Thomas Hardy’s first wife, Emma Hardy
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Thomas Hardy’s first wife, Emma Hardy, was the estranged spouse and early muse of the English novelist and poet, whose troubled marriage and death deeply influenced his later work.
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| Thomas Hardy’s first wife, Emma Hardy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12263577 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Hardy’s first wife, Emma Hardy Context triple: [Stinsford churchyard, containsGraveOf, Thomas Hardy’s first wife, Emma Hardy]
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A.
Mrs. Hardy
Mrs. Hardy is the warm, sensible mother in the Andy Hardy film series, often serving as a stabilizing and compassionate influence within the Hardy family.
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B.
Harriet Hardy
Harriet Hardy, better known as Harriet Taylor Mill, was a 19th-century British philosopher and women’s rights advocate who significantly influenced the political and feminist thought of John Stuart Mill.
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C.
Dorothea Gerard
Dorothea Gerard was a 19th-century Scottish novelist known for her popular works of fiction and for being part of a literary family alongside her sister Emily Gerard.
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D.
Dorothea Williams
Dorothea Williams is a renowned jazz saxophonist and bandleader in Pixar's film "Soul," known for her virtuosity and high standards in the New York jazz scene.
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E.
Ethel Shelley
Ethel Shelley was one of the African American homeowners whose challenge to racially restrictive housing covenants led to the landmark 1948 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Shelley v. Kraemer.
- 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: Thomas Hardy’s first wife, Emma Hardy Target entity description: Thomas Hardy’s first wife, Emma Hardy, was the estranged spouse and early muse of the English novelist and poet, whose troubled marriage and death deeply influenced his later work.
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A.
Mrs. Hardy
Mrs. Hardy is the warm, sensible mother in the Andy Hardy film series, often serving as a stabilizing and compassionate influence within the Hardy family.
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B.
Harriet Hardy
Harriet Hardy, better known as Harriet Taylor Mill, was a 19th-century British philosopher and women’s rights advocate who significantly influenced the political and feminist thought of John Stuart Mill.
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C.
Dorothea Gerard
Dorothea Gerard was a 19th-century Scottish novelist known for her popular works of fiction and for being part of a literary family alongside her sister Emily Gerard.
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D.
Dorothea Williams
Dorothea Williams is a renowned jazz saxophonist and bandleader in Pixar's film "Soul," known for her virtuosity and high standards in the New York jazz scene.
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E.
Ethel Shelley
Ethel Shelley was one of the African American homeowners whose challenge to racially restrictive housing covenants led to the landmark 1948 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Shelley v. Kraemer.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.