Maryjane
E725672
Maryjane is a central character in Shirley Jackson’s novel "The Sundial," known for embodying the book’s darkly comic and unsettling exploration of family, power, and impending apocalypse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maryjane canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8316802 — 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: Maryjane Context triple: [The Sundial, notableCharacter, Maryjane]
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A.
Marilyn
A Marilyn is a type of British hill or mountain classified by having a prominence of at least 150 meters, regardless of its absolute height.
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B.
Laura Montez
Laura Montez is a charismatic and politically ambitious U.S. politician in the TV series "Veep," who emerges as a major competitor and foil to Selina Meyer.
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C.
Judy
"Judy" is a 2019 biographical drama film in which Renée Zellweger portrays legendary entertainer Judy Garland during her final years, a role that earned her widespread acclaim and major acting awards.
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D.
Judy
Judy is a character in the 2014 British apocalyptic comedy film "The Second Coming."
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E.
Judy
Judy was the Allied reporting name for the Japanese Yokosuka D4Y carrier-based dive bomber used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
- 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: Maryjane Target entity description: Maryjane is a central character in Shirley Jackson’s novel "The Sundial," known for embodying the book’s darkly comic and unsettling exploration of family, power, and impending apocalypse.
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A.
Marilyn
A Marilyn is a type of British hill or mountain classified by having a prominence of at least 150 meters, regardless of its absolute height.
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B.
Laura Montez
Laura Montez is a charismatic and politically ambitious U.S. politician in the TV series "Veep," who emerges as a major competitor and foil to Selina Meyer.
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C.
Judy
"Judy" is a 2019 biographical drama film in which Renée Zellweger portrays legendary entertainer Judy Garland during her final years, a role that earned her widespread acclaim and major acting awards.
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D.
Judy
Judy is a character in the 2014 British apocalyptic comedy film "The Second Coming."
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E.
Judy
Judy is the familiar nickname of Judy Agnew, who was the Second Lady of the United States during Spiro Agnew’s vice presidency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Sundial ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Shirley Jackson ⓘ |
| characterInNovel | The Sundial ⓘ |
| countryOfWorkOriginContext |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Shirley Jackson ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkContext |
dark comedy
ⓘ
gothic fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkContext | English ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodies darkly comic tone
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embodies unsettling atmosphere ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central character ⓘ |
| setInWork |
Halloran estate
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linked to:
Halloran house
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| thematicAssociation |
family dynamics
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impending apocalypse ⓘ power ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Shirley Jackson ⓘ |
| workPublicationYearContext | 1958 ⓘ |
| workTitle | The Sundial ⓘ |
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: Maryjane Description of subject: Maryjane is a central character in Shirley Jackson’s novel "The Sundial," known for embodying the book’s darkly comic and unsettling exploration of family, power, and impending apocalypse.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.