St. Clare family
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The St. Clare family is a fictional Southern slaveholding household featured in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel "Uncle Tom’s Cabin," known for its complex moral portrayals of slavery and domestic life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| St. Clare family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10635644 — 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: St. Clare family Context triple: [Ophelia St. Clare, associatedWith, St. Clare family]
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A.
Saint-Bris family
The Saint-Bris family is a French noble lineage known for owning historic properties, including the Château du Clos Lucé, Leonardo da Vinci’s last residence in France.
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B.
Mortain family
The Mortain family was a prominent medieval Norman noble house that held significant lands and titles in both Normandy and England.
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Conteville family
The Conteville family was a Norman noble lineage prominent in 11th-century Normandy, notably connected to William the Conqueror through Herleva of Falaise and her later marriage into the family.
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D.
Grollo family
The Grollo family is a prominent Australian business dynasty best known for its major role in property development and construction, particularly through its company Grocon.
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E.
Harkness family
The Harkness family is an American family prominent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for its substantial Standard Oil fortune and extensive philanthropic activities.
- 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: St. Clare family Target entity description: The St. Clare family is a fictional Southern slaveholding household featured in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel "Uncle Tom’s Cabin," known for its complex moral portrayals of slavery and domestic life.
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A.
Saint-Bris family
The Saint-Bris family is a French noble lineage known for owning historic properties, including the Château du Clos Lucé, Leonardo da Vinci’s last residence in France.
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B.
Mortain family
The Mortain family was a prominent medieval Norman noble house that held significant lands and titles in both Normandy and England.
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C.
Conteville family
The Conteville family was a Norman noble lineage prominent in 11th-century Normandy, notably connected to William the Conqueror through Herleva of Falaise and her later marriage into the family.
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D.
Grollo family
The Grollo family is a prominent Australian business dynasty best known for its major role in property development and construction, particularly through its company Grocon.
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E.
Harkness family
The Harkness family is an American family prominent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for its substantial Standard Oil fortune and extensive philanthropic activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional family
ⓘ
slaveholding household ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
ⓘ
linked to:
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
| appearsInMedium | novel ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Augustine St. Clare
ⓘ
Eva St. Clare ⓘ Marie St. Clare ⓘ Ophelia St. Clare ⓘ |
| countryInFiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Harriet Beecher Stowe ⓘ |
| fictionalTimePeriod | antebellum era ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852)
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linked to:
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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| genreOfWork |
abolitionist literature
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social protest novel ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Augustine St. Clare
ⓘ
Eva St. Clare ⓘ Marie St. Clare ⓘ Ophelia St. Clare ⓘ |
| hasSettingElement |
domestic servants
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urban mansion ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conflict between Christian ethics and slavery
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family relationships under slavery ⓘ sentimental domestic ideology ⓘ |
| householdHead | Augustine St. Clare ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
example of paternalistic slaveholding
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vehicle for anti-slavery critique ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalRegion |
American South
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linked to:
Southern United States
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| locatedInFictionalSetting | New Orleans ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to contrast with the brutality of the Legree plantation
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to depict a comparatively lenient slaveholding household ⓘ |
| owns |
Topsy
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Uncle Tom ⓘ household slaves ⓘ |
| portraysTheme |
Christian morality
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domestic life in the antebellum South ⓘ hypocrisy of benevolent slavery ⓘ moral complexity of slaveholding ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| socialClass | Southern planter aristocracy ⓘ |
| stateInFiction | Louisiana ⓘ |
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Subject: St. Clare family Description of subject: The St. Clare family is a fictional Southern slaveholding household featured in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel "Uncle Tom’s Cabin," known for its complex moral portrayals of slavery and domestic life.
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