Clarissa Dalloway
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Clarissa Dalloway is the introspective, upper-class London woman at the center of Virginia Woolf’s novel "Mrs. Dalloway," known for her reflections on time, memory, and the constraints of society.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clarissa Dalloway canonical | 18 |
| Richard Dalloway | 6 |
| Virginia Woolf’s character Clarissa Dalloway | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11754306 — 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: Clarissa Dalloway Context triple: [Mrs. Dalloway, mainCharacter, Clarissa Dalloway]
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A.
Henrietta Tyrrell
Henrietta Tyrrell was an artist linked to the early 20th-century British avant-garde Vorticist movement.
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B.
Sebastian Flyte
Sebastian Flyte is a charming, troubled aristocrat whose intense friendship with Charles Ryder and gradual decline into alcoholism form one of the emotional centers of Evelyn Waugh’s *Brideshead Revisited*.
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C.
Dorabella
Dorabella is a feminine given name, often considered a variant or elaboration of "Dorothy" or "Isabella."
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D.
Margaret Allerton
Margaret Allerton was a member of the Allerton family connected to early Plymouth Colony history through her brother, Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton.
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E.
Daisy Waugh
Daisy Waugh is a British novelist, journalist, and columnist known for her satirical and contemporary fiction, as well as being part of the prominent Waugh literary family.
- 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: Clarissa Dalloway Target entity description: Clarissa Dalloway is the introspective, upper-class London woman at the center of Virginia Woolf’s novel "Mrs. Dalloway," known for her reflections on time, memory, and the constraints of society.
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A.
Henrietta Tyrrell
Henrietta Tyrrell was an artist linked to the early 20th-century British avant-garde Vorticist movement.
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B.
Sebastian Flyte
Sebastian Flyte is a charming, troubled aristocrat whose intense friendship with Charles Ryder and gradual decline into alcoholism form one of the emotional centers of Evelyn Waugh’s *Brideshead Revisited*.
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C.
Dorabella
Dorabella is a feminine given name, often considered a variant or elaboration of "Dorothy" or "Isabella."
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D.
Margaret Allerton
Margaret Allerton was a member of the Allerton family connected to early Plymouth Colony history through her brother, Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton.
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E.
Daisy Waugh
Daisy Waugh is a British novelist, journalist, and columnist known for her satirical and contemporary fiction, as well as being part of the prominent Waugh literary family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| ageInMrsDalloway | in her early fifties ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Mrs. Dalloway
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The Voyage Out ⓘ short stories by Virginia Woolf ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
gender roles
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identity ⓘ marriage ⓘ memory ⓘ mental health ⓘ mortality ⓘ social class ⓘ the passage of time in a single day ⓘ time ⓘ |
| child | Elizabeth Dalloway ⓘ |
| city |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| closeFriend | Sally Seton ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Septimus Warren Smith ⓘ |
| connectionType | parallel consciousness in Mrs. Dalloway ⓘ |
| createdBy | Virginia Woolf ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Voyage Out ⓘ |
| formerSuitor | Peter Walsh ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| influencedBy | social expectations of upper-class women ⓘ |
| internalConflict |
regret over past choices
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tension between inner life and social role ⓘ |
| knownFor |
awareness of social constraints
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introspection ⓘ reflections on time and memory ⓘ social parties ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
modernism
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linked to:
Modernism
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| literarySignificance | iconic figure of modernist fiction ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | focal consciousness in stream-of-consciousness narrative ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableEvent | hosts an evening party in Mrs. Dalloway ⓘ |
| notableWork | Mrs. Dalloway ⓘ |
| publisherOfMainWork | Hogarth Press ⓘ |
| residence |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| settingOfLife |
post–World War I London
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linked to:
interwar London
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| socialClass | upper class ⓘ |
| spouse |
Richard Dalloway
ⓘ
linked to:
Clarissa Dalloway
|
| symbolizes |
the constraints of patriarchal society
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the fragmentation of modern consciousness ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalLife | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clarissa Dalloway Description of subject: Clarissa Dalloway is the introspective, upper-class London woman at the center of Virginia Woolf’s novel "Mrs. Dalloway," known for her reflections on time, memory, and the constraints of society.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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