Mr. Tulliver
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Mr. Tulliver is the hot-tempered, proud miller and father of Maggie and Tom in George Eliot’s novel "The Mill on the Floss," whose financial ruin and stubbornness drive much of the story’s family and social conflict.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mr. Tulliver canonical | 6 |
| Mrs. Tulliver | 2 |
| Mr Tulliver | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2894195 — 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: Mr. Tulliver Context triple: [The Mill on the Floss, mainCharacter, Mr. Tulliver]
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A.
Barbara Tulliver
Barbara Tulliver is a film editor best known for her long-standing collaboration with director Paul Thomas Anderson on several of his acclaimed movies.
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B.
Thomas Buddenbrook
Thomas Buddenbrook is the ambitious yet increasingly disillusioned head of a wealthy merchant family in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," whose life reflects the decline of his bourgeois dynasty.
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C.
Dorothea Schlegel
Dorothea Schlegel was a German Romantic-era novelist, translator, and literary critic associated with the early Romantic circle in Jena and Berlin.
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D.
Silas Lapham
Silas Lapham is a self-made American paint magnate whose moral and social struggles in Gilded Age Boston form the center of William Dean Howells’s realist novel.
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E.
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Ambrosine Phillpotts was a British character actress known for her numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film, theatre, and television.
- 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: Mr. Tulliver Target entity description: Mr. Tulliver is the hot-tempered, proud miller and father of Maggie and Tom in George Eliot’s novel "The Mill on the Floss," whose financial ruin and stubbornness drive much of the story’s family and social conflict.
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A.
Barbara Tulliver
Barbara Tulliver is a film editor best known for her long-standing collaboration with director Paul Thomas Anderson on several of his acclaimed movies.
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B.
Thomas Buddenbrook
Thomas Buddenbrook is the ambitious yet increasingly disillusioned head of a wealthy merchant family in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," whose life reflects the decline of his bourgeois dynasty.
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C.
Dorothea Schlegel
Dorothea Schlegel was a German Romantic-era novelist, translator, and literary critic associated with the early Romantic circle in Jena and Berlin.
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D.
Silas Lapham
Silas Lapham is a self-made American paint magnate whose moral and social struggles in Gilded Age Boston form the center of William Dean Howells’s realist novel.
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E.
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Ambrosine Phillpotts was a British character actress known for her numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film, theatre, and television.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
father
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ miller ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Mill on the Floss ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | Victorian novel ⓘ |
| borrowsMoneyFrom | Mr. Wakem ⓘ |
| causeOf | Tulliver family financial downfall ⓘ |
| centralTo |
family conflict in The Mill on the Floss
ⓘ
social conflict in The Mill on the Floss ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Dodson family values
ⓘ
Wakem family ⓘ |
| createdBy | George Eliot ⓘ |
| declaresIntentionTo | pay off all his debts ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
The Mill on the Floss
ⓘ
surface form:
The Mill on the Floss (1860)
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Maggie Tulliver
ⓘ
Tom Tulliver ⓘ |
| hasEnemy | Mr. Wakem ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith |
Maggie Tulliver
ⓘ
Tom Tulliver ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Mrs. Tulliver ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
honour-bound
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hot-tempered ⓘ impulsive ⓘ protective father ⓘ proud ⓘ resentful ⓘ stubborn ⓘ |
| isIndulgentToward | Maggie Tulliver ⓘ |
| isStrictWith | Tom Tulliver ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryRole | tragic father figure ⓘ |
| livesInFictionalPlace | St. Ogg's ⓘ |
| losesLawsuitTo | Mr. Wakem ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | catalyst for Maggie and Tom's later struggles ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| occupation | miller ⓘ |
| owns | Dorlcote Mill ⓘ |
| residesIn | Dorlcote Mill ⓘ |
| residesNear |
the River Floss
ⓘ
surface form:
River Floss
|
| suffers |
ill health after financial ruin
ⓘ
stroke ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| undergoes | financial ruin ⓘ |
| values |
family honour
ⓘ
independence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mr. Tulliver Description of subject: Mr. Tulliver is the hot-tempered, proud miller and father of Maggie and Tom in George Eliot’s novel "The Mill on the Floss," whose financial ruin and stubbornness drive much of the story’s family and social conflict.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mrs. Tulliver
this entity surface form:
Mrs. Tulliver
this entity surface form:
Mr Tulliver
subject surface form:
Maggie Tulliver
subject surface form:
Maggie Tulliver