Mary van der Linden
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Mary van der Linden is the emotionally conflicted central figure of Sebastian Faulks's novel "On Green Dolphin Street," whose life and marriage are upended by an intense love affair in Cold War-era Washington, D.C.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary van der Linden canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2557683 — 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: Mary van der Linden Context triple: [On Green Dolphin Street, protagonist, Mary van der Linden]
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A.
Johanna Maria van der Haeghen
Johanna Maria van der Haeghen was a 17th-century Dutch woman best known as the wife of admiral Cornelis Tromp, a prominent naval commander of the Dutch Republic.
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B.
Antoinette Alberdingk Thijm
Antoinette Alberdingk Thijm was the wife of renowned Dutch architect Pierre Cuypers and a member of the culturally influential Alberdingk Thijm family in the Netherlands.
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C.
Ursula Mommens
Ursula Mommens was a British studio potter renowned for her functional stoneware and association with the Leach pottery tradition.
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D.
JoAnne Chesimard
JoAnne Chesimard is the birth name of Assata Shakur, a former Black Liberation Army member convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper who later escaped prison and received political asylum in Cuba.
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E.
Mathilde Townsend
Mathilde Townsend was an American socialite and Washington, D.C. hostess prominent in early 20th-century political and diplomatic circles.
- 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: Mary van der Linden Target entity description: Mary van der Linden is the emotionally conflicted central figure of Sebastian Faulks's novel "On Green Dolphin Street," whose life and marriage are upended by an intense love affair in Cold War-era Washington, D.C.
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A.
Johanna Maria van der Haeghen
Johanna Maria van der Haeghen was a 17th-century Dutch woman best known as the wife of admiral Cornelis Tromp, a prominent naval commander of the Dutch Republic.
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B.
Antoinette Alberdingk Thijm
Antoinette Alberdingk Thijm was the wife of renowned Dutch architect Pierre Cuypers and a member of the culturally influential Alberdingk Thijm family in the Netherlands.
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C.
Ursula Mommens
Ursula Mommens was a British studio potter renowned for her functional stoneware and association with the Leach pottery tradition.
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D.
JoAnne Chesimard
JoAnne Chesimard is the birth name of Assata Shakur, a former Black Liberation Army member convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper who later escaped prison and received political asylum in Cuba.
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E.
Mathilde Townsend
Mathilde Townsend was an American socialite and Washington, D.C. hostess prominent in early 20th-century political and diplomatic circles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
On Green Dolphin Street
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linked to:
Green Dolphin Street
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| associatedWith | Cold War politics ⓘ |
| cityOfResidence | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| conflictType |
internal conflict
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romantic conflict ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Sebastian Faulks ⓘ |
| emotionalState | emotionally conflicted ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | On Green Dolphin Street ⓘ |
| genreContext |
historical fiction
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romantic drama ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| lifeEvent |
intense love affair
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marital crisis ⓘ |
| majorTheme |
adultery
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loyalty ⓘ marital strain ⓘ personal identity ⓘ romantic love ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central character
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protagonist ⓘ |
| occupation | diplomat's wife ⓘ |
| setting |
United States embassy milieu
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| spouse | Charlie van der Linden ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1950s
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Cold War ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mary van der Linden Description of subject: Mary van der Linden is the emotionally conflicted central figure of Sebastian Faulks's novel "On Green Dolphin Street," whose life and marriage are upended by an intense love affair in Cold War-era Washington, D.C.
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