Mrs. Shimerda
E441932
Mrs. Shimerda is a somber, homesick Bohemian immigrant mother in Willa Cather’s novel "My Ántonia," whose struggles and resilience reflect the hardships of pioneer life on the American prairie.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mrs. Shimerda canonical | 4 |
| Yulka Shimerda | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4423407 — 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: Mrs. Shimerda Context triple: [My Ántonia, character, Mrs. Shimerda]
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A.
Mr. Shimerda
Mr. Shimerda is a sensitive, homesick Bohemian immigrant farmer in Willa Cather’s *My Ántonia* whose tragic fate profoundly shapes the lives and memories of the novel’s protagonists.
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B.
Antonia
Antonia is a feminine given name used in various languages, derived from the Roman family name Antonius.
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C.
Antonia the Younger
Antonia the Younger was a prominent Roman noblewoman of the early Imperial period, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor, and mother of Emperor Claudius and General Germanicus.
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D.
Granma Joad
Granma Joad is the sharp-tongued, deeply religious matriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath."
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E.
Rose of Sharon Joad
Rose of Sharon Joad is a young, pregnant member of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," whose experiences embody themes of hardship, loss, and ultimately selfless compassion during the Great Depression.
- 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: Mrs. Shimerda Target entity description: Mrs. Shimerda is a somber, homesick Bohemian immigrant mother in Willa Cather’s novel "My Ántonia," whose struggles and resilience reflect the hardships of pioneer life on the American prairie.
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A.
Mr. Shimerda
Mr. Shimerda is a sensitive, homesick Bohemian immigrant farmer in Willa Cather’s *My Ántonia* whose tragic fate profoundly shapes the lives and memories of the novel’s protagonists.
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B.
Antonia
Antonia is a feminine given name used in various languages, derived from the Roman family name Antonius.
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C.
Antonia the Younger
Antonia the Younger was a prominent Roman noblewoman of the early Imperial period, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor, and mother of Emperor Claudius and General Germanicus.
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D.
Granma Joad
Granma Joad is the sharp-tongued, deeply religious matriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath."
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E.
Rose of Sharon Joad
Rose of Sharon Joad is a young, pregnant member of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," whose experiences embody themes of hardship, loss, and ultimately selfless compassion during the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bohemian woman
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fictional character ⓘ immigrant ⓘ literary character ⓘ mother ⓘ |
| appearsIn | My Ántonia ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Willa Cather ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
demanding
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homesick ⓘ practical ⓘ proud ⓘ resilient ⓘ somber ⓘ strong-willed ⓘ |
| countryOfImmigration |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Willa Cather ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Czech ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
My Ántonia universe
ⓘ
linked to:
My Ántonia
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Ambrosch Shimerda
ⓘ
Marek Shimerda ⓘ
linked to:
Mr. Shimerda
Yulka Shimerda ⓘ
linked to:
Ántonia Shimerda
Ántonia Shimerda ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Ambrosch Shimerda
ⓘ
Marek Shimerda ⓘ
linked to:
Mr. Shimerda
Mr. Shimerda ⓘ Yulka Shimerda ⓘ
linked to:
Mrs. Shimerda
Ántonia Shimerda ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Mr. Shimerda ⓘ |
| language | Bohemian ⓘ |
| literaryGenreOfWork | novel of the American frontier ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
American realism
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linked to:
Realism
|
| livesIn |
Shimerda family farm
ⓘ
linked to:
Shimerda farm in Nebraska
|
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| nationality | Bohemian ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Bohemia ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
immigrant settler
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mother of Ántonia Shimerda ⓘ pioneer wife ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
American frontier
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Nebraska prairie ⓘ |
| themeAssociated |
adaptation to new land
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family responsibility ⓘ homesickness ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ pioneer hardship ⓘ |
| workPublicationDate | 1918 ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mrs. Shimerda Description of subject: Mrs. Shimerda is a somber, homesick Bohemian immigrant mother in Willa Cather’s novel "My Ántonia," whose struggles and resilience reflect the hardships of pioneer life on the American prairie.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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