Olivia Shakespear
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Olivia Shakespear was a British novelist and literary hostess closely associated with the London literary scene of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her friendship with W. B. Yeats.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Olivia Shakespear canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6071352 — 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: Olivia Shakespear Context triple: [Dorothy Shakespear, mother, Olivia Shakespear]
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A.
Susanna Shakespeare
Susanna Shakespeare was the eldest daughter of playwright William Shakespeare, known for her marriage to physician John Hall and her life as a respected gentlewoman in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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B.
Martha Marling
Martha Marling is known as the sister of English folk singer-songwriter Laura Marling.
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C.
Anne Dudley
Anne Dudley is an English composer, keyboardist, and producer best known as a founding member of the avant-garde synth-pop group Art of Noise and for her extensive film and television scoring work.
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D.
Dorothy Shakespear
Dorothy Shakespear was a British artist associated with the Vorticist movement and the modernist literary circle, best known as the wife of poet Ezra Pound.
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E.
Rosalind Murray
Rosalind Murray was a British writer and daughter of classical scholar Gilbert Murray, known for her essays and novels and for her marriage to historian Arnold J. Toynbee.
- 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: Olivia Shakespear Target entity description: Olivia Shakespear was a British novelist and literary hostess closely associated with the London literary scene of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her friendship with W. B. Yeats.
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A.
Susanna Shakespeare
Susanna Shakespeare was the eldest daughter of playwright William Shakespeare, known for her marriage to physician John Hall and her life as a respected gentlewoman in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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B.
Martha Marling
Martha Marling is known as the sister of English folk singer-songwriter Laura Marling.
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C.
Anne Dudley
Anne Dudley is an English composer, keyboardist, and producer best known as a founding member of the avant-garde synth-pop group Art of Noise and for her extensive film and television scoring work.
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D.
Dorothy Shakespear
Dorothy Shakespear was a British artist associated with the Vorticist movement and the modernist literary circle, best known as the wife of poet Ezra Pound.
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E.
Rosalind Murray
Rosalind Murray was a British writer and daughter of classical scholar Gilbert Murray, known for her essays and novels and for her marriage to historian Arnold J. Toynbee.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary hostess
ⓘ
novelist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Irish Literary Revival
ⓘ
modernism ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1863-03-17 ⓘ |
| birthName | Olivia Tucker ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| child | Dorothy Shakespear ⓘ |
| closeFriend |
Dora Sigerson
ⓘ
linked to:
Dora Sigerson Shorter
Ezra Pound ⓘ W. B. Yeats ⓘ
linked to:
W.B. Yeats
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1938-10-03 ⓘ |
| familyRelation | mother-in-law of Ezra Pound ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
novel
ⓘ
romance fiction ⓘ symbolist fiction ⓘ |
| hosted | literary gatherings in London ⓘ |
| influenced |
W. B. Yeats
ⓘ
linked to:
W.B. Yeats
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| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mother | Julia Princep Jackson ⓘ |
| movement |
Aesthetic movement
ⓘ
linked to:
Aesthetic Movement in Britain
Decadent movement ⓘ
linked to:
Decadentism
|
| name | Olivia Shakespear ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early supporter of modernist writers
ⓘ
friendship with W. B. Yeats ⓘ hosting a London literary salon ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Love on a Mortal Lease
ⓘ
The Devotee ⓘ The False Laurel ⓘ |
| occupation |
literary hostess
ⓘ
novelist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| participantIn | London literary scene ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| placeOfDeath |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| relative |
Vanessa Bell
ⓘ
Virginia Woolf ⓘ |
| religion | agnosticism ⓘ |
| residence |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| spouse | Henry Hope Shakespear ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Olivia Shakespear Description of subject: Olivia Shakespear was a British novelist and literary hostess closely associated with the London literary scene of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her friendship with W. B. Yeats.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.