the second Mrs. de Winter
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The second Mrs. de Winter is the shy, unnamed young narrator and new wife of Maxim de Winter in Daphne du Maurier’s novel "Rebecca," whose life at the grand estate of Manderley is overshadowed by the lingering presence of his first wife.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| the second Mrs. de Winter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8157106 — 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: the second Mrs. de Winter Context triple: [Manderley, residenceOfFictional, the second Mrs. de Winter]
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A.
Rebecca
Rebecca is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning “to tie” or “to bind,” widely used in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Lady de Winter
Lady de Winter is a cunning and dangerous spy and assassin serving Cardinal Richelieu in Alexandre Dumas’ novel "The Three Musketeers."
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C.
Rebecca (1940 film)
Rebecca (1940 film) is a 1940 gothic romantic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, adapted from Daphne du Maurier’s novel, and renowned for its haunting atmosphere and Laurence Olivier’s performance.
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D.
Rebecca Devereaux
Rebecca Devereaux is a recurring character on the sitcom "The Golden Girls," known as Blanche Devereaux's daughter who often appears in storylines about family, self-image, and relationships.
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E.
Lady Clarick de Winter
Lady Clarick de Winter is an alternate identity or alias used by the character Charlotte Backson.
- 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: the second Mrs. de Winter Target entity description: The second Mrs. de Winter is the shy, unnamed young narrator and new wife of Maxim de Winter in Daphne du Maurier’s novel "Rebecca," whose life at the grand estate of Manderley is overshadowed by the lingering presence of his first wife.
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A.
Rebecca
Rebecca is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning “to tie” or “to bind,” widely used in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Lady de Winter
Lady de Winter is a cunning and dangerous spy and assassin serving Cardinal Richelieu in Alexandre Dumas’ novel "The Three Musketeers."
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C.
Rebecca (1940 film)
Rebecca (1940 film) is a 1940 gothic romantic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, adapted from Daphne du Maurier’s novel, and renowned for its haunting atmosphere and Laurence Olivier’s performance.
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D.
Rebecca Devereaux
Rebecca Devereaux is a recurring character on the sitcom "The Golden Girls," known as Blanche Devereaux's daughter who often appears in storylines about family, self-image, and relationships.
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E.
Lady Clarick de Winter
Lady Clarick de Winter is an alternate identity or alias used by the character Charlotte Backson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ novel protagonist ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
1940 film “Rebecca” directed by Alfred Hitchcock
NERFINISHED
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various stage adaptations of “Rebecca” ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Rebecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Daphne du Maurier herself (partly, by author’s admission) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
imaginative
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insecure ⓘ romantic ⓘ self-effacing ⓘ shy ⓘ socially awkward ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Daphne du Maurier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| famousOpeningLine | “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” ⓘ |
| feelsOvershadowedBy | Rebecca de Winter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Rebecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| formerOccupation | paid companion to Mrs. Van Hopper ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| intimidatedBy | Mrs. Danvers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | archetype of the insecure Gothic heroine ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| marriesIn | Monte Carlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meets | Maxim de Winter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meetsAt | Monte Carlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movesTo | Manderley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | unknown ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| narrativeTimeFrame | retrospective account ⓘ |
| notableFeature | remains unnamed throughout the novel ⓘ |
| occupation | companion ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Joan Fontaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInWork |
central character
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narrator ⓘ |
| relationshipToRebecca | successor as Maxim de Winter’s wife ⓘ |
| residence | Manderley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialStatus | lower middle class ⓘ |
| spouse | Maxim de Winter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stepRelative | Rebecca de Winter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
class difference
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identity ⓘ jealousy ⓘ marital power dynamics ⓘ |
| undergoesCharacterDevelopment |
accepts truth about Rebecca
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gains confidence ⓘ |
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: the second Mrs. de Winter Description of subject: The second Mrs. de Winter is the shy, unnamed young narrator and new wife of Maxim de Winter in Daphne du Maurier’s novel "Rebecca," whose life at the grand estate of Manderley is overshadowed by the lingering presence of his first wife.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Manderley