Jinny
E946035
Jinny is one of the central, introspective figures in Virginia Woolf’s modernist novel "The Waves," embodying themes of desire, identity, and the passage of time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jinny canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11776537 — 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: Jinny Context triple: [The Waves, mainCharacter, Jinny]
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A.
Jinny Exstead
Jinny Exstead is a troubled yet talented San Francisco police inspector and central protagonist in the television drama series "The Division."
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B.
Flora Drew
Flora Drew is a British translator and editor best known for her work translating and promoting the writings of Chinese author Ma Jian.
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C.
Jemima Dury
Jemima Dury is the daughter of the late British singer-songwriter Ian Dury, known for preserving and promoting his artistic legacy.
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D.
Dora Bland
Dora Bland, better known by her stage name Dorothea Jordan, was a celebrated 18th–19th century Anglo-Irish actress and comedian who became one of the most famous performers of the Georgian era.
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E.
Rose Narracott
Rose Narracott is a character in Michael Morpurgo’s novel and its adaptations, depicted as Albert Narracott’s caring and resilient mother in the rural English family at the heart of War Horse.
- 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: Jinny Target entity description: Jinny is one of the central, introspective figures in Virginia Woolf’s modernist novel "The Waves," embodying themes of desire, identity, and the passage of time.
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A.
Jinny Exstead
Jinny Exstead is a troubled yet talented San Francisco police inspector and central protagonist in the television drama series "The Division."
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B.
Flora Drew
Flora Drew is a British translator and editor best known for her work translating and promoting the writings of Chinese author Ma Jian.
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C.
Jemima Dury
Jemima Dury is the daughter of the late British singer-songwriter Ian Dury, known for preserving and promoting his artistic legacy.
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D.
Dora Bland
Dora Bland, better known by her stage name Dorothea Jordan, was a celebrated 18th–19th century Anglo-Irish actress and comedian who became one of the most famous performers of the Georgian era.
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E.
Rose Narracott
Rose Narracott is a character in Michael Morpurgo’s novel and its adaptations, depicted as Albert Narracott’s caring and resilient mother in the rural English family at the heart of War Horse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Virginia Woolf character
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| ageRange | from childhood to late adulthood (within the narrative) ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Waves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bernard
NERFINISHED
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Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ Neville NERFINISHED ⓘ Percival NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhoda NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterContrastWith |
Rhoda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Susan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Virginia Woolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | The Waves (1931 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | modernist literature ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Jinny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice | stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | interior monologue ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
exploration of bodily experience
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exploration of sensuality ⓘ exploration of social identity ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central character
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introspective figure ⓘ viewpoint character ⓘ |
| partOf | ensemble of six main voices in The Waves ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Virginia Woolf’s exploration of female subjectivity ⓘ |
| symbolism |
ephemeral beauty
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physical vitality ⓘ social visibility ⓘ |
| theme |
desire
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embodiment of physical desire ⓘ ephemerality of youth ⓘ identity ⓘ passage of time ⓘ selfhood ⓘ social performance ⓘ |
| workSetIn | England 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
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Input
Subject: Jinny Description of subject: Jinny is one of the central, introspective figures in Virginia Woolf’s modernist novel "The Waves," embodying themes of desire, identity, and the passage of time.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.