Ophelia
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Ophelia is a fictional character best known as the tragic, doomed heroine of William Shakespeare’s play "Hamlet."
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ophelia canonical | 41 |
| Ophelia in "Hamlet" | 3 |
| Ophelia (Shakespearean character) | 2 |
| Ophelia in Hamlet | 1 |
| Ophelia's funeral scene | 1 |
| Shakespeare’s tragic heroine Ophelia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2258625 — 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: Ophelia Context triple: [Eva St. Clare, hasCousin, Ophelia]
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A.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a famous 1894 Pre-Raphaelite painting by John William Waterhouse depicting the tragic Shakespearean heroine from Hamlet.
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B.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a famous 1851–52 painting by John Everett Millais, emblematic of the Pre-Raphaelite movement and depicting Shakespeare’s tragic heroine floating in a stream surrounded by lush, detailed flora.
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C.
Ofelia
Ofelia is the imaginative young girl in Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth," whose encounters with mythical creatures mirror the brutal realities of post–Civil War Spain.
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D.
Ophelia Among the Flowers
"Ophelia Among the Flowers" is a symbolist painting by Odilon Redon that reimagines Shakespeare’s tragic heroine Ophelia in a dreamlike, floral setting.
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E.
Gertrude
Gertrude is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, historically popular in Europe and North America.
- 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: Ophelia Target entity description: Ophelia is a fictional character best known as the tragic, doomed heroine of William Shakespeare’s play "Hamlet."
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A.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a famous 1851–52 painting by John Everett Millais, emblematic of the Pre-Raphaelite movement and depicting Shakespeare’s tragic heroine floating in a stream surrounded by lush, detailed flora.
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B.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a famous 1894 Pre-Raphaelite painting by John William Waterhouse depicting the tragic Shakespearean heroine from Hamlet.
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C.
Ofelia
Ofelia is the imaginative young girl in Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth," whose encounters with mythical creatures mirror the brutal realities of post–Civil War Spain.
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D.
Ophelia Among the Flowers
"Ophelia Among the Flowers" is a symbolist painting by Odilon Redon that reimagines Shakespeare’s tragic heroine Ophelia in a dreamlike, floral setting.
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E.
Gertrude
Gertrude is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, historically popular in Europe and North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespearean character
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fictional character ⓘ tragic heroine ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Hamlet ⓘ |
| associatedSymbol |
flowers
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water ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
grief
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innocence ⓘ madness ⓘ patriarchal control ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | major character in Western literature ⓘ |
| creator | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| deathCause | drowning ⓘ |
| deathNature | ambiguous (accident or suicide) ⓘ |
| describedByCharacter |
Queen Gertrude
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linked to:
Gertrude
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| describedIn | Gertrude’s report of Ophelia’s death ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
embodiment of victimized innocence
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foil to Hamlet ⓘ |
| famousScene |
drowning scene
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mad scene ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Kingdom of Denmark in Hamlet ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Hamlet ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceDate | circa 1600 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| influenced |
Pre-Raphaelite painting
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linked to:
Pre-Raphaelite art
Romantic-era visual art ⓘ symbolist literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | derived from Greek "ophelos" meaning "help" or "benefit" ⓘ |
| nationality | Danish ⓘ |
| notablePortrayal | Ophelia (1851–1852 painting by John Everett Millais) ⓘ |
| portrayedInMedium |
ballet
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film ⓘ opera ⓘ theatre ⓘ visual art ⓘ |
| relative |
Laertes
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Polonius ⓘ |
| relativeType |
daughter
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sister ⓘ |
| romanticInterest |
Prince Hamlet
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linked to:
Hamlet
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| setting | Elsinore Castle ⓘ |
| workAuthorNationality | English ⓘ |
| workGenre | tragedy ⓘ |
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: Ophelia Description of subject: Ophelia is a fictional character best known as the tragic, doomed heroine of William Shakespeare’s play "Hamlet."
Referenced by (49)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Ophelia
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subject linked to:
The Mousetrap play-within-a-play
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Hurricane Ophelia
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Ophelia (1851–1852 painting by John Everett Millais)
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Ophelia (Shakespearean character)
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linked to: Ophelia