the miller’s wife
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The miller’s wife is a central figure in the story “The Mill,” typically portrayed as a working-class woman whose experiences and relationships reflect the hardships and emotional tensions of rural or industrial life.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| the miller’s wife canonical | 2 |
| the Miller’s Wife | 1 |
| the Miller’s wife | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21130818 — 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: the miller’s wife Context triple: [The Mill, mainCharacter, the miller’s wife]
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The Miller
The Miller is a bawdy, drunken, and coarse pilgrim in Geoffrey Chaucer’s *The Canterbury Tales*, best known for telling a comic and scandalous fabliau that satirizes romantic and social pretensions.
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B.
Much the Miller's Son
Much the Miller's Son is a member of Robin Hood’s band of Merry Men, often portrayed as a loyal but somewhat simple outlaw companion in English folklore.
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C.
The Miller and the Sweep
The Miller and the Sweep is an 1898 British silent short comedy film by pioneer filmmaker George Albert Smith, known for its playful use of chase scenes and early special effects.
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The Baker's Wife
The Baker's Wife is a central, pragmatic yet yearning character in "Into the Woods," whose desire for a child drives much of the story’s moral complexity and emotional depth.
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The Baker's Wife
The Baker's Wife is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, based on a French film about a small village disrupted when the baker’s young wife runs off with a handsome lover.
- 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: the miller’s wife Target entity description: The miller’s wife is a central figure in the story “The Mill,” typically portrayed as a working-class woman whose experiences and relationships reflect the hardships and emotional tensions of rural or industrial life.
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A.
The Miller
The Miller is a bawdy, drunken, and coarse pilgrim in Geoffrey Chaucer’s *The Canterbury Tales*, best known for telling a comic and scandalous fabliau that satirizes romantic and social pretensions.
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B.
Much the Miller's Son
Much the Miller's Son is a member of Robin Hood’s band of Merry Men, often portrayed as a loyal but somewhat simple outlaw companion in English folklore.
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C.
The Miller and the Sweep
The Miller and the Sweep is an 1898 British silent short comedy film by pioneer filmmaker George Albert Smith, known for its playful use of chase scenes and early special effects.
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D.
The Baker's Wife
The Baker's Wife is a central, pragmatic yet yearning character in "Into the Woods," whose desire for a child drives much of the story’s moral complexity and emotional depth.
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E.
The Baker's Wife
The Baker's Wife is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, based on a French film about a small village disrupted when the baker’s young wife runs off with a handsome lover.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: the miller’s wife