Eliza Reed
E868432
Eliza Reed is a minor character in Charlotte Brontë’s novel "Jane Eyre," known as one of Jane’s vain and self-absorbed cousins raised at Gateshead Hall.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eliza Reed canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10516833 — 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: Eliza Reed Context triple: [Mrs. Reed, hasChild, Eliza Reed]
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A.
Eliza Allen
Eliza Allen was a 19th-century American woman best known as the brief and controversial first wife of Texas statesman and military leader Sam Houston.
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B.
Lucy Wright
Lucy Wright was a prominent early leader of the Shaker religious movement, known for helping to organize and expand Shaker communities in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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C.
Harriet Stevens Smith
Harriet Stevens Smith was the wife of prominent Seventh-day Adventist pioneer and author Uriah Smith and a member of the early Adventist community.
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D.
Ellen Maria Wade
Ellen Maria Wade was the wife of U.S. Vice President Schuyler Colfax and a member of a prominent 19th-century American political family.
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E.
Lydia Reed
Lydia Reed is an American former child actress best known for her film and television roles in the 1950s.
- 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: Eliza Reed Target entity description: Eliza Reed is a minor character in Charlotte Brontë’s novel "Jane Eyre," known as one of Jane’s vain and self-absorbed cousins raised at Gateshead Hall.
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A.
Eliza Allen
Eliza Allen was a 19th-century American woman best known as the brief and controversial first wife of Texas statesman and military leader Sam Houston.
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B.
Lucy Wright
Lucy Wright was a prominent early leader of the Shaker religious movement, known for helping to organize and expand Shaker communities in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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C.
Harriet Stevens Smith
Harriet Stevens Smith was the wife of prominent Seventh-day Adventist pioneer and author Uriah Smith and a member of the early Adventist community.
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D.
Ellen Maria Wade
Ellen Maria Wade was the wife of U.S. Vice President Schuyler Colfax and a member of a prominent 19th-century American political family.
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E.
Lydia Reed
Lydia Reed is an American former child actress best known for her film and television roles in the 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Jane Eyre ⓘ |
| appearsInPart |
Gateshead deathbed episode of Mrs. Reed
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childhood section of Jane Eyre ⓘ |
| attitudeTowardReligion | ascetic ⓘ |
| attitudeTowardWealth | calculating ⓘ |
| cousinOf | Jane Eyre ⓘ |
| createdBy | Charlotte Brontë ⓘ |
| describedAs |
austere
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cold ⓘ self-absorbed ⓘ vain ⓘ |
| era | early 19th century England ⓘ |
| familyName | Reed ⓘ |
| firstAppearsAt | Gateshead Hall ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Eliza ⓘ |
| laterResidence | Roman Catholic convent in France ⓘ |
| lifeChoice | enters a convent ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | unmarried ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
foil to Georgiana Reed
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foil to Jane Eyre’s moral and emotional development ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableAction |
plans her future in a convent with methodical precision
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quarrels with Georgiana over inheritance and conduct ⓘ |
| publisherOfWork | Smith, Elder & Co. ⓘ |
| raisedAt | Gateshead Hall ⓘ |
| relationshipWithGeorgiana | strained ⓘ |
| relationshipWithJohn | distant ⓘ |
| relative |
Georgiana Reed
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Jane Eyre ⓘ John Reed ⓘ Mrs. Reed ⓘ |
| religiousDisposition | strictly religious ⓘ |
| residesAt | Gateshead Hall ⓘ |
| sibling |
Georgiana Reed
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John Reed ⓘ |
| socialClass | upper-middle class ⓘ |
| treatmentOfJane | unkind ⓘ |
| workPublishedIn |
Jane Eyre (1847)
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linked to:
Jane Eyre
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eliza Reed Description of subject: Eliza Reed is a minor character in Charlotte Brontë’s novel "Jane Eyre," known as one of Jane’s vain and self-absorbed cousins raised at Gateshead Hall.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.