Jennet Humfrye
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Jennet Humfrye is the vengeful ghost central to Susan Hill’s gothic horror novel "The Woman in Black," haunting Eel Marsh House and the surrounding village.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jennet Humfrye canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11020007 — 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: Jennet Humfrye Context triple: [The Woman in Black, mainAntagonist, Jennet Humfrye]
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A.
Maud Mortimer
Maud Mortimer was a medieval English noblewoman of the powerful Mortimer family, known primarily as the daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March.
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B.
Kitty Fane
Kitty Fane is the central protagonist of the 2006 film "The Painted Veil," a young Englishwoman whose journey through betrayal, exile, and a cholera-stricken China leads to profound personal growth and self-discovery.
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C.
Cicely Courtneidge
Cicely Courtneidge was a British actress and comedienne known for her work on stage and screen from the early 20th century through the 1960s.
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D.
Mabel FitzRobert
Mabel FitzRobert was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman noblewoman of the powerful de Clare–FitzRobert family, connected to the earldom of Gloucester.
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E.
Faith Faulconbridge
Faith Faulconbridge is a British artist best known as the first wife of Christopher Tolkien, the son and literary executor of J.R.R. Tolkien.
- 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: Jennet Humfrye Target entity description: Jennet Humfrye is the vengeful ghost central to Susan Hill’s gothic horror novel "The Woman in Black," haunting Eel Marsh House and the surrounding village.
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A.
Maud Mortimer
Maud Mortimer was a medieval English noblewoman of the powerful Mortimer family, known primarily as the daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March.
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B.
Kitty Fane
Kitty Fane is the central protagonist of the 2006 film "The Painted Veil," a young Englishwoman whose journey through betrayal, exile, and a cholera-stricken China leads to profound personal growth and self-discovery.
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C.
Cicely Courtneidge
Cicely Courtneidge was a British actress and comedienne known for her work on stage and screen from the early 20th century through the 1960s.
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D.
Mabel FitzRobert
Mabel FitzRobert was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman noblewoman of the powerful de Clare–FitzRobert family, connected to the earldom of Gloucester.
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E.
Faith Faulconbridge
Faith Faulconbridge is a British artist best known as the first wife of Christopher Tolkien, the son and literary executor of J.R.R. Tolkien.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
ghost ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
The Woman in Black (1987 stage play)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black (1989 TV film) ⓘ The Woman in Black (2012 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2014 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
|
| appearance | woman dressed in black ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Woman in Black ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | death of her son in a pony and trap accident ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation | Nine Lives Causeway ⓘ |
| connectedToCharacter |
Alice Drablow
ⓘ
Arthur Kipps ⓘ Samuel Daily ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Susan Hill
ⓘ
linked to:
Susan Elizabeth Hill
|
| curseEffect | death of children who see her ⓘ |
| deathCauseInFiction | suicide by hanging ⓘ |
| emotionalState |
tormented
ⓘ
vengeful ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
mother of Nathaniel Drablow
ⓘ
sister of Alice Drablow ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Woman in Black (1983)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Woman in Black
|
| genre | gothic horror ⓘ |
| haunts |
Crythin Gifford
ⓘ
Eel Marsh House ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
embodiment of unresolved grief
ⓘ
symbol of social stigma around unmarried mothers ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| motivation | revenge for the loss of her child ⓘ |
| narrativePerspectiveRelation | subject of Arthur Kipps’s recollections ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | English ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Woman in Black (1983 novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
|
| residenceInLife | Eel Marsh House ⓘ |
| role |
antagonist
ⓘ
vengeful spirit ⓘ |
| settingOfStory | early 20th-century England ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
haunting
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isolation ⓘ loss of a child ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| workType | character in a ghost story ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jennet Humfrye Description of subject: Jennet Humfrye is the vengeful ghost central to Susan Hill’s gothic horror novel "The Woman in Black," haunting Eel Marsh House and the surrounding village.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
subject linked to:
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill