Gerty MacDowell
E105637
Gerty MacDowell is a young Dublin woman featured in the "Nausicaa" episode of James Joyce’s novel *Ulysses*, known for her romantic fantasies and the voyeuristic encounter with Leopold Bloom on Sandymount Strand.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gerty MacDowell canonical | 2 |
| Gerty MacDowell has a lame leg | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T896789 — 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: Gerty MacDowell Context triple: [Ulysses, notableCharacter, Gerty MacDowell]
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A.
Agnes
Agnes is a feminine given name of Greek origin meaning "pure" or "chaste," historically popular in various European cultures and Christian traditions.
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B.
Agnes Carpenter
Agnes Carpenter was the wife of American film director and screenwriter Samuel Fuller.
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C.
Martha
Martha is a feminine given name of Aramaic origin, historically borne by notable figures such as Martha Washington, the first First Lady of the United States.
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D.
Maria Clemm
Maria Clemm was the aunt and mother-in-law of American writer Edgar Allan Poe, who served as his close companion and caretaker for much of his adult life.
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E.
Anne Liddell
Anne Liddell was an 18th-century British noblewoman best known as the wife of Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, a prominent Whig statesman and Prime Minister.
- 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: Gerty MacDowell Target entity description: Gerty MacDowell is a young Dublin woman featured in the "Nausicaa" episode of James Joyce’s novel *Ulysses*, known for her romantic fantasies and the voyeuristic encounter with Leopold Bloom on Sandymount Strand.
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A.
Agnes
Agnes is a feminine given name of Greek origin meaning "pure" or "chaste," historically popular in various European cultures and Christian traditions.
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B.
Agnes Carpenter
Agnes Carpenter was the wife of American film director and screenwriter Samuel Fuller.
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C.
Martha
Martha is a feminine given name of Aramaic origin, historically borne by notable figures such as Martha Washington, the first First Lady of the United States.
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D.
Maria Clemm
Maria Clemm was the aunt and mother-in-law of American writer Edgar Allan Poe, who served as his close companion and caretaker for much of his adult life.
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E.
Anne Liddell
Anne Liddell was an 18th-century British noblewoman best known as the wife of Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, a prominent Whig statesman and Prime Minister.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in Ulysses
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| age | young woman ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Ulysses ⓘ |
| appearsInEpisode | Nausicaa ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Leopold Bloom ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
romantic
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self-conscious about appearance ⓘ sentimental ⓘ |
| creator | James Joyce ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
Ulysses (1922 novel)
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linked to:
Ulysses
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| gender | female ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Nausicaa from Homer’s Odyssey (as intertextual parallel) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
romantic fantasies
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voyeuristic encounter with Leopold Bloom ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryRole | parody of sentimental romance heroine ⓘ |
| literaryTechniqueAssociated |
free indirect discourse
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parody of women’s magazine style ⓘ |
| locationOfKeyEpisode |
Sandymount Strand
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linked to:
Sandymount
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| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | focus of interior monologue in Nausicaa episode ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish ⓘ |
| partOf | Ulysses character ensemble ⓘ |
| residence | Dublin ⓘ |
| settingOfAppearance | Dublin on 16 June 1904 ⓘ |
| themeAssociated |
female sexuality
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mass culture and romance fiction ⓘ voyeurism ⓘ |
| workGenre | modernist novel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gerty MacDowell Description of subject: Gerty MacDowell is a young Dublin woman featured in the "Nausicaa" episode of James Joyce’s novel *Ulysses*, known for her romantic fantasies and the voyeuristic encounter with Leopold Bloom on Sandymount Strand.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
James Joyce's Ulysses
subject linked to:
Ulysses episode "Nausicaa"
subject linked to:
Ulysses episode "Nausicaa"
linked to: Gerty MacDowell