Mrs. Bates
E517114
Mrs. Bates is the elderly, infirm mother of Miss Bates in Jane Austen’s novel "Emma," known mainly through her quiet presence and dependence on her daughter.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mrs. Bates canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5398315 — 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. Bates Context triple: [Miss Bates, livesWith, Mrs. Bates]
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A.
Nanny Crawford
Nanny Crawford is Janie Crawford’s grandmother and guardian in Zora Neale Hurston’s novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," known for her protective, pragmatic worldview shaped by slavery and hardship.
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B.
Mrs. Wilcox
Mrs. Wilcox is a central character in E.M. Forster's novel "Howards End," an elderly, gentle, and spiritually minded matriarch whose values and legacy profoundly influence the story's events and relationships.
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C.
Bertha Mason
Bertha Mason is the infamous "madwoman in the attic" in Charlotte Brontë’s novel *Jane Eyre*, whose secret confinement by Mr. Rochester drives much of the story’s gothic tension and moral conflict.
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D.
Mrs Hughes
Mrs Hughes is the no-nonsense yet deeply compassionate housekeeper at Downton Abbey, known for her moral backbone and quiet influence over both staff and family.
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E.
Martha Black
Martha Black was a pioneering Canadian politician and naturalist, known as one of the first women elected to the Canadian Parliament and for her influential role in Yukon public life.
- 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. Bates Target entity description: Mrs. Bates is the elderly, infirm mother of Miss Bates in Jane Austen’s novel "Emma," known mainly through her quiet presence and dependence on her daughter.
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A.
Nanny Crawford
Nanny Crawford is Janie Crawford’s grandmother and guardian in Zora Neale Hurston’s novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," known for her protective, pragmatic worldview shaped by slavery and hardship.
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B.
Mrs. Wilcox
Mrs. Wilcox is a central character in E.M. Forster's novel "Howards End," an elderly, gentle, and spiritually minded matriarch whose values and legacy profoundly influence the story's events and relationships.
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C.
Bertha Mason
Bertha Mason is the infamous "madwoman in the attic" in Charlotte Brontë’s novel *Jane Eyre*, whose secret confinement by Mr. Rochester drives much of the story’s gothic tension and moral conflict.
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D.
Mrs Hughes
Mrs Hughes is the no-nonsense yet deeply compassionate housekeeper at Downton Abbey, known for her moral backbone and quiet influence over both staff and family.
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E.
Martha Black
Martha Black was a pioneering Canadian politician and naturalist, known as one of the first women elected to the Canadian Parliament and for her influential role in Yukon public life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| age | elderly ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Emma ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| characteristic |
dependent on her daughter
ⓘ
quiet ⓘ |
| creator | Jane Austen ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Emma (novel) ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1815 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Miss Bates
ⓘ
linked to:
Miss Bates in Emma
|
| healthStatus | infirm ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| livesWith |
Miss Bates
ⓘ
linked to:
Miss Bates in Emma
|
| motherOf |
Miss Bates
ⓘ
linked to:
Miss Bates in Emma
|
| name | Mrs. Bates ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dependence on Miss Bates
ⓘ
quiet presence in Emma ⓘ |
| residence | Highbury ⓘ |
| roleInWork | minor character ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | early 19th century England ⓘ |
| workGenre |
comedy of manners
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novel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mrs. Bates Description of subject: Mrs. Bates is the elderly, infirm mother of Miss Bates in Jane Austen’s novel "Emma," known mainly through her quiet presence and dependence on her daughter.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.