Beryl Stapleton
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Beryl Stapleton is a key character in Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles," portrayed as the mysterious and conflicted sister (and secretly wife) of the villain Jack Stapleton.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beryl Stapleton canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9370892 — 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: Beryl Stapleton Context triple: [The Hound of the Baskervilles, featuresCharacter, Beryl Stapleton]
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A.
Beryl Vertue
Beryl Vertue was a prominent British television producer and media executive known for her influential work in comedy and for founding the production company Hartswood Films.
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B.
Beryl Mercer
Beryl Mercer was a British-born character actress known for her maternal and supporting roles in early 20th-century stage and Hollywood films.
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C.
Evelyn Rothwell
Evelyn Rothwell was a renowned English oboist celebrated for her solo performances and influential role in 20th-century classical music.
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D.
Katharine Tennant
Katharine Tennant was a member of the prominent Tennant family of British high society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Elizabeth Bromley
Elizabeth Bromley was the wife of the Victorian painter Ford Madox Brown and a figure associated with his early family life and artistic circle.
- 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: Beryl Stapleton Target entity description: Beryl Stapleton is a key character in Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles," portrayed as the mysterious and conflicted sister (and secretly wife) of the villain Jack Stapleton.
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A.
Beryl Vertue
Beryl Vertue was a prominent British television producer and media executive known for her influential work in comedy and for founding the production company Hartswood Films.
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B.
Beryl Mercer
Beryl Mercer was a British-born character actress known for her maternal and supporting roles in early 20th-century stage and Hollywood films.
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C.
Evelyn Rothwell
Evelyn Rothwell was a renowned English oboist celebrated for her solo performances and influential role in 20th-century classical music.
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D.
Katharine Tennant
Katharine Tennant was a member of the prominent Tennant family of British high society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Elizabeth Bromley
Elizabeth Bromley was the wife of the Victorian painter Ford Madox Brown and a figure associated with his early family life and artistic circle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
various film adaptations of The Hound of the Baskervilles
ⓘ
various television adaptations of The Hound of the Baskervilles ⓘ |
| alignment | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Hound of the Baskervilles ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| associatedWithCharacter |
Dr. Watson
ⓘ
Jack Stapleton ⓘ Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
Sir Henry Baskerville ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Baskerville Hall
ⓘ
Dartmoor ⓘ
linked to:
Dartmoor National Park
|
| characterTrait |
conflicted
ⓘ
morally torn ⓘ mysterious ⓘ ultimately sympathetic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ |
| eventuallyOpposes | Jack Stapleton's plan ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Sherlock Holmes universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Sherlock Holmes stories
|
| firstAppearance | The Hound of the Baskervilles ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1902 ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ |
| involvedIn | plot to obtain the Baskerville inheritance ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatusInStory | married ⓘ |
| marriageConcealedFrom | local community on Dartmoor ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
red herring regarding her true relationship to Jack Stapleton
ⓘ
source of clues for Holmes and Watson ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempting to thwart Jack Stapleton's scheme
ⓘ
conflicted loyalty between husband and victims ⓘ warning Sir Henry Baskerville of danger ⓘ |
| publisherOfSourceWork |
George Newnes (original serialisation)
ⓘ
linked to:
George Newnes
|
| relationshipTypeWithJackStapleton |
publicly presented as sister
ⓘ
secret wife ⓘ |
| relative | Jack Stapleton ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
antagonist's accomplice
ⓘ
key character ⓘ reluctant participant in Jack Stapleton's plot ⓘ |
| sourceWorkType | novel ⓘ |
| spouse | Jack Stapleton ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalSetting | late 19th century ⓘ |
| warns | Sir Henry Baskerville ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Beryl Stapleton Description of subject: Beryl Stapleton is a key character in Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles," portrayed as the mysterious and conflicted sister (and secretly wife) of the villain Jack Stapleton.
Referenced by (4)
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