia Cox
Otelia Cox is the wife of American actor Tony Cox, known for his roles in films such as "Bad Santa" and "Me, Myself & Irene."
- 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: Maime Trotter Target entity description: Maime Trotter is the warm-hearted, no-nonsense foster mother in Katherine Paterson’s novel "The Great Gilly Hopkins," known for her tough love and unwavering compassion toward troubled children.
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A.
Willa Brown
Willa Brown was a pioneering African American aviator, flight instructor, and civil rights advocate who became the first Black woman in the United States to earn both a pilot’s license and a commercial pilot’s license.
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B.
Adelaide Johnson
Adelaide Johnson was a prominent American sculptor and feminist known for her portraits of leading women's rights activists and her role in the suffrage movement.
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C.
Beulah Brown
Beulah Brown is the central housekeeper character from the mid-20th-century American radio and television comedy series "Beulah."
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D.
Beulah Smith
Beulah Smith is a fictional character from the romantic drama film "Ice Castles."
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E.
Otelia Cox
Otelia Cox is the wife of American actor Tony Cox, known for his roles in films such as "Bad Santa" and "Me, Myself & Irene."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.