Anna Livia Plurabelle
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Anna Livia Plurabelle is a central, river-associated female figure in James Joyce’s experimental novel *Finnegans Wake*, embodying the personification of the River Liffey and themes of femininity, time, and cyclical renewal.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anna Livia Plurabelle canonical | 7 |
| Anna Livia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10184379 — 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: Anna Livia Plurabelle Context triple: [Finnegans Wake, centralCharacters, Anna Livia Plurabelle]
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Jennyanydots
Jennyanydots is a whimsical, matronly cat from the musical "Cats," known for secretly organizing and disciplining the household’s mice and cockroaches at night.
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B.
Melvil
Melvil is the given name of Melvil Dewey, the American librarian and educator best known for creating the Dewey Decimal Classification system.
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Muriel
Muriel is a feminine given name of French origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including politicians, writers, and artists.
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Delphine
Delphine is an epistolary novel by Madame de Staël that explores themes of love, social convention, and women's independence in late 18th-century French society.
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E.
Martha May Whovier
Martha May Whovier is a glamorous and kind-hearted resident of Whoville who serves as the Grinch’s love interest in the 2000 live-action adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
- 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: Anna Livia Plurabelle Target entity description: Anna Livia Plurabelle is a central, river-associated female figure in James Joyce’s experimental novel *Finnegans Wake*, embodying the personification of the River Liffey and themes of femininity, time, and cyclical renewal.
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A.
Jennyanydots
Jennyanydots is a whimsical, matronly cat from the musical "Cats," known for secretly organizing and disciplining the household’s mice and cockroaches at night.
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B.
Melvil
Melvil is the given name of Melvil Dewey, the American librarian and educator best known for creating the Dewey Decimal Classification system.
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C.
Muriel
Muriel is a feminine given name of French origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including politicians, writers, and artists.
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D.
Delphine
Delphine is an epistolary novel by Madame de Staël that explores themes of love, social convention, and women's independence in late 18th-century French society.
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E.
Martha May Whovier
Martha May Whovier is a glamorous and kind-hearted resident of Whoville who serves as the Grinch’s love interest in the 2000 live-action adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ mythic figure ⓘ personification ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
ALP
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Anna Livia ⓘ
linked to:
Anna Livia Plurabelle
Plurabelle ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Finnegans Wake ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
experimental literature
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modernist fiction ⓘ |
| associatedWith | River Liffey ⓘ |
| createdBy | James Joyce ⓘ |
| derivesNameFrom |
Anna Liffey (River Liffey)
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linked to:
River Liffey
|
| firstPublicationContext | section of Finnegans Wake published separately in magazines ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Issy
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Shaun the Post ⓘ
linked to:
Shaun
Shem the Penman ⓘ |
| influenced |
feminist readings of Finnegans Wake
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river-personification motifs in Joyce criticism ⓘ |
| languageFeature | associated with multilingual river puns ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
counterpart to Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker
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mediator between generations ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | Irish ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
mythic method in modernism
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stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| represents |
River Liffey
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cyclical renewal ⓘ femininity ⓘ motherhood ⓘ nature ⓘ the city of Dublin ⓘ
linked to:
Dublin
time ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
central female figure
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wife of Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker ⓘ |
| sectionTitleOf | “Anna Livia Plurabelle” episode in Finnegans Wake ⓘ |
| settingAssociatedWith | Dublin ⓘ |
| symbolicFunction |
cycle of life and death
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eternal feminine principle ⓘ flow of language ⓘ river goddess ⓘ |
| themeAssociatedWith |
domestic life
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gossip and rumor ⓘ history as a cycle ⓘ memory ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfCreation | early 20th century ⓘ |
| workLanguage | English ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Anna Livia Plurabelle Description of subject: Anna Livia Plurabelle is a central, river-associated female figure in James Joyce’s experimental novel *Finnegans Wake*, embodying the personification of the River Liffey and themes of femininity, time, and cyclical renewal.
Referenced by (8)
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