Bibi Haldar
E1011922
Bibi Haldar is a socially isolated, epileptic young woman in Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story whose yearning for love and normalcy exposes the constraints placed on women in her community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bibi Haldar canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12944283 — 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: Bibi Haldar Context triple: [The Treatment of Bibi Haldar, mainCharacter, Bibi Haldar]
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A.
Meena Khadikar
Meena Khadikar is an Indian playback singer and composer, known for her work in Marathi and Hindi music and as a member of the renowned Mangeshkar musical family.
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B.
Sushma Kharakwal
Sushma Kharakwal is an Indian politician who has served as the mayor of Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh.
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C.
Nagla Chandrabhan
Nagla Chandrabhan is a village in Uttar Pradesh, India, best known as the birthplace of prominent Indian politician and philosopher Deendayal Upadhyaya.
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D.
Kumud Mishra
Kumud Mishra is an Indian film and theatre actor known for his versatile supporting roles in Hindi cinema, including notable performances in movies like Rockstar, Airlift, and Article 15.
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E.
Poonam Sinha
Poonam Sinha is an Indian actress and film producer known for her supporting roles in Hindi cinema and as the wife of veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha.
- 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: Bibi Haldar Target entity description: Bibi Haldar is a socially isolated, epileptic young woman in Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story whose yearning for love and normalcy exposes the constraints placed on women in her community.
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A.
Meena Khadikar
Meena Khadikar is an Indian playback singer and composer, known for her work in Marathi and Hindi music and as a member of the renowned Mangeshkar musical family.
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B.
Sushma Kharakwal
Sushma Kharakwal is an Indian politician who has served as the mayor of Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh.
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C.
Nagla Chandrabhan
Nagla Chandrabhan is a village in Uttar Pradesh, India, best known as the birthplace of prominent Indian politician and philosopher Deendayal Upadhyaya.
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D.
Kumud Mishra
Kumud Mishra is an Indian film and theatre actor known for his versatile supporting roles in Hindi cinema, including notable performances in movies like Rockstar, Airlift, and Article 15.
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E.
Poonam Sinha
Poonam Sinha is an Indian actress and film producer known for her supporting roles in Hindi cinema and as the wife of veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
short story character ⓘ |
| ageStatus | young woman ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Treatment of Bibi Haldar ⓘ |
| appearsInCollection | Interpreter of Maladies ⓘ |
| characteristic | socially isolated ⓘ |
| createdBy | Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Indian middle-class urban society ⓘ |
| desires |
a normal life
ⓘ
love ⓘ marriage ⓘ |
| economicStatus | dependent ⓘ |
| experiences | seizures ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageContext | Bengali-speaking milieu ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| livesWith |
her cousin
ⓘ
her cousin’s wife ⓘ |
| medicalCondition | epilepsy ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to critique social neglect of ill women
ⓘ
to expose patriarchal norms ⓘ |
| nationalContext | India ⓘ |
| occupation | shop assistant ⓘ |
| receives | various ineffective treatments ⓘ |
| residence | Calcutta ⓘ |
| socialRole | unmarried woman ⓘ |
| subjectOf | community gossip ⓘ |
| symbolizes | marginalized women in her community ⓘ |
| themeInStory |
constraints on women
ⓘ
desire for normalcy ⓘ social exclusion ⓘ |
| treatedAs | burden by her relatives ⓘ |
| worksAt | her cousin’s cosmetics shop ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bibi Haldar Description of subject: Bibi Haldar is a socially isolated, epileptic young woman in Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story whose yearning for love and normalcy exposes the constraints placed on women in her community.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.