Oedipa Maas
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Oedipa Maas is the perplexed and increasingly paranoid California housewife who serves as the protagonist of Thomas Pynchon's novella "The Crying of Lot 49," navigating a possible vast underground postal conspiracy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oedipa Maas canonical | 17 |
| Oedipa Maas (via will and memories) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2854993 — 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: Oedipa Maas Context triple: [The Crying of Lot 49, mainCharacter, Oedipa Maas]
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A.
Antonia Van Drimmelen
Antonia Van Drimmelen is a film editor known for her work on the political drama film "Charlie Wilson's War."
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B.
Shirley Hufstedler
Shirley Hufstedler was an American lawyer, judge, and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Education after serving as a federal appellate judge.
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C.
Hildy
Hildy is a brash, fast-talking New York City taxi driver and one of the central comic female leads in the musical "On the Town."
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D.
Helena Springer Green
Helena Springer Green was the wife of American businessman and philanthropist John J. Raskob, a prominent executive at DuPont and General Motors and a key figure behind the construction of the Empire State Building.
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E.
Elizabeth Doll
Elizabeth Doll was the wife of pioneering German physicist Heinrich Hertz, who first conclusively demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic waves.
- 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: Oedipa Maas Target entity description: Oedipa Maas is the perplexed and increasingly paranoid California housewife who serves as the protagonist of Thomas Pynchon's novella "The Crying of Lot 49," navigating a possible vast underground postal conspiracy.
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A.
Antonia Van Drimmelen
Antonia Van Drimmelen is a film editor known for her work on the political drama film "Charlie Wilson's War."
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B.
Shirley Hufstedler
Shirley Hufstedler was an American lawyer, judge, and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Education after serving as a federal appellate judge.
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C.
Hildy
Hildy is a brash, fast-talking New York City taxi driver and one of the central comic female leads in the musical "On the Town."
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D.
Helena Springer Green
Helena Springer Green was the wife of American businessman and philanthropist John J. Raskob, a prominent executive at DuPont and General Motors and a key figure behind the construction of the Empire State Building.
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E.
Elizabeth Doll
Elizabeth Doll was the wife of pioneering German physicist Heinrich Hertz, who first conclusively demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic waves.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Crying of Lot 49 ⓘ |
| appointedAs | executor of Pierce Inverarity's estate ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tristero
ⓘ
W.A.S.T.E. ⓘ underground postal system ⓘ |
| centralToTheme |
communication breakdown
ⓘ
conspiracy ⓘ entropy ⓘ information overload ⓘ |
| createdBy | Thomas Pynchon ⓘ |
| emotion |
paranoia
ⓘ
perplexity ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Crying of Lot 49
ⓘ
surface form:
The Crying of Lot 49 universe
|
| firstAppearanceIn | The Crying of Lot 49 ⓘ |
| friend |
Driblette
ⓘ
Metzger ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| inheritsFrom | Pierce Inverarity ⓘ |
| investigates |
Tristero
ⓘ
surface form:
Tristero system
possible vast underground postal conspiracy ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | postmodernism ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | novella ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | focal character ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
curiosity
ⓘ
increasing paranoia ⓘ skepticism ⓘ |
| occupation | housewife ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | The Crying of Lot 49 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | J. B. Lippincott & Co. ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| spouse | Mucho Maas ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
modern individual's search for meaning
ⓘ
uncertainty in a mediated world ⓘ |
| themeIn | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1966 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oedipa Maas Description of subject: Oedipa Maas is the perplexed and increasingly paranoid California housewife who serves as the protagonist of Thomas Pynchon's novella "The Crying of Lot 49," navigating a possible vast underground postal conspiracy.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Oedipa Maas (via will and memories)