Mrs. Sullen
E863433
Mrs. Sullen is a witty, unhappily married gentlewoman in George Farquhar’s Restoration comedy "The Beaux' Stratagem," embodying themes of marital discord and female frustration in 18th-century society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mrs. Sullen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10452824 — 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: Mrs. Sullen Context triple: [The Beaux' Stratagem, hasCharacter, Mrs. Sullen]
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A.
Mrs. Prest
Mrs. Prest is a resourceful and inquisitive Englishwoman in Henry James’s novella "The Aspern Papers," who helps the narrator gain access to the reclusive Juliana Bordereau in Venice.
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B.
Mrs. Melvyn
Mrs. Melvyn is a maternal figure in Miles Franklin’s novel "My Brilliant Career," serving as the mother of the protagonist Sybylla Melvyn.
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C.
Mrs. Failing
Mrs. Failing is a wealthy, eccentric, and often domineering older woman in E. M. Forster’s novel "The Longest Journey," notable for her sharp wit and complex relationships with the younger characters.
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D.
Mrs. Hubbard
Mrs. Hubbard is a seemingly fussy, talkative American passenger whose true identity and role are central to the mystery in Agatha Christie’s novel "Murder on the Orient Express."
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E.
Mrs. Kirsha
Mrs. Kirsha is the wife of Kirsha, a character in R. K. Narayan’s fictional South Indian town of Malgudi, often depicted as a practical and long-suffering partner.
- 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: Mrs. Sullen Target entity description: Mrs. Sullen is a witty, unhappily married gentlewoman in George Farquhar’s Restoration comedy "The Beaux' Stratagem," embodying themes of marital discord and female frustration in 18th-century society.
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A.
Mrs. Prest
Mrs. Prest is a resourceful and inquisitive Englishwoman in Henry James’s novella "The Aspern Papers," who helps the narrator gain access to the reclusive Juliana Bordereau in Venice.
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B.
Mrs. Melvyn
Mrs. Melvyn is a maternal figure in Miles Franklin’s novel "My Brilliant Career," serving as the mother of the protagonist Sybylla Melvyn.
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C.
Mrs. Failing
Mrs. Failing is a wealthy, eccentric, and often domineering older woman in E. M. Forster’s novel "The Longest Journey," notable for her sharp wit and complex relationships with the younger characters.
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D.
Mrs. Hubbard
Mrs. Hubbard is a seemingly fussy, talkative American passenger whose true identity and role are central to the mystery in Agatha Christie’s novel "Murder on the Orient Express."
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E.
Mrs. Kirsha
Mrs. Kirsha is the wife of Kirsha, a character in R. K. Narayan’s fictional South Indian town of Malgudi, often depicted as a practical and long-suffering partner.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
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fictional character ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Beaux' Stratagem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
critique of arranged marriage
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desire for independence ⓘ female agency ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
discontented
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frustrated ⓘ intelligent ⓘ witty ⓘ |
| conflictType |
domestic conflict
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marital conflict ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalContext | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | George Farquhar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
source of wit and repartee
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vehicle for social criticism ⓘ |
| embodiesTheme |
constraints on women in marriage
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female frustration ⓘ gender roles in 18th-century society ⓘ marital discord ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Beaux' Stratagem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | Restoration comedy ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith | Archer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Restoration and early 18th-century drama ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | unhappily married ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
heroine
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major character ⓘ |
| socialClass | gentlewoman ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Squire Sullen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalSetting | 18th century ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1707 (The Beaux' Stratagem) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Mrs. Sullen Description of subject: Mrs. Sullen is a witty, unhappily married gentlewoman in George Farquhar’s Restoration comedy "The Beaux' Stratagem," embodying themes of marital discord and female frustration in 18th-century society.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Beaux' Stratagem